Dog & Butterfly (album)

Dog & Butterfly
Studio album by Heart
Released	October 7, 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Hard rock, folk rock
Length	39:43
Label	Portrait, Epic
Producer	Mike Flicker
Heart chronology
Magazine (1978) Dog & Butterfly (1978) Bebe le Strange (1980)

Dog & Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American rock band Heart. It was released on October 7, 1978 through Portrait Records. Heart rebounded from their legal dispute with Mushroom Records over the release of the platinum-selling Magazine in April 1978, as Dog & Butterfly was certified double platinum, spent 36 weeks on the charts, and peaked at #17 on the US Billboard 200. The album was the 'proper' successor to 1977's hit Little Queen in terms of musical development and direction, and contained two hit singles: "Straight On", and "Dog & Butterfly".

As Heart themselves noted on the album's release, side 1 was the "Dog" side, and was the more "rocking" compared to the "Butterfly" side 2, which was all ballads, with the exception of the closer "Mistral Wind", which, in many ways, epitomized the trademark sound for which Heart would be remembered: folksy ballads shifting into searing hard rock explosions.

Though the first song on the album, "Cook with Fire", sounds like a live recording, it was actually recorded in the studio. Audience sounds were overdubbed on the studio recording from a live performance.

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Robert Christgau	(C) link

Track listing

1. "Cook with Fire" (Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, Sue Ennis, Howard Leese) – 4:59
2. "High Time" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 3:24
3. "Hijinx" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 3:33
4. "Straight On" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 5:10
5. "Dog & Butterfly" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 5:22
6. "Lighter Touch" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 5:05
7. "Nada One" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) – 5:22
8. "Mistral Wind" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis, Fisher) – 6:45

• On the original vinyl version, side 1 contains songs 1 through 4, and side 2 contains songs 5 through 8.

Bonus tracks (CD reissue)

9. "Heartless" (Live from BBC concert) (A. Wilson, N. Wilson) - 5:05
10. "Feels" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 4:56
11. "A Little Bit" (N. Wilson) - 0:50

• "Feels" was reworked and later became "Johnny Moon".

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[citation needed]	48
Canadian Albums Chart[1]	9
Dutch Albums Chart[2]	46
U.S. Billboard 200[3]	17

Personnel

• Michael DeRosier – drums
• Howard Leese – guitar, keyboards
• Roger Fisher – guitar, steel guitar
• Steve Fossen – bass guitar, percussion
• Rick Keefer – synthesizer, vocals
• Ann Wilson – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, violin
• Nancy Wilson – vocals, guitar, piano

References

1. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=Dog+Butterfly&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20&sk=121&&&&&&&PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0
2. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Heart&titel=Dog+%26+Butterfly&cat=a
3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/heart-p4463/charts-awards