Seeing Eye Dog is the seventh studio album by Helmet, released on September 7, 2010, via Work Song, the label imprint shared by singer/songwriter Joe Henry and Helmet mainman Page Hamilton‘s manager. It was their first album in four years since the release of Monochrome in 2006.
The NewReview gave the album a 3.5 out of 5 and stated
“…Helmet still rock, but really haven’t been able to recapture the magic of their first three releases. I do have to say that I found Seeing Eye Dog to be better than Aftertaste, Size Matters and Monochrome combined. This album probably won’t open any new doors for the band. But just like that old dog that you’ve grown up with, even with all their faults, it sure is nice to still have them by your side.”
Seeing Eye Dog was released in five different formats. Every separate edition of the album included a bonus live album recorded on July 8, 2006, in San Francisco at The Warped Tour.
The available formats included:
- Digital Only (New album plus 1 live album)
- Two-disc CD (New album plus 1 bonus live album) + digital download
- Limited Edition Double 180g Vinyl (New album plus 1 live album) + digital download
- Limited Edition Deluxe (New album and 1 live album on two-disc CD, new album and 1 live album on double 180g Vinyl, custom HELMET USB key with four more live albums, signed package + digital of new album + 1 live album)
- Super Deluxe: Same as Deluxe but includes gold laminate/tour access component
Tracklist:
Disc 1: Seeing Eye Dog
- So Long
- Seeing Eye Dog
- Welcome To Algiers
- LA Water (Musician, Cello, Viola: Phillip Peterson)
- In Person
- Morphing Vocals (Additional): Carly Smithson
- White City
- And Your Bird Can Sing (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
- Miserable
- She’s Lost
Disc 2: Helmet Live In San Francisco At The Warped Tour July 8, 2006
- FBLA (Live)
- See You Dead (Live)
- Milquetoast (Live)
- Swallowing Everything (Live)
- Birth Defect (Live)
- On Your Way Down (Live)
- Unsung (Live)
- Ironhead (Live)
- Tic (Live)
Credits
Page Hamilton: guitar, vocals
Dan Beeman: guitar
Chris Traynor: bass on album, guitar on bonus live disc
Kyle Stevenson: drums
Jeremy Chatelain: bass on bonus live disc
Mike Jost: drums on bonus live disc