Dogs (Nina Nastasia album)

Dogs
Studio album by
Released2000
June 8, 2004 (re-release)[1]
RecordedOctober 1999
StudioElectrical Audio, Chicago
Genre
Length43:53
Label
ProducerSteve Albini
Nina Nastasia chronology
Dogs
(2000)
The Blackened Air
(2002)
Alternative cover
2004 re-release cover art

Dogs is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was originally released in 2000 by the New York City-based independent label Socialist Records, and re-released in 2004 by Touch and Go Records. Engineered and produced by Steve Albini, the album gained notoriety after BBC radio disc jockey John Peel championed it, giving it frequent airplay on Radio 1.

Written over a six-year period, the album is lyrically reflective of Nastasia's early life growing up in Los Angeles, California, and features sparse acoustic guitar compositions with prominent string arrangements. The album garnered favorable critical reviews, and its 2004 re-release helped earn Nastasia a cult following.[2]

  1. ^ Lovejoy, Sara (March 22, 2004). "Nina Nastasia: Dogs re-release and tour". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Murray, Robin (March 31, 2012). "Nina Nastasia Album Preview". Clash. Clash Music. Retrieved August 17, 2012.