{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Pampered Menial | type = Studio | artist = Pavlov's Dog | cover = Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial - ABC front cover.jpg | alt = | caption = Original ABC Records cover.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pavlovs-Dog-Pampered-Menial/release/2283643|title= Pavlov's Dog – Pampered Menial|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> Artwork based on ''Low Life'', a painting by Edwin Landseer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/landseer-low-life-a00702|title= Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Low Life, 1829, exhibited 1831|publisher=Tate|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> | released = February 1975<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rossi |first1=Marco |title=At the Sound of the Bell |date=2013 |publisher=Esoteric Recordings |page=8 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5810432-Pavlovs-Dog-At-The-Sound-Of-The-Bell/image/SW1hZ2U6NDM5MzcwMTY= |access-date=28 April 2022 |quote=Pampered Menial (...) was released in February 1975}}</ref> | recorded = 1973–1974 | studio = CBS Studios, New York City | genre = Progressive rock | length = 33:32 | label = ABC<br/>Columbia (reissue) | producer = Sandy Pearlman, Murray Krugman | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = At the Sound of the Bell | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial - Columbia release.jpg | alt = | caption = Columbia Records reissue cover}} {{Singles | name = Pampered Menial | type = studio | single1 = Julia / Episode | single1date = 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pavlovs-Dog-Julia/master/605944|title= Pavlov's Dog – Julia|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> | single2 = Song Dance / Natchez Trace | single2date = 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pavlovs-Dog-Song-Dance-bw-Natchez-Trace/release/13601277|title= Pavlov's Dog – Song Dance b/w Natchez Trace|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> }} {{Audio sample | type = studio | file = Pavlov's Dog - Julia.opus | description = "Julia" }} }}
{{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pampered-menial-mw0000202778|title=<nowiki>Pampered Menial - Pavlov's Dog | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic</nowiki>|publisher=AllMusic|author=Joe Viglione|accessdate=May 13, 2019}}</ref> |rev2 = DMME |rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dmme.net/reviews/d-pdog.html#pdpm|first=Dmitry M.|last= Epstein|title=PAVLOV’S DOG – Pampered Menial| publisher=dmme.net|accessdate=December 5, 2019}}</ref> |rev3 = Metal Invader |rev3score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalinvader.net/pavlovs-dog-pampered-menial | title=Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial | publisher=Metal Invader | author=Elpida Baphomet | accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> |rev4 = Prog |rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/pavlov-s-dog-pampered-menial-at-the-sound-of-the-bell | title=Pavlov's Dog: Pampered Menial/At The Sound Of The Bell | publisher=Prog | author=GRM | accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> |rev5 = Rocking.gr (in Greek) |rev5score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocking.gr/reviews/flashback/Pavlovs_Dog_-_Pampered_Menial/3179|first=Kostas|last= Sakkalis|title=Pavlov's Dog Pampered Menial| publisher=rocking.gr|accessdate=December 5, 2019}}</ref> |rev6 = Sputnikmusic |rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/66083/Pavlovs-Dog-Pampered-Menial/|first=JP|last=Patiño Izquierdo | title=Pavlov's - Dog| publisher=Sputnikmusic | date = 19 February 2015|accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref> |rev7 = The Great Rock Bible |rev7Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/pavlovs-dog-biography/|first=Martin Charles|last=Strong|title=PAVLOV'S DOG biography|publisher=The Great Rock Bible|accessdate=December 13, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221082204/http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/pavlovs-dog-biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
'''''Pampered Menial''''' is the debut album by American progressive rock/AOR band Pavlov's Dog, released in 1975.
The album features a line-up comprising David Surkamp, Steve Scorfina, Mike Safron, Rick Stockton, David Hamilton, Doug Rayburn and Siegfried Carver (born Richard Nadler). Carver left the band soon after the album was released. It was first released on ABC Records, debuting on the charts in early April. The LP was soon reissued by Columbia Records, whose version (with slightly different cover) entered the charts in mid-June, just after the ABC issue had dropped off the charts. Having both versions on sale in stores at nearly the same time may have confused buyers.
In the ''Q'' & ''Mojo'' Classic Special Edition ''Pink Floyd & the Story of Prog Rock'', the album came number 26 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".<ref>''Q Classic: Pink Floyd & the Story of Prog Rock'', 2005.</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks credited to David Surkamp, except where noted. All information according to original vinyl liner notes. {{track listing |title1 = Julia |length1 = 3:09 |title2 = Late November |length2 = 3:10 |writer2 = Steve Scorfina, David Surkamp |title3 = Song Dance |length3 = 4:58 |writer3 = Mike Safron |title4 = Fast Gun |length4 = 3:08 |title5 = Natchez Trace |writer5 = Steve Scorfina |length5 = 3:40 |title6 = Theme from Subway Sue |length6 = 4:25 |title7 = Episode |length7 = 4:02 |title8 = Preludin |writer8 = Siegfried Carver |length8 = 1:37 |title9 = Of Once and Future Kings |length9 = 5:23 |total_length = 33:32}} {{Track listing |headline=2007 Rockville Music reissue bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pavlovs-Dog-Pampered-Menial/release/8140922|title= Pavlov's Dog – Pampered Menial|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}</ref> |title10 = Theme from Subway Sue |note10 = Live Ford Auditorium Detroit '76 |length10 = 4:25 |title11 = Preludin |note11 = Original 10 minutes version rec. live Ambassador Theatre St. Louis '75 |writer11 = Siegfried Carver |length11 = 9:58 |title12 = I Wish it Would Rain |note12 = Live Ambassador Theatre St. Louis '75 |length12 = 5:48 |title13 = Rainbow |note13 = From the album Street Suite by Touch (orig. released 1969) feat. David Surkamp on vocals |length13 = 3:03}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1975) ! Peak<br/>position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=231}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|23 |- |US Top LPs & Tape (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pavlovs-dog/|title=Pavlov's Dog Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard.com|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=24 November 2019}}</ref> |align="center"|181 |}
==Personnel== '''Pavlov's Dog''' *David Surkamp: vocals, rhythm guitar *Steve Scorfina: lead guitar *David Hamilton: organ, piano, synthesizer *Doug Rayburn: mellotron, flute *Siegfried Carver: violin, viola, Vitar *Rick Stockton: bass guitar *Mike Safron: drums, percussion
'''Production''' *Tim Geelan: recording engineer *Lou Schlossberg: recorder *Ed Sprigg: mixing engineer *Howie Lindeman: mixing tape engineer
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