Album · Dr. Dog
Fate by Dr. Dog
Fate is an album by Dr. Dog, released in 2008. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Ark”, on 3 lists with a best position of #40.
Fate, Dr. Dog's fifth album, arrived on Park the Van on July 22, 2008, and it finds the Philadelphia band dressing up their homespun indie rock with a few new studio tricks. Toby Leaman on bass and Scott McMicken on guitar still trade the lead vocals, the rest of the band piles on the harmonies, and the whole thing wears its Beatles, Beach Boys and Big Star records proudly on its sleeve.
It's warm, woolly and a little ramshackle, old-soul grooves under choruses made for a crowd. "The Ark" is a keeper, and "My Friend" turned up in the trailers for Judd Apatow's Funny People. Even the cover has a story: a painting with stitched outlines by Chicago's Ken Ellis, modeled on a photo of Bonnie and Clyde, which the band spotted at the Rainbo Club, where Ellis tended bar, and snapped up. Shame, Shame followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Fate on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ark | 3 | #40 | – | 2008–2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.