Sus Dog
{{Short description|Album by Clark}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Sus Dog
| type = Album
| artist = Clark
| cover =Sus Dog.jpg
| alt =
| released = 26 May 2023
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Electronica|art pop}}
| length = 45:19
| label = Throttle Records
| producer = Thom Yorke (exec.)
| prev_title = Playground In A Lake
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Sus Dog is an album by electronic musician Clark, released on 26 May 2023 by Throttle Records.{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=David |date=2023-05-25 |title=Clark - Sus Dog album review: dance producer steps out of the shadows |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/clark-sus-dog-album-review-thom-yorke-b1083459.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-25 |title=Clark Details New Album, 'Sus Dog' |url=https://thequietus.com/news/clark-new-album-details-sus-dog/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}} It marked his first album to predominately feature his own vocals,{{Cite web |last=Tafoya |first=Harry |title=Clark: Sus Dog |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/clark-sus-dog/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} with guest features by Anika and Thom Yorke, who also served as executive producer.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Damien Morris of The Guardian gave the album four out of five stars, stating it "creates songs you'll replay because you can't get their comforting weirdness anywhere else."{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Damien |date=2023-05-28 |title=Clark: Sus Dog review – comforting weirdness you can't get anywhere else |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/28/clark-sus-dog-review-chris-clark-comforting-weirdness-you-cant-get-anywhere-else-thom-yorke |access-date=2023-09-06 |issn=0029-7712}} Harry Tafoya at Pitchfork described it as "warm and gratifying, offering the veteran electronic musician’s fragile falsetto as a graceful counterpoint to his intricate production." Paul Attard of Slant Magazine was more critical, stating the album's techniques "rarely finds a means of organically incorporating them into the IDM veteran's bass-heavy sound."{{Cite web |last=Attard |first=Paul |date=2023-05-24 |title=Clark 'Sus Dog' Review: A Series of Ghostly, Opaque Soundscapes |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/clark-sus-dog-album-review/ |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sus-dog/clark|title=Reviews for Sus Dog by Clark|publisher=Metacritic }}
| rev1 = The Guardian
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}
|rev2= Pitchfork
| rev3= AllMusic
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Citation |title=Clark - Sus Dog Album Reviews, Songs & More | website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sus-dog-mw0003922217 |access-date=2023-09-06 |language=en}}
| rev4 = Slant Magazine
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Alyosha
| length1 = 4:38
| title2 = Town Crank
| length2 = 3:39
| title3 = Sus Dog
| note3 = with Anika
| length3 = 4:36
| title4 = Clutch Pearlers
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Over Empty Streets
| length5 = 1:49
| title6 = Wedding
| length6 = 3:11
| title7 = Forest
| length7 = 2:51
| title8 = Dolgoch Tape
| length8 = 2:39
| title9 = Bully
| length9 = 4:43
| title10 = Dismissive
| length10 = 4:17
| title11 = Medicine
| note11 = with Thom Yorke
| length11 = 5:11
| title12 = Ladder
| length12 = 2:58
}}
References
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