Apocalypse | ||||
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Released | April 5, 2011 | |||
Recorded | September 2010 | |||
Studio | Sonic Ranch | |||
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Length | 40:24 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Bill Callahan | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [2] |
Metacritic | 75/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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The A.V. Club | B+ [5] |
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Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [9] |
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Spin | 7/10 [12] |
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Apocalypse is a studio album by Bill Callahan, released on April 5, 2011. It is the third studio album released under his own name, and fourteenth overall when including LPs released as Smog. [14]
Mojo and Pitchfork both placed Apocalypse at number 23 on their respective lists of the best albums of 2011, [15] [16] while Uncut placed the album at number 25. [17] In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 39 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". [18] In 2021, Beats Per Minute placed the album at number 38 in its "Top 50 Albums of the 2010s." [19]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Drover" | 5:24 |
2. | "Baby's Breath" | 5:30 |
3. | "America!" | 5:33 |
4. | "Universal Applicant" | 5:53 |
5. | "Riding for the Feeling" | 6:05 |
6. | "Free's" | 3:13 |
7. | "One Fine Morning" | 8:46 |
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] | 83 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] | 87 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] | 49 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] | 80 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [24] | 37 |
UK Albums (OCC) [25] | 116 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [26] | 16 |
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [27] | 6 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [28] | 13 |
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...Apocalypse feels like an ascendance: His voice is lower, his music more rustic but more psychedelic, too.