Apocalypse (Bill Callahan album)

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Apocalypse
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Studio album by
Bill Callahan
ReleasedApril 5, 2011 (2011-04-05)
RecordedSeptember 2010
Studio Sonic Ranch
Genre
Length40:24
Label Drag City
Producer Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan chronology
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
(2009)		Apocalypse
(2011)		 Dream River
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10 [2]
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

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]

Contents

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
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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References

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