Pink Floyd: ‘Dogs’ (2018) | Is it any Good?
So, what do we think of Pink Floyd’s ‘Dogs’ the 2018 mix? I briefly examine how it differs from the version put out in 1977.
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@joshuajouet
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
The bass guitar is a smidge on the light side I feel.
Have you reviewed the whole album remix? Some weird drums on Sheep
@goldenboy8167
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I compared Pigs original and 2018 back to back in approximately 20 segments, the bass sounds way better and is able to be heard better. Same for the drums.
@michaelbeaule1966
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
i think this new mix is outstanding. I would have liked an emersive box set as well, but a terrific sounding remix nonetheless.
@jeremywilliams2898
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Rumor has it the missing liner notes were actually a major point of contention when this album was being discussed for release. Waters didn't want to include the liner notes but Gilmore did. Apparently the commentary within the liner notes did not paint Waters in a particularly positive light. Thus they agreed to release it without the liner notes. If one recalls this was the period in which Roger Waters was documented as spitting on a fan at a Paris concert.
@234cheech
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
you summed it up at the start of this yea witch ones piknk
@fredericlatreille
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
"Animals" is my favorite Pink Floyd album and I should get the remix on vinyl in two weeks … So pumped to hear it!
@sebastian993
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Waters' bass is iconic. Pink Floyd is one of the few bands where I actually notice the bass guitar
@mikehirsh1896
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
it sucked
@garanceadrosehn9691
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Somewhat ironically: I was in college back when "Animals" was released, and at the time there were many of my friends who considered it a welcome "return to form" after the somewhat weaker album of "Wish You Were Here". But as time went on, people's opinions of "Wish You Were Here" kept going higher, while "Animals" seemed less wonderful. I was friends with the owner of a local record store (back when "local record stores" still existed…), and in the early 90's he said that for his stores the catalog-sales of "Animals" was the lowest of all Pink Floyd albums. (by the late 1990's that position was taken over by the lower catalog-sales for "The Final Cut" ).
I think "Animals" was tied a bit too much to the time it was released, especially with the song "Pigs, Three Different Ones". I suspect that most fans of Pink Floyd music who were born after 1980 don't even know the three specific people which are referenced in that song.
Personally, I think the two "Pigs on the Wing" songs and "Dogs" are among the best songs that PF has done. However, I don't care much for the other songs on the album, although I did really like "Pigs, Three Different Ones" back when it was first released.
@Dillpickles_
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Pink Floyd has open air recordings of already their entire European tour during 77 lol. The mics have been spotted in multiple photos, you can look at the thread in yeeshkul. OARs sound a bit worse than SBDs but are substantially better than audience recordings
@MinorCirrus
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
This mix just confirms what the AMLOR remix already made apparent: Gilmour (though I love the guy) didn't realize how valuable Wright was until much letter than he lets on. At the time of Animals, there was a "clear hierarchy" (his words, not mine), and it definitely shows here. Some beautiful Rhodes parts make their first appearance, and all Wright's atmosphere work had been toned down on the original, and are now allowed to properly shine, almost to the point of changing the song's mood as you say. The central solo, which was an atmospheric weak point to me, is now on par with the rest of the song, which makes it pretty much perfect now. Good thing for Nick that his complexity can be heard again. Overall an amazing new mix.
@TWEAKER01
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
It's a great mix subjectively. But it also helps to understand the process objectively. The remix involved either a far more accurate decoding of the dbx noise reduction originally in use on the multi-track tapes (which can be easily misaligned causing pumping and modulation), and/or the complete absence of its use for the 2-track mixdown (and the absence of that analogue 2-track tape generational loss).
The drums are also panned audience POV rather than drummer POV originally.
In any case you can bet that all remaining band members approved it before release.
@Bloodycape49
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
It’s a great remix!!
@itsalondonthing9562
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I like the raving and drolling punn, anyone else pick up on that?
@GhostInTheMachine-w7e
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
"Dogs" to me is one of Floyd's best songs & so many people have never heard it. What a shame
@BryanP10
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
"Leaves fans raving and drooling", I see what you did there.
@kellydelay18
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Short answer brilliant
@Niels133
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
A book called dogs behind you 😉
@SergeCaelers
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
The mix is not bad… although by putting some of the 'ingredients' to the foreground… it will be at the cost of some other 'ingredients' I think.
@ricklee3654
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Sounds fantastic, nice and clear on the vocals, Brilliant mix.
can't wait to hear the complete album.
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@wotdoesthisbuttondo
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Does Waters use leftist politics to numb guilt about Syd?
Roger said he laughed at Syds "crazy idea" to bring in 2 females to sing/play saxaphone before kicking him out then a female singer and a saxaphone are put on Darkside not to mention a rerecording of Syds Clockwork Room at end of Bike for opening of Time and Roger also reused Syds "scribbly black" line in it too.
@tykeinperth5784
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I'm happy to hear there are so many 'Animals' fans here who, like me, think this album is top of the pile.
It's going to be great to hear the other tracks remixed. I love the 'Dogs' remix for all the reasons that have been highlighted here. In a strange way it also makes me appreciate the original mix more….if that makes sense to anyone.
@rabinesque
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
And if you buy either the Blu-ray or the box set you will get the remix AND the original mix included as well as the 5.1.
@rabinesque
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
It didn't have anything to do with the Floydian "mystique" bur rather that David somehow objected to particular details; this I heard directly from Mark Blake, who said that initially both had agree to include them in the packaging.
@pawesadowski3403
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I don't understand the idea behind this remix. Everything is disconnected. More clarity? I mean is it really all about technological aspects? Because I can assure you that it is all there on original mix.
Oh, you have now less money because you bought it. Oh, I'm sorry.
In my opinion, remix isn't worth any kind of attention. And I'm really worried that Pink Floyd (after the beatles) is doing that.
@philfyphil
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I’d love to be a lawyer for either of them, I’m sure they are grinning all the way to the bank.
@drewmarshallkiwi
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
How have you all heard this? Not released yet
@pal-of-pals
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
I dropped everything that I was doing just to listen to this new release.
@Handelisntavailable
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Have you been dipping your chin into a bowl of tippex again?
@keschgelb
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
My general opinion is, that no mix does make a "song" or a composition better. I love Dogs and the whole album anyways. In the case of the new remix i am much more curious for the 5.1 surround version! I own TDSOTM and WYWH in surround, and THATS really a new experience to listen to.
@dannypacini9820
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 pm
Il give myself a full review during my next LSD trip listening