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Between Dog and Wolf is the 12th studio album by British rock band New Model Army, released on 30 September 2013 by Attack Attack Records.

Between Dog and Wolf
Studio album by New Model Army
Released	30 September 2013
Genre	Rock
Length	46:31
Label	Attack Attack
Producer	Justin Sullivan, Joe Barresi
New Model Army chronology
Today Is a Good Day (2009) Between Dog and Wolf (2013) Between Wine and Blood (2014)

Background

Between Dog and Wolf is the first New Model Army album with new bass player Ceri Monger, replacing Nelson who left after 22 years in the band.[1][2] The self-produced set was finished in 2013 in Los Angeles and co-produced by Joe Barresi.[3]

It was the first New Model Army to chart in the UK Top 40 Album Chart since The Love of Hopeless Causes in 1993, peaking at No. 34 in October 2013.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Record Collector	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Laut magazine	[8]

On the Metacritic website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, Between Dog and Wolf received a score of 73, based on 12 mixed and 4 positive reviews.[5] Record Collector called it "a record of striking primal force", praising new bass player Monger's "expressive grooves".[6] The review in Mojo describes "a marked directional change away from ragged punk" in the sound of the album, praising new-found "temperance and restraint" and calling Between Dog and Wolf "something of a late-in-the-day career high".[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by New Model Army

1. "Horsemen" – 4:09
2. "March in September" – 4:01
3. "Seven Times" – 3:22
4. "Did You Make It Safe?" – 3:28
5. "I Need More Time" – 4:50
6. "Pull the Sun" – 5:25
7. "Lean Back and Fall" – 3:58
8. "Knievel" – 3:16
9. "Stormclouds" – 3:40
10. "Between Dog and Wolf" – 6:27
11. "Qasr El Nil Bridge " – 6:59
12. "Tomorrow Came" – 4:09
13. "Summer Moors" – 4:20
14. "Ghosts" – 5:29

Personnel

New Model Army

• Justin Sullivan – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica
• Ceri Monger – bass, percussion, dulcimer, backing vocals
• Michael Dean – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Dean White – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, percussion
• Marshall Gill – guitar, percussion, backing vocals

Guest musicians

• Jade Doherty – layered gospel vocals
• Tobias Unterberg – cello
• Tom Moth – harp
• Charlotte Woods – euphonium, trombone
• Will Blackstone – flugelhorn
• Chris Powell – cornet, flugelhorn

Production

• Justin Sullivan – producer, recorded by
• Michael Dean – producer, recorded by
• Dean White – producer, recorded by

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	34
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	31

References

External links

• Official NMA website

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