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Red Apple Falls

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Red Apple Falls
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)
RecordedOctober 30 – November 3, 1996
GenreLo-fi
Length43:20
LabelDrag City
Producer
Smog chronology
The Doctor Came at Dawn
(1996)
Red Apple Falls
(1997)
Knock Knock
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
NME8/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Select4/5[5]
Uncut[6]

Red Apple Falls is the sixth album by Smog (the alias of Bill Callahan), released in May 1997 on Drag City and re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino.

Background

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Red Apple Falls was recorded by Jim O'Rourke and Callahan, with assistance from Phil Bonnet. It is the first of two Smog records produced by O'Rourke, and Callahan's third team-up with O'Rourke. O'Rourke also plays bass guitar, piano, Hammond organ, hurdy-gurdy and drums on the album.

Songs

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"Ex-Con" was released as a single. An early version of "Red Apples" first appeared on Callahan's first EP Floating in 1991, and was later covered by Cat Power for her album The Covers Record. "I Was a Stranger" was redone by Callahan for the 2000 EP 'Neath the Puke Tree.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Bill Callahan

No.TitleLength
1."The Morning Paper"3:22
2."Blood Red Bird"4:01
3."Red Apples"5:06
4."I Was a Stranger"3:23
5."To Be of Use"5:41
6."Red Apple Falls"6:49
7."Ex-Con"3:35
8."Inspirational"6:25
9."Finer Days"4:50

References

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  1. ^ Phares, Heather. "Red Apple Falls – Smog". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (May 30, 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls (Domino)". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Mulvey, John (May 24, 1997). "Smog – Red Apple Falls". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Smog". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 754–55. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Mullen, John (June 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls". Select. No. 84. p. 107.
  6. ^ Cox, Tom (July 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls/Palace: Lost Blues and Other Stories/Frankwater: Dancing Underwater". Uncut. No. 2. p. 95.