Wild Love (album) explained

Wild Love
Type:Album
Artist:Smog
Cover:Wild Love.JPG
Border:yes
Recorded:1994–1995
Genre:Lo-fi
Length:35:16
Label:Drag City
Producer:Rian Murphy
Prev Title:Burning Kingdom
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:Kicking a Couple Around
Next Year:1996

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.

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."[1]

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.[2]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smog Biography, Songs, & Albums. Ankeny. Jason. AllMusic. August 15, 2023.
  2. Web site: Smog - Wild Love. 1995 . Discogs.