''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, art-school students in the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelic music, psychedelia with sur ...

in 35 years, and their sixth album overall. It was released on 12 December 2007, produced by Mickey Simmonds 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 comedy rock group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the Monty Py ...

, 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, trumpet, piano, guitars, percussion) who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Spea ...

, 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), English ...

, with New Millennium Bonzos

Adrian Edmondson Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. Part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s, he and his comedy partner Rik Mayall starred in the television sitc ...

Stephen Fry Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of ...

, and

Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''Given name#Name at birth, né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is a retired English stand-up comedy, stand-up and Improv comedy teacher, improv comedian, actor, performance poetry, performance poet, cartoonist and podc ...

. Also credited are Mickey Simmonds (musical director),

David Catlin-Birch David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a guitarist for pop music, pop/alternative rock band World Party, and was the original "Paul" for the March 1980 launch of The Beatles Tribute act, tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles. In the 1990s ...

(guitar and vocals), Johnny Marter (drums and percussion) and

Steve Barnacle Visage were a British new wave pop band formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit " Fade to Grey" which was released in late 1 ...

(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 The Savoy Orpheans is a British dance band currently led by Alex Mendham. They were resident at the Savoy Hotel, London. The band was formed by Debroy Somers, an ex-army bandmaster, in 1923. Both the Orpheans and the Savoy Havana Band were under ...

" (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 singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic development of country music in th ...

) # "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 "Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips with Me", is a popular song published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas. On February 5, 1968, singer Ti ...

" (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", "Mornington Crescent" and "Sweet Memories". # "Pour l'Amour Des Chiens" (Innes) # "

" (Hodgson, Wilson, Rix, Baines, White) # "Paws" (Jupitus) # "And We're Back" (Innes) # "Stadium Love" (Innes, Heatherington, Fraser-Simpson, Milne) # "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 Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...

'' 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. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...

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

Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them. It was founded in September 1979 and distributes worldwide. It is promoted as "the world’s leading authority o ...

'' 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 originally formed in 1996 as Runston Parva, before reforming as Parva in 2000, and releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their cur ...

"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 Scotland, Scottish filmmaker, author and broadcaster. Career Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Carruthers attended Kirkcaldy High School. After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1981 and ...

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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