Occasional Rain Explained

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.

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Terry Callier, except where noted.

  1. "Segue #1– Go Head On"– 0:38
  2. "Ordinary Joe"– 4:19
  3. "Golden Circle #317"– 3:33
  4. "Segue #5– Go Head On"– 0:38
  5. "Trance on Sedgewick Street"– 6:17
  6. "Do You Finally Need a Friend" (Callier, Charles "Chas" Jones, Larry Wade)– 5:42
  7. "Segue #4– Go Head On"– 0:38
  8. "Sweet Edie-D"– 5:00
  9. "Occasional Rain"– 4:03
  10. "Segue #2– Go Head On"– 0:38
  11. "Blues for Marcus"– 3:29
  12. "Lean On Me"– 6:28
  13. "Last Segue– Go Head On"– 0:38

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