Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album) Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album) Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The album's title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Only four songs of the 16 on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums. Besides the contributions of bandmate and musical director Leon Russell, it draws equally from rock (the Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, the Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is a choir, a three-piece horn section and several drummers. The single "The Letter"/"Space
Mad Dogs (UK TV series) one, with excellent performances from a dream cast. It also offers the only opportunity I have of seeing blue skies, azure waters and sunshine in February, so I am in for the duration." Ryan Lambie of "Den of Geek" said of the first episode; "In terms of writing and acting, "Mad Dogs" is good, but not perfect, and much of its knock-about banter is uncannily like any Brit gangster flick you've ever seen," like ""Sexy Beast: the series"." However Lambie noted "when events push its premise from naff lads' drama into exotic thriller, "Mad Dogs" gets infinitely better, and if