Pour l'Amour des Chiens

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Pour l'Amour des Chiens
Pour l'Amour des Chiens cover
Studio album by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Released 12 December, 2007
Genre Rock
Label Storming
Producer Mickey Simmonds
Neil Innes
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band chronology
Let's Make Up and Be Friendly (1972) Pour l'Amour Des Chiens (2007)

Pour l'Amour Des Chiens (French for For the Love of Dogs) is the first all new studio album by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in 35 years. It was released on 12 December 2007, produced by Mickey Simmonds and Neil Innes.

Featuring original members Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Martin 'Sam Spoons' Ash, and Bob Kerr, with shiny New Millennium Bonzos Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, and Phill Jupitus. Also credited: Mickey Simmonds (musical director), David Catlin-Birch (guitar and vocals), Johnny Marter (drums and percussion), Steve Barnacle (bass and jazz guitar).

Reviews range from excellent (amazon 5/5 stars 'could they ever approach the heights of silliness without Viv? ... Most definitely yes! This made me laugh out loud all the way through.') through good (Times Online 4/5 stars 'Rarely less than charming') to mixed (Observer 3/5 stars 'end result is predictable ... and only half amusing. There are some gems...').

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pour l'Amour Des Chiens"
  2. "Let's All Go to Mary's House"
  3. "Hawkeye The Gnu"
  4. "Making Faces At The Man In The Moon"
  5. "Fiasco"
  6. "Purple Sprouting Broccoli"
  7. "Old Tige"
  8. "Wire People"
  9. "Salmon Proust"
  10. "Democracy"
  11. "I Predict A Riot"
  12. "Scarlet Ribbons"
  13. "Paws"
  14. "And We're Back"
  15. "Stadium Love"
  16. "Mornington Crescent"
  17. "L'Essence d'Hooligan"
  18. "Early Morning Train"
  19. "My Friends Outside"
  20. "For The Benefit Of Mankind"
  21. "Beautiful People"
  22. "Ego Warriors"
  23. "Cockadoodle Tato"
  24. "Tiptoe Through The Tulips"
  25. "Sweet Memories"
  26. "Sudoku Forecast"
  27. "Now You're Asleep"
  28. "Jean Baudrillard"