Wild Love (album)
Wild Love is the fourth album by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released on March 27, 1995, on Drag City and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. Jim O'Rourke appeared as cellist on this album, his first collaboration with Smog. Drag City's producer Rian Murphy helped to develop a wider musical palette than its predecessor Julius Caesar.
Wild Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 27, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Genre | Lo-fi | |||
Length | 35:16 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Rian Murphy | |||
Smog chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Q | [2] |
Piero Scaruffi | 7.5/10[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Critical reception
Wild Love has attracted favorable critical reviews. In a retrospective biography of Smog, AllMusic's Jason Ankeny called the album "a triumph of abject failure", seeing that it "reflected [Callahan's] bitter obsessions with stunning clarity."[5]
Cat Power later covered "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think.
Track listing
All tracks written by Bill Callahan, except where noted.[6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bathysphere" | 4:50 | |
2. | "Wild Love" | 1:35 | |
3. | "Sweet Smog Children" | 1:41 | |
4. | "Bathroom Floor" |
| 1:55 |
5. | "The Emperor" | 1:11 | |
6. | "Limited Capacity" | 1:18 | |
7. | "It's Rough" | 4:45 | |
8. | "Sleepy Joe" |
| 3:53 |
9. | "The Candle" | 2:26 | |
10. | "Be Hit" | 2:23 | |
11. | "Prince Alone in the Studio" |
| 7:15 |
12. | "Goldfish Bowl" | 2:00 | |
Total length: | 35:16 |
Personnel
- Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Cynthia Dall – guitar on tracks 8 and 11; vocals on track 11
- Jason Dezember – drums on track 10
- Ron Burns – drums on tracks 8, 11 and 12
- Ian O'Hey – Chamberlin on tracks 9 and 11
- Jim O'Rourke – cello on tracks 2, 4, 11 and 12
- Rian Murphy – production
- Konrad Strauss – engineering
References
- Phares, Heather. "Wild Love – Smog". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- "Smog: Wild Love". Q. No. 176. May 2001. p. 137.
- Scaruffi, Piero. "The History of Rock Music. Smog: biography, discography, reviews, best albums, ratings". scaruffi.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- 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.
- Ankeny, Jason. "Smog Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- "Smog - Wild Love". Discogs. 1995.
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