Wild Love (album)

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Wild Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 1995 (1995-03-27)
Recorded1994–1995
Genre Lo-fi
Length35:16
Label Drag City
Producer Rian Murphy
Smog chronology
Burning Kingdom
(1994)
Wild Love
(1995)
Kicking a Couple Around
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Piero Scaruffi 7.5/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Wild Love is the fourth album by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released on March 27, 1995, on Drag City and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. Jim O'Rourke appeared as cellist on this album, his first collaboration with Smog. Drag City's producer Rian Murphy helped to develop a wider musical palette than its predecessor Julius Caesar .

Contents

Critical reception

Wild Love has attracted favorable critical reviews. In a retrospective biography of Smog, AllMusic's Jason Ankeny called the album "a triumph of abject failure", seeing that it "reflected [Callahan's] bitter obsessions with stunning clarity." [5]

Cat Power later covered "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think .

Track listing

All tracks written by Bill Callahan, except where noted. [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bathysphere" 4:50
2."Wild Love" 1:35
3."Sweet Smog Children" 1:41
4."Bathroom Floor"
1:55
5."The Emperor" 1:11
6."Limited Capacity" 1:18
7."It's Rough" 4:45
8."Sleepy Joe"
  • Callahan
  • Dall
3:53
9."The Candle" 2:26
10."Be Hit" 2:23
11."Prince Alone in the Studio"
  • Callahan
  • Dall
7:15
12."Goldfish Bowl" 2:00
Total length:35:16

Personnel

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