Summary from 12 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Smog's catalog across 11 albums from 12 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated Smog album is Dongs of Sevotion (2000) with a 8.9/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Red Apple Falls and Knock Knock. The discography on Wavelength spans 1992 to 2005.
Dongs of Sevotion
“Recently, my mind has been occupied with the knowledge that death is not only inevitable, but can occur at any time. I could get hit by a car while crossing a street tomorrow. I could choke on my daily scuz-deli chicken cutlet sandwich. More likely still, I could get e-coli from my daily scuz-deli chicken cutlet sandwich. The bottom line is, we're all treading on thin ice. I'm going to die, you're”
Red Apple Falls
“Three decades later, Bill Callahan’s sixth album remains exceptional and profound.”
Knock Knock
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Bill Callahan’s masterful 1999 record as Smog, a breakup album about discovering new ways of being in the world.”
Sewn to the Sky
“Over the years, as I've become more and more adept at picking out which CDs from my collection to inflict on my friends, they've become more and more adept at finding swift, comical ways to write them off as crap. Most of them revolve around the central phrase, "You spent money on this?" But a few specific releases have given birth to fun, pointed catchphrases. Gamelan music has been christened "T”
A River Ain't Too Much to Love
“On his 12th album, Bill Callahan relies almost exclusively on acoustic strumming and easy melodies, forsaking much of the biting cynicism of his more highly regarded work.”
Accumulation: None
“I'd bet you my syringe-shaped locket that Bill "(Smog)" Callahan read Camus' *The Stranger* at an impressionable age. Dozens of his songs begin with lines as piercingly disinterested as that book's laconic kickoff, "Mom died today. Or maybe it was yesterday." In aligning his leftovers for *Accumulation: None*, Callahan even seems to have aped the why-bother ethic of *The Stranger*'s casually murde”
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