Slick Dogs and Ponies is American Garage Rock

Garage rock

Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...

 band Louis XIV

Louis XIV (band)

Louis XIV was an American rock band from San Diego, California.-Beginnings: :Lead singer/guitarist Jason Hill, guitarist Brian Karscig, and drummer Mark Maigaard formed the group in April 2003 while living in Paris, France. Bassist James Armbrust soon joined after.Louis XIV, the band's first album,...

's 3rd studio album. Its release date was January 29, 2008.

The album was leaked on torrent networks on January 18, 2008 after the band temporarily added all of the songs to their MySpace

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Reception

Initial critical response to Slick Dogs and Ponies was very negative. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

Standard score

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average

Weighted mean

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score of 37, based on 10 reviews.

Track listing

1. "Guilt By Association"
2. "Air Traffic Control"
3. "Misguided Sheep"
4. "There's a Traitor in This Room"
5. "Sometimes You Just Want To"
6. "Tina"
7. "Stalker"
8. "Free Won't Be What it Used to Be"
9. "Swarming of the Bees"
10. "Hopesick"
11. "Slick Dogs and Ponies"

Bonus Tracks

iTunes Deluxe Bundle

1. "Air Traffic Control (Oxygen Remix)"
2. "Eleanor Rigby"
3. "Thief In The Choir (Feat. Brandon Flowers)"

Hot Topic Exclusive

1. "Money Bunny"
2. "Actors and Singers"

Rhapsody

1. "Dirty Knees"

Independent Retail

1. "Save a Prayer"
2. "Ride a White Swan"