Red Apple Falls
| Red Apple Falls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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
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.
- ^ Cox, Tom (July 1997). "Smog: Red Apple Falls/Palace: Lost Blues and Other Stories/Frankwater: Dancing Underwater". Uncut. No. 2. p. 95.
