Supper (album)

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Supper
Supper (Smog album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)
RecordedAugust–September 2002
Genre Lo-fi
Length43:28
Label Drag City
Producer Bill Callahan
(Smog) chronology
Accumulation: None
(2002)
Supper
(2003)
A River Ain't Too Much to Love
(2005)

Supper is the tenth studio album by Smog. It was released in 2003 in Europe by Domino Recording Company and in North America by Drag City.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Dotmusic 7/10 [4]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [5]
Gaffa Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7/10 [8]
Stylus 8.4/10 [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4/5 [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

No Ripcord placed it at number 39 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Callahan.

No.TitleLength
1."Feather by Feather"5:36
2."Butterflies Drowned in Wine"4:37
3."Morality"2:46
4."Ambition"4:27
5."Vessel in Vain"4:19
6."Truth Serum"7:28
7."Our Anniversary"6:17
8."Driving"4:09
9."A Guiding Light"3:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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