Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (soundtrack)

{{Infobox album

| name = Footrot Flats: The Dog's ~~Tail~~ Tale

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Dave Dobbyn

| cover = Footrot Flats soundtrack cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 14, 1986

| recorded = 1986

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 42:35

| label = CBS

| producer = Dave Dobbyn

| chronology = Dave Dobbyn

| prev_title = The Optimist

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Loyal

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

| type = Soundtrack

| single1 = Slice of Heaven

| single1date = September 12, 1986

| single2 = You Oughta Be In Love

| single2date = December 21, 1986

}}

Footrot Flats: The Dog's ~~Tail~~ Tale is the soundtrack to the New Zealand animated film, Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale. In February 1987, the album spent two weeks in the top five of the New Zealand albums chart.{{cite web|title=SOUNDTRACK / DAVE DOBBYN - FOOTROT FLATS: THE DOG'S TALE (ALBUM)|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Dave+Dobbyn&titel=Footrot+Flats%3A+The+Dog%27s+Tale&cat=a|work=charts.nz|date=November 2016}}

Background

Tim Finn was originally offered the chance to orchestrate the soundtrack. When he turned it down Dobbyn accepted the role.{{cite web|title=Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005|work=Documentary|publisher=NZ On Screen|accessdate=23 September 2012}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 18:00

| headline = Original Release

| all_writing = Dave Dobbyn unless noted

| title1 = Footrot Mornin{{'-}}

| length1 = 3:01

| title2 = Let's Get Canine

| length2 = 4:14

| note2 = featuring Betty-Anne Monga & Ardijah

| title3 = I Dream of Rugby

| length3 = 2:43

| note3 = featuring Sacred Heart College Choir

| title4 = Saturday Arvo

| length4 = 3:45

| title5 = Horse's Beat

| length5 = 3:04

| title6 = You Oughta Be in Love

| length6 = 3:53

| note6 = featuring Ardijah

| title7 = Vernon the Vermin

| length7 = 3:18

| note7 = featuring Ardijah

| title8 = Cooch

| length8 = 2:20

| title9 = Nuclear Waste

| length9 = 3:15

| note9 = written and performed by Herbs

| title10 = Blackwater

| length10 = 1:54

| title11 = Lost at Sea

| length11 = 3:03

| title12 = Top Dog

| length12 = 3:00

| title13 = Slice of Heaven

| length13 = 4:30

| note13 = featuring Herbs

}}

The 2006 20th anniversary release featured one bonus track.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 3:51

| headline = Anniversary Release (2006)

| title14 = You Oughta Be in Love (P-Money Remix)

| length14 = 3:51

| note14 = featuring P-Money

}}

Charts

class="wikitable
scope="col"\| Chart (1987) !Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=284}} \| 22
Official New Zealand Music Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|5

class="wikitable

scope="col"| Chart (1987)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=284}}

| 22

Official New Zealand Music Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|5

Awards

The soundtrack won a number of awards at the RIANZ New Zealand Music Awards. Both of the Footrot Flat singles were awarded Best Song of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards (in 1986 and 1987 respectively). Dobbyn also won Best Male Vocalist in 1987 for his work on 'You Oughta Be in Love'.{{cite web|title=1986 New Zealand Music Awards|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1986.asp|publisher=RIANZ|accessdate=27 September 2012}}{{cite web|title=1987 New Zealand Music Awards|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history1987.asp|publisher=RIANZ|accessdate=27 September 2012}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Award{{cite web\|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ \|title=NZMAs \|publisher=nzmusicawards.co.nz \|accessdate=2012-09-30 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922150022/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ \|archivedate=2012-09-22 }} ! Work !Result
1986 \| Best Song of the Year \| "Slice of Heaven" \| {{won}}
rowspan=7\|1987 \| Album of the Year \| \| {{nom}}
Single of the Year \| 'You Oughta Be In Love' \| {{won}}
Best Male Vocalist \| Dave Dobbyn \| {{won}}
Best Film Soundtrack \| \| {{won}}
Best Producer \| Dave Dobbyn \| {{nom}}
Best Songwriter \| Dave Dobbyn - 'You Oughta Be In Love' \| {{nom}}
Best Cover \| Reston Griffiths \| {{nom}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Award{{cite web|url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ |title=NZMAs |publisher=nzmusicawards.co.nz |accessdate=2012-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922150022/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ |archivedate=2012-09-22 }}

! Work

!Result

1986

| Best Song of the Year

| "Slice of Heaven"

| {{won}}

rowspan=7|1987

| Album of the Year

|

| {{nom}}

Single of the Year

| 'You Oughta Be In Love'