Woodwinds, brass, choirs and guitars. What more could you ask for? At once both ambitious and self-reflective, Bird Dog is an album for the ages, one that not many people may have heard at the time, but those who did started bands and got famous.
Jane Dodd is a vastly underrated bass player and this remaster benefits from her increased presence, giving the songs an aggressive edge, driving home the introspective ambitions of the verlaines.