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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is an excellent album - probably my favourite of 2009 so far. Bill Callahan has been around a long time under the Smog moniker and tends to produce low key albums that grow on you with more listens. This one struck me as more instantly impressive than his last outing, his rather dry delivery nicely contrasted by some excellent string arrangements. Well worth listening closely to the lyrics - some interesting and quirky takes on love and religion here. Intelligent indie music for discerning listeners I would say. If BC is new to you, reference points would be Lambchop meets Richard Hawley. If you are already a fan then this will exceed your expectations. And that's praise indeed!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I'm a LONG time fan of Bill Callahan and I await each release with great anticipation. Having been slightly underwhelmed by Woke on a Whaleheart I can say with great glee that this is a FANTASTIC record. Full of HOPE and great music (strings! horns! strings!), it might even be his best offering. Believe it, believers. 100% Bill Callahan.
If you want to experiment with Bill Callahan / smog / (smog), this is a good a place to start as any, and is certainly among his most accessible recordings. I would also recommend Knock Knock and A River Ain't Too Much to Love.
If you want to experiment with Bill Callahan / smog / (smog), this is a good a place to start as any, and is certainly among his most accessible recordings. I would also recommend Knock Knock and A River Ain't Too Much to Love.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
I was driving down to Cardiff to see my children at 5am in the morning; the sky was beautiful and the dawn creeping in; I put this CD into the player for the first time and gasped! Each track is seminal; Bill muses on life, his past and the human condition, set to gorgeous string arrangements and delicate picked acoustic guitar; his voice is somewhere between speech and singing; almost recitative;it is a revelatory album; particulaly the third track; unpredictable modulations and melodic twists; I could wax lyrical on each song; I saw Bill at the Green Man Festival and he was very good; however he has now reached some kind of peak; alongside James Yorkston, Alisdair Roberts, Will Oldham and their ilk. Album of the year so far!!! Buy it!
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Possibly Bill Callahan's finest to date?
Bill Callahan has abandoned the Smog moniker he used to release albums under. His second album under his own name, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, is recognisably him, but the... Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by klaher
Superb voice, deep lyrics, sweet rhythms
I came across Bill Callahan first in his former guise - Smog - on the soundtrack to the film High Fidelity. Read more
Published on 8 April 2010 by SESRRT
Bit dull - he was better as Smog
I only wanted to listen to one track on this album a second time - the one about his dad - so wouldn't recommend it despite being a fan of Callahan's work as Smog. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by Luke Andreski
Best album of 2009...
... as far as I'm concerned. Tremendous warmth and great lyrics. I've bought another two copies as Christmas presents! Check out his earlier stuff recorded as Smog.
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by Michael Mood
Mellow, sometimes beautiful...
My first Bill Callahan/Smog album - mellow, sometimes beautiful, an album rooted in nature - I was thrilled to find it. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by milesrichardson.co.uk
Instant Classic
Had this album about a month and still find it surprising and moving. Reminds me of a cross between Leonard Cohan and Lambchop. Read more
Published on 30 July 2009 by delg
I started out in search of ordinary things...then found one of the...
I, like many of the woefully ignorant record buying public out there, had allowed Bill Callahan (aka Smog) to slip under my music radar over the last few years. Read more
Published on 25 July 2009 by Stagger Lee
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we could all write songs as good as...
I struggled with this album for a while and I am not certain why. Smog has passed me by and I hope to use "Sometimes I wish we were an eagle" as a door which will open to some very... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2009 by Red on Black
Gallant
Album of the year so far. This gem has not left my turntable since I bought it. Beautifully understated in both production and delivery Bill has done what most other artists dream... Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Simon Rea
Wish fulfilment
Just as I thought I was tiring of the alt-country/new folk revival, along comes an album - from one of the scene's relative old timers - of such immersive beauty that I can't get... Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by Demob Happy
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