The Doctor Came at Dawn explained

The Doctor Came at Dawn
Type:Album
Artist:Smog
Cover:The Doctor Came At Dawn.jpg
Released:September 10, 1996
Recorded:1996
Length:38:52
Label:Drag City[1]
Producer:Bill Callahan
Prev Title:Kicking a Couple Around
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Red Apple Falls
Next Year:1997

The Doctor Came at Dawn is the fifth album by Bill Callahan (under his "Smog" moniker), released in 1996 on Drag City.[2] [3] It was re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. Callahan's occasional creative partner, Cynthia Dall, appears on the album.[4]

Critical reception

Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but arguably it marked the maturing of Callahan as a songwriter."[5] The Cleveland Scene wrote: "Spare and bitter, its songs conjure closed scenes that hum and bleed with intense sensory details."[6] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Smog's "plaintive tunes and self-parodic misogyny both hit new levels." CMJ New Music Monthly called The Doctor Came at Dawn "the bleakest, saddest album of 1996."[7] NME ranked the album at fortieth in their list "Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best."[8]

Track listing

  1. "You Moved In" – 4:34
  2. "Somewhere in the Night" – 2:10
  3. "Lize" – 5:58
  4. "Spread Your Bloody Wings" – 3:27
  5. "Carmelite Light" – 0:42
  6. "Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" – 2:34
  7. "All Your Women Things" – 6:47
  8. "Whistling Teapot (Rag)" – 3:39
  9. "Four Hearts in a Can" – 4:12
  10. "Hangman Blues" – 4:49

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smog - The Doctor Came At Dawn | Drag City. www.dragcity.com.
  2. Web site: Ankeny. Jason. Smog Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. 2003. Rough Guides. 978-1-84353-105-0. 968.
  4. Web site: Leibrock. Rachel. April 18, 2012. Goodbye, Cynthia Dall. News & Review.
  5. Web site: March 8, 2013. Bill Callahan – Album By Album. Uncut.
  6. Web site: Scribner. Sara. March 11, 1999. The Ruminator. Cleveland Scene.
  7. Wolk. Douglas. February 1997. Second Thoughts. CMJ. CMJ Network, Inc.. 42. Google Books.
  8. Web site: January 19, 2011. Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best. November 1, 2021. NME.

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