This is the long sought-after debut record by Nina Nastasia. Definitely her most accessible recording, the self-released initial pressing went out of print almost immediately. In the years since, her two Touch & Go records, 'The Blackened Air' and 'Run To Ruin' have achieved critical acclaim. 'Dogs' has been the missing starting point. 'Nina Nastasia's first outing is a captivating, melancholic affair of precision and emotional clamor and stands as a fantastic sibling to her essential sophomore album, The Blackened Air. Dogs has a calming atmosphere, occasionally flirting with dissonance, and stands as a remarkable work of minimal building by repetition to support Nastasia's pitch-perfect voice. --Gregory McIntosh, All Music Guide