Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again

Infobox Album
Name = Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again
Type = compilation
Artist = Dog Fashion Disco


Released = October 28 2008
Recorded = 2004 - 2008
Genre = Avant-garde metal
Length = 61:35
Label = Rotten Records
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Adultery"
(2006)
This album = "Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again"
(2008)
Next album =

"Beating a Dead Horse to Death... Again" is a retrospective compilation album released by Baltimore avant-garde metal band Dog Fashion Disco in 2008, two years after their final album, "Adultery", and a year after their disbandment. The CD contains rare previously released material, including a version of the "Day of the Dead" EP in its entirity with re-recorded bass and drum tracks, as well as material that had previously received no official release.

Track listing

::;"Day of the Dead" (T. Smith, J. Stepp, J. Siegel, B. White, M. Oliver)
#"Baby Satan" – 3:23
#"Day of the Dead" – 3:32
#"Gardenia" – 3:50
#"Rat on a Sinking Ship" – 3:17
#;Polkadot Cadaver Demos (T. Smith, J. Ensminger)
#"Devil's Wife" – 3:59
#"Barely Breathing" – 3:16
#; Score (T. Smith, J. Stepp, J. Siegel)
#"Satan's March" – 3:40
#; (B. Osborne)
#"Anaconda" – 4:29
#;Live at WXRX (May 27 2006)
#"Worm in a Dog's Heart" – 3:49
#"Rebel Yell" – 4:28 (B. Idol, S. Stevens)
#"100 Suicides" – 3:32
#"9-5 at the Morgue" – 4:24
#"Desert Grave" – 3:14
#;Live at the Sonar (January 13 2007)
#"Satanic Cowboy" – 3:23
#"Magical Band of Fools" – 3:48
#;Joke "Adultery" Demos (Shit Yourself) (T. Smith, J. Stepp)
#"Turning Gay" – 2:57
#"Hank Steel the Real Queer Cowboy" – 2:34

Track 8 originally performed by The Melvins, track 10 originally performed by Billy Idol. Tracks 9 - 13 are notable as the only Dog Fashion Disco songs recorded with Tim Swanson on keyboards. Tracks 14 and 15 taken from the band's final show. Tracks 16 and 17 were submitted to Rotten Records as a prank when the band were requested to show the new direction they were taking on their next work, and were for a time available on MySpace under the side-project name Shit Yourself.

Personnel

*Todd Smith – Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1-7), Keyboards (Tracks 1-6), Bass (Tracks 5-8)
*Jasan Stepp – Guitar (Tracks 1-4 and 8-17), Cello (Tracks 1-4 and 7)
*Jeff Siegel – Keyboards (Tracks 1-4, 7-8 and 14-15)
*John Ensminger – Drums (Tracks 1-6 and 9-15)
*Steve Mears – Bass (Tracks 1-4)
*Mike Oliver – Drums (Tracks 5 and 6)
*Brian White – Bass (Tracks 9-15)
*Tim Swanson – Keyboard (Tracks 9-13)
*Steve Wright – Recording (Except tracks 9-13), Mixing, Mastering
*Mike McCrae – Recording (Except tracks 9-13)
*Drew Lamond – Recording (Except tracks 9-13)
*Shane Tuttle – Art direction, Design
*Dallas Clifton – Cover art
*Jeff Cohen, Esq. – Legal
*Adam Mandell, Esq. – Legal