Red Apple Falls
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Red Apple Falls | ||||
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Studio album by Smog | ||||
Released | May 20, 1997 | |||
Recorded | October 30 – November 3, 1996 | |||
Genre | Lo-fi | |||
Length | 43:20 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | ||||
Smog chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 8/10[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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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.
- 1997 albums
- Smog (band) albums
- Drag City (record label) albums
- Domino Recording Company albums
- Albums produced by Jim O'Rourke (musician)
- 1990s indie rock album stubs