| A River Ain't Too Much to Love | ||||
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| Released | May 31, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | November 2004 | |||
| Studio | Pedernales Studio, Spicewood, Texas, U.S. | |||
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| Length | 50:47 | |||
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| Producer | Bill Callahan | |||
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A River Ain't Too Much to Love is the eleventh studio album by Smog. It was released on May 30, 2005 in Europe by Domino Recording Company and in North America by Drag City. It is Bill Callahan's final studio album released under the Smog moniker. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Cokemachineglow | 77/100 [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10 [7] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Stylus Magazine | A [10] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
All tracks are written by Bill Callahan, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Palimpsest" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Say Valley Maker" | 5:10 |
| 3. | "The Well" | 7:00 |
| 4. | "Rock Bottom Riser" | 5:44 |
| 5. | "I Feel Like the Mother of the World" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "In the Pines" (traditional) | 5:12 |
| 7. | "Drinking at the Dam" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Running the Loping" | 6:55 |
| 9. | "I'm New Here" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Let Me See the Colts" | 6:39 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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