The Doctor Came at Dawn
| The Doctor Came at Dawn | ||||
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| Released | September 10, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 38:52 | |||
| Label | Drag City[2] | |||
| Producer | Bill Callahan | |||
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The Doctor Came at Dawn is the fifth album by Bill Callahan (under his "Smog" moniker), released in 1996 on Drag City.[3][4] It was re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. Callahan's occasional creative partner, Cynthia Dall, appears on the album.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| NME | 6/10[9] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [10] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5[11] |
Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but arguably it marked the maturing of Callahan as a songwriter."[12] The Cleveland Scene wrote: "Spare and bitter, its songs conjure closed scenes that hum and bleed with intense sensory details."[13] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Smog's "plaintive tunes and self-parodic misogyny both hit new levels."[10] CMJ New Music Monthly called The Doctor Came at Dawn "the bleakest, saddest album of 1996."[14] NME ranked the album at fortieth in their list "Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best."[15]
Track listing
- "You Moved In" – 4:34
- "Somewhere in the Night" – 2:10
- "Lize" – 5:58
- "Spread Your Bloody Wings" – 3:27
- "Carmelite Light" – 0:42
- "Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" – 2:34
- "All Your Women Things" – 6:47
- "Whistling Teapot (Rag)" – 3:39
- "Four Hearts in a Can" – 4:12
- "Hangman Blues" – 4:49
References
- ↑ Carew, Anthony. "Top 10 Slowcore Albums". LiveAbout. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ↑ "Smog - The Doctor Came At Dawn". Drag City.
- ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Smog Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 968. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
- ↑ Leibrock, Rachel (April 18, 2012). "Goodbye, Cynthia Dall". News & Review.
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Doctor Came at Dawn Smog". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Smog". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 571.
- ↑ Bailie, Stuart (September 7, 1996). "Smog: The Doctor Came at Dawn". New Musical Express. p. 47.
- 1 2 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 754.
- ↑ joshuatree (March 1, 2009). "Smog - The Doctor Came at Dawn (album review)". Sputnikmusic.
- ↑ "Bill Callahan – Album By Album". Uncut. March 8, 2013.
- ↑ Scribner, Sara (March 11, 1999). "The Ruminator". Cleveland Scene.
- ↑ Wolk, Douglas (February 1997). "Second Thoughts". CMJ. No. 42. CMJ Network, Inc.
- ↑ "Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best". NME. January 19, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2021.