Red Apple Falls

Red Apple Falls
Red Apple Falls
Studio album by Smog
Released	May 20, 1997
Recorded	October 30 – November 3, 1996
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	43:20
Label	Drag City
Producer	Jim O'Rourke; Bill Callahan;
Smog chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Guardian	^[2]
NME	8/10^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Select	4/5^[5]

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[]

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[]

"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[]

All tracks are written by Bill Callahan.

No.	Title	Length
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[]

^ Phares, Heather. "Red Apple Falls – Smog". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2006.
^ Sullivan, Caroline (May 30, 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls (Domino)". The Guardian.
^ Mulvey, John (May 24, 1997). "Smog – Red Apple Falls". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
^ 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.
^ Mullen, John (June 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls". Select. No. 84. p. 107.

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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.

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