Have Fun with God

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Have Fun With God
Have Fun With God cover.jpg
Remix album by
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)
Recorded2013
Genre Indie folk, dub
Length40:28
Label Drag City
Producer Erik Wofford, Brian Beattie
Bill Callahan chronology
Dream River
(2013)
Have Fun With God
(2014)
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
(2019)

Have Fun With God is the sixteenth studio album by American folk musician Bill Callahan, released in 2014 by Drag City. The album is a "dub" version of Callahan's previous album, Dream River .

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 7.3/10.0 [3]

Have Fun with God received some acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66 based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Thank Dub"4:27
2."Expanding Dub"3:37
3."Small Dub"4:01
4."Call it Dub"5:15
5."Ride My Dub"5:08
6."Summer Dub"6:27
7."Transforming Dub"5:49
8."Highs in the Mid-40's Dub"5:37

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References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Have Fun with God - Metacritic". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. Thomas, Fred. "Have Fun with God - Bill Callahan | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. Richardson, Mark (23 January 2014). "Bill Callahan: Have Fun With God | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 22 August 2014.