Dog & Butterfly by Mark49

Mark49 - Dog & Butterfly

Mark49

Apr 06, 2025 07:36am

<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/IMBI/4577059354_P8MF_media.jpg">Dog & Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heart</a>, released in September 1978, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Portrait Records</a>, following a legal dispute with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_Records_(Canada)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mushroom Records</a> over the release of the band's second studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(Heart_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Magazine</a>, in April 1978. Dog & Butterfly peaked at number 17 on the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard 200</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%26_Butterfly_(album)#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a> and has been certified double platinum by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%26_Butterfly_(album)#cite_note-bb200-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%26_Butterfly_(album)#cite_note-RIAA-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a> The album spawned the singles "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_On" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Straight On</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%26_Butterfly_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dog & Butterfly</a>".As Heart themselves noted on the album's release, side one was the Dog side, and was the more "rocking" compared to the Butterfly side two, which consisted mostly of ballads, with the exception of the closer "Mistral Wind".Though the first song, "Cook with Fire", sounds like a live recording, the liner notes to the 2004 CD reissue state that it was actually recorded at Sea-West Studios along with the rest of the album. Audience sounds from a live performance were overdubbed on the studio recording.On June 29, 2004, the album was reissued by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Epic Records</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Recordings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legacy Recordings</a> in a remastered edition, containing three bonus tracks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_%26_Butterfly_(album)#cite_note-reissue-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a> One of the songs, "Feels", was later reworked and became "Johnny Moon", included on the band's seventh studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passionworks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Passionworks</a>.