Occasional Rain | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Terry Callier |
Cover: | Terry Callier - Occasional Rain.jpg |
Alt: | A set of photographs of rain in an urban setting with "TERRY COLLIER OCCASIONAL RAIN" written along them in a border repeatedly in several colors |
Recorded: | 1971 |
Studio: | Ter Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, US |
Length: | 42:01 |
Label: | Cadet |
Producer: | Charles Stepney |
Prev Title: | The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier |
Prev Year: | 1968 |
Next Title: | What Color Is Love |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Occasional Rain is a 1972 studio album from American musician Terry Callier. Released by Cadet Records, it is Callier's second album and the first in the trilogy that he recorded in short succession for Cadet with producer Charles Stepney. It has received positive critical reception.
The editorial staff of AllMusic gave the release 4.5 out of five stars, with Thom Jurek singling out several tracks for praise and summing up the album as "transcendent". In Pitchforks introduction to psychedelic folk, Grayson Haver Currin notes this album and its title track in particular as must-hear songs to understand the genre.
All songs written by Terry Callier, except where noted.