Red Apple Falls
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| Red Apple Falls | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian |  [2] |
| NME | 8/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| Select | 4/5[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
[edit]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
[edit]"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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Cox, Tom (July 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls/Palace: Lost Blues and Other Stories/Frankwater: Dancing Underwater". Uncut. No. 2. p. 95.
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