If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog

If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog
Studio album by Little Axe
Released	October 24, 2011
Recorded	Channell One Studio, Jamaica, Livingston Studio, London, On-U Studio, Crouch End/Hornsey, London and Southern Studio, Wood Green, London
Genre	Electric blues, dub
Length	53:59
Label	On-U Sound
Producer	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood
Little Axe chronology
Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime (2010) If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog (2011) Return (2013)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Uncut	[2]

If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog is the seventh album by Little Axe, released on October 24, 2011 by On-U Sound.^[3][4] It was the first album Skip McDonald produced without the aid of fellow Tackhead members Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Song to Sing"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	3:19
2.	"Keep on Drinking"	Skip McDonald, Huddie Ledbetter	4:10
3.	"Come Here Dog and Get Your Bone"	Skip McDonald, Style Scott	4:17
4.	"I Got Da Blues"	Skip McDonald, Style Scott	4:12
5.	"Call It What You Like"	Skip McDonald, Style Scott	3:55
6.	"I Ain't Going Down"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	4:15
7.	"Grace"	Traditional	3:59
8.	"Down and Dirty"	Skip McDonald, George Oban	3:47
9.	"Seeing Red"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	3:46
10.	"Moaning and Groaning"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	3:31
11.	"Garfield Elementary"	Skip McDonald, George Oban	3:14
12.	"National Style"	Skip McDonald, George Oban	3:20
13.	"Early in the Morning"	Skip McDonald, Style Scott	3:53
14.	"Where From Here?"	Skip McDonald, Style Scott	4:21

Personnel

Musicians Alan Glen – harmonica Skip McDonald – vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer, bass guitar (2, 7) George Oban – bass guitar (1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12) Style Scott – drums Additional personnel Steve Barker – spoken word Dub Syndicate – backup band (4, 5, 10, 13) Madeline Edgehill – vocals (7) The Roots Radics – backup band (3, 14) Valerie Skeete – vocals (7)

Technical personnel Lincoln "Style" Scott – co-producer Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2011	On-U Sound	CD	On-UCD1019

References

1. Anderson, Rick. "If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
2. columnist (2011). "Little Axe - If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog". Uncut: 93.
3. "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
4. Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe - 'If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

• If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog at Discogs (list of releases)