The Doctor Came at Dawn

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The Doctor Came at Dawn
The Doctor Came At Dawn.jpg
Studio album by
Smog
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1996
Recorded1996
GenreLo-fi
Length38:52
LabelDrag City[1]
ProducerBill Callahan
Smog chronology
Kicking a Couple Around
(1996) 		The Doctor Came at Dawn
(1996) 		Red Apple Falls
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 stars[5]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[6]

The Doctor Came at Dawn is an album by Bill Callahan (under his "Smog" moniker), released in 1996 on Drag City.[7][8] It was re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. Callahan's occasional creative partner, Cynthia Dall, appears on the album.[9]

Critical reception[]

Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but arguably it marked the maturing of Callahan as a songwriter."[10] The Cleveland Scene wrote: "Spare and bitter, its songs conjure closed scenes that hum and bleed with intense sensory details."[11] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Smog's "plaintive tunes and self-parodic misogyny both hit new levels."[5] CMJ New Music Monthly called The Doctor Came at Dawn "the bleakest, saddest album of 1996."[12]

Track listing[]

  1. "You Moved In" – 4:34
  2. "Somewhere in the Night" – 2:10
  3. "Lize" – 5:58
  4. "Spread Your Bloody Wings" – 3:27
  5. "Carmelite Light" – 0:42
  6. "Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" – 2:34
  7. "All Your Women Things" – 6:47
  8. "Whistling Teapot (Rag)" – 3:39
  9. "Four Hearts in a Can" – 4:12
  10. "Hangman Blues" – 4:49

References[]

  1. ^ "Smog - The Doctor Came At Dawn | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. The Doctor Came at Dawn at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Smog Reviews". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 571.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 754.
  6. ^ "Smog - The Doctor Came at Dawn (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
  7. ^ "Smog | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Buckley, Peter (February 24, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "SN&R • Opinions • Popsmart • Goodbye, Cynthia Dall • Apr 19, 2012". Sacramento News & Review. April 18, 2012.
  10. ^ "Bill Callahan – Album By Album". March 8, 2013.
  11. ^ Scribner, Sara. "The Ruminator". Cleveland Scene.
  12. ^ "Second Thoughts". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. February 24, 1997 – via Google Books.
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