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class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Let's Hear It for the Dogs</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lets_hear_it_for_the_dogs_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Lets_hear_it_for_the_dogs_cover.jpg/220px-Lets_hear_it_for_the_dogs_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Lets_hear_it_for_the_dogs_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/The_Proclaimers" title="The Proclaimers">The Proclaimers</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">27 April 2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Rockfield_Studios" title="Rockfield Studios">Rockfield Studios</a>, Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">38</span>:<span class="s">05</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link 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vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_Of:_25_Years_1987%E2%80%932012" title="The Very Best Of: 25 Years 1987–2012">The Very Best Of: 25 Years 1987–2012</a></i><br />(2013) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</b></i><br />(2015) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Angry_Cyclist" title="Angry Cyclist">Angry Cyclist</a></i><br />(2018) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</b> is the tenth studio album from Scottish <a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a> duo <a href="/wiki/The_Proclaimers" title="The Proclaimers">The Proclaimers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-herald_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> released in 2015 on the label <a href="/wiki/Cooking_Vinyl" title="Cooking Vinyl">Cooking Vinyl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-herald_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album's release was promoted by extensive touring in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand. </p><p>The album was the duo's first to be recorded with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Eringa" title="Dave Eringa">Dave Eringa</a>, known for his work with <a href="/wiki/Wilko_Johnson" title="Wilko Johnson">Wilko Johnson</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers" title="Manic Street Preachers">Manic Street Preachers</a>, and featured a sound driven heavily by <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric guitars">electric guitars</a>. The album's themes included several dark subjects such as sexual abuse scandals and <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religious hostilities</a>, with some of the lighter songs relating to relationships and family.<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album was recorded at <a href="/wiki/Rockfield_Studios" title="Rockfield Studios">Rockfield Studios</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and produced by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Eringa" title="Dave Eringa">Dave Eringa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-herald_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As stated by member Charlie Reid, the decision to have Eringa produce <i>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</i> was brought about by an admiration for his work with <a href="/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers" title="Manic Street Preachers">Manic Street Preachers</a>, and on the <a href="/wiki/Wilko_Johnson" title="Wilko Johnson">Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Daltrey</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Going_Back_Home" title="Going Back Home">Going Back Home</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dunstable_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunstable-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</i> was released in 2015 through Cooking Vinyl records in the UK on <a href="/wiki/CD" class="mw-redirect" title="CD">CD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vinyl_LP" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinyl LP">vinyl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-discogs_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discogs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In North America, the album was released on CD in May 2015 through <a href="/wiki/Compass_Records" title="Compass Records">Compass Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-discogs_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discogs-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content_and_style">Content and style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Content and style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lyrics_and_themes">Lyrics and themes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lyrics and themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The lyrical themes of <i>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</i> included a number of emotionally-charged topics. "Then Again" appertained to <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" title="Jimmy Savile">Jimmy Savile</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_sexual_abuse_cases" title="BBC sexual abuse cases">BBC sexual abuse scandals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while "What School?" was a reflection on <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Scotland" title="Religion in Scotland">Scottish religious tension</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-es_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-es-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lighter moments of the album included "Ten Tiny Fingers", a father-daughter tribute,<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while "Tuesday Afternoon" was adjudged by <i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i> to be an "epic love-story".<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_style_and_arrangements">Musical style and arrangements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Musical style and arrangements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Let's Hear It for the Dogs</i> is characterized by heavy utilization of <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric guitars">electric guitars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drums" class="mw-redirect" title="Drums">drums</a>, with certain tracks incorporating <a href="/wiki/Strings_(instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strings (instrument)">strings</a> ("Tuesday Afternoon") and <a href="/wiki/Horn_(instrument)" title="Horn (instrument)">horns</a> ("Then Again").<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album's opening track "You Built Me Up" has a heavy sound that Mark Holmes of <i>Metal Discovery</i> likened to the duo's roots in 1970s <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rock</a>; band member Craig Reid acknowledged that although he thought the "punk" element had "always been" in their music, it was more noticeable on that song.<sup id="cite_ref-md_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-md-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-haskell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haskell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Marcy Donelson of <i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i> praised <i>Let's Hear it for the Dogs</i>, observing that "after ten studio albums, they still bring intensity to their down-to-earth, grandly lilting, [...] spirited output".<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Songwriting Magazine'</i>s Duncan Haskell praised the album, stating that the duo's "gift for original writing remains undiminished".<sup id="cite_ref-haskell_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haskell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album track "Then Again", noted for its emotionally-charged subject matter referencing <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" title="Jimmy Savile">Jimmy Savile</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC_sexual_abuse_cases" title="BBC sexual abuse cases">BBC sexual abuse cases</a>, was ranked at No. 8 on <i>Dig!'</i>s 2022 list "Best Proclaimers Songs: 10 Fiery Classics From The Reid Brothers".<sup id="cite_ref-dig_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dig-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output 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scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"You Built Me Up"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Be with Me"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"In My Home"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:19</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Tuesday Afternoon"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Then Again"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:07</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"What School?"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:14</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"If I'm Still Around"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"The Other Side"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Forever Young"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:54</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Ten Tiny Fingers"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Through Him"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:51</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Rainbow & Happy Regrets"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Moral Compass"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:50</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Dogs&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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