Julius Caesar (album)

Julius Caesar
Studio album by Smog
Released	July 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	37:01
Label	Drag City
Producer	Bill Callahan
Smog chronology
Forgotten Foundation (1992) Julius Caesar (1993) Burning Kingdom (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	8/10 [2]
Q	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Julius Caesar is the third album by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released in 1993 on Drag City. It was re-released in Europe in 2001 on Domino Records. After his two first LPs, which were recorded at home with an experimental lo-fi approach, Callahan decided to record this album in a professional studio. Nevertheless, he kept control over the recording process, with only Kim Osterwalder helping out on cello.

The song "One Less Star" appeared in Above the Below , a 2003-documentary about a stunt by David Blaine. "Chosen One" was covered live by The Flaming Lips in a record store in Minneapolis on December 12, 1993, a recording which later appeared on their EP Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons . The song also appeared (as a Peel Session) on Callahan's rarities compilation Accumulation: None in 2002.

The song "37 Push Ups" appeared in the record company Kill Rock Stars' compilation album, Rock Stars Kill . ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Callahan.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strawberry Rash"	3:07
2.	"Your Wedding"	2:42
3.	"37 Push Ups"	2:17
4.	"Stalled on the Tracks"	3:24
5.	"One Less Star"	2:59
6.	"Golden"	1:14
7.	"When You Walk"	3:05
8.	"I Am Star Wars!"	2:49
9.	"Connections"	2:10
10.	"When the Power Goes Out"	1:25
11.	"Chosen One"	3:12
12.	"What Kind of Angel"	3:25
13.	"Stick in the Mud"	5:02

References

1. Phares, Heather. "Julius Caesar – Smog". AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2013.
2. "Smog: Julius Caesar". NME . July 23, 1994. p. 39.
3. "Smog: Julius Caesar". Q . No. 176. May 2001. p. 137.
4. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Smog". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  754–55. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
5. Rock Stars Kill at Amazon.com

External links

• Julius Caesar at Discogs (list of releases)