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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Q |  [2] |
| Piero Scaruffi | 7.5/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Critical reception edit
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 edit
All tracks written by Bill Callahan, except where noted.[6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.