''Pour l'Amour Des Chiens'' ( French: ''For the Love of Dogs'') is the first all new studio album by the

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band or The Bonzos) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelia with surreal humour and avant-garde a ...

in 35 years, and their sixth album overall. It was released on 12 December 2007, produced by

Mickey Simmonds Mickey Simmonds (born 31 January 1959, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) is an English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish. He ha ...

and

Neil Innes Neil James Innes (; 9 December 1944 – 29 December 2019) was an English writer, comedian and musician. He first came to prominence in the pioneering comedy rock group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the M ...

, by Storming Music Company. The album was performed by original group members

Roger Ruskin Spear Roger Ruskin Spear (born 29 June 1943 in Hammersmith, London) is an English sculptor, multimedia artist and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet, piano, guitars, percussion) who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Career After Sp ...

, Rodney Slater, 'Legs' Larry Smith, Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell, Martin 'Sam Spoons' Ash, and

Bob Kerr Robert Kerr may refer to: Sportsmen * Robert Kerr (Australian footballer) (born 1967), former Australian rules footballer * Robert Kerr (athlete) (1882–1963), Canadian athlete & Olympic medalist * Robbie Kerr (racing driver) (born 1979), Englis ...

, with New Millennium Bonzos

Adrian Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He was part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s and had roles in the television series '' The Young Ones'' (1 ...

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

, and Phill Jupitus. Also credited are

(musical director),

David Catlin-Birch David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a bass guitarist for pop/alternative rock band World Party, and was the original "Paul" for the March 1980 launch of The Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles. With Rowland Rivron and Rich ...

(guitar and vocals), Johnny Marter (drums and percussion) and Steve Barnacle (bass and jazz guitar).

Track listing — CD+DVD Edition

Disc 1 (CD)

# "Pour l'Amour Des Chiens" (Innes) # " Let's All Go to Mary's House" (Arranged by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) # "Hawkeye the Gnu" (Arranged by Slater, Innes) # "Making Faces at the Man in the Moon" (Rich, Smith, Hoffman) # "Fiasco" (Innes) # "Purple Sprouting Broccoli" (Ash) # "Old Tige" (Burke, Burke,

Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville Sound. Known as "Gentleman ...

) # "Wire People" (Ash, Innes) # "Salmon Proust" (Innes) # "Democracy" (Innes) # "

I Predict a Riot "I Predict a Riot" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, appearing on their debut album, ''Employment'' (2005). It was originally released as their second single on 1 November 2004 and was the band's first release on the B-Unique ...

" (Hodgson, Wilson, Rix, Baines, White) # " Scarlet Ribbons" (Danzig, Segal) # "Paws" (Jupitus) # "And We're Back" (Innes) # "Stadium Love" (Innes, Heatherington, Fraser-Simpson, Milne) # "Mornington Crescent" (Simmonds) # "L'Essence d'Hooligan" (Innes) # "Early Morning Train" (Innes) # "My Friends Outside" (Spear) # "For the Benefit Of Mankind" (Innes) # "Beautiful People" (Edmondson) # "Ego Warriors" (Innes) # "Cockadoodle Tato" (Innes) # "

Tiptoe Through the Tulips "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", also known as "Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me", is a popular song published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas. On February 5, 1968, ...

" (Burke, Dubin) # "Sweet Memories" (Smith) # "Sudoku Forecast" (Jupitus) # "Now You're Asleep" (Stanshall, Catlin-Birch) # "Jean Baudrillard" (Innes)

Disc 2 (DVD)

# "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies" # "Trouser Press" # "Les Deux Callapsos / The Monster Mash" # "Jollity Farm" # "The Canyons of Your Mind / The Equestrian Statue" # "The Urban Spaceman"

Track listing — CD-only Edition

When compared to the CD from the above package, the CD-only edition omits "Scarlet Ribbons", "Stadium Love", "Mornington Crescent" and "Sweet Memories", while adding "We Are Normal". # "Pour l'Amour Des Chiens" (Innes) # " Let's All Go to Mary's House" (Arranged by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) # "Hawkeye the Gnu" (Arranged by Slater, Innes) # "Making Faces at the Man in the Moon" (Rich, Smith, Hoffman) # "Fiasco" (Innes) # "Purple Sprouting Broccoli" (Ash) # "Old Tige" (Burke, Burke, Reeves) # "Wire People" (Ash, Innes) # "Salmon Proust" (Innes) # "Democracy" (Innes) # "

" (Hodgson, Wilson, Rix, Baines, White) # "Paws" (Jupitus) # "And We're Back" (Innes) # "We Are Normal" # "L'Essence d'Hooligan" (Innes) # "Early Morning Train" (Innes) # "My Friends Outside" (Spear) # "For the Benefit Of Mankind" (Innes) # "Beautiful People" (Edmondson) # "Ego Warriors" (Innes) # "Cockadoodle Tato" (Innes) # "

" (Burke, Dubin) # "Sudoku Forecast" (Jupitus) # "Now You're Asleep" (Stanshall, Catlin-Birch) # "Jean Baudrillard" (Innes)

Reception

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

'' awarded the album four stars and described it as "rarely less than charming", while ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...

'' gave it three, calling it "predictable" and "only half amusing". ''

Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine. It was founded in 1980 and distributes worldwide. History The early years The first standalone issue of ''Record Collector'' was published in March 1980, though its history stretches ba ...

'' said, "Delicious idiocy through wordplay, Wire People, songs about dead dogs, Old Tige, neurotic gardening, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and a gloriously levelling cover of the

Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band h ...

"I Predict A Riot" – it’s all here. Tiptoeing through the innate silliness, it’s often easy to forget the quality of their playing, which, unlike some of the low-grade gags on offer, is faultless." Describing the album in his 2009 book ''The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Jollity Farm'',

Bob Carruthers Bob Carruthers (born November 1960) is a Scottish filmmaker, author and broadcaster. Career Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Carruthers attended Kirkcaldy High School. After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1981 and working for Central Tel ...

says of "I Predict a Riot": "Hard to predict the plot of this one, as Mr Spear and Mr Edmonson are let loose on this Kaiser Chiefs classic. Planned and unplanned studio incursions by Mexicans, Wurzels, that bloody chicken clarinet and HM constabulary." Carruthers, B. and Christie, D. (ed) (2009), ''The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Jollity Farm'', Angry Penguin Ltd.,

References

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