Album: Wild Love by Smog (1995)
Genre: Alternative Country
Format: Album

Description: "Wild Love" is the fourth album by Smog (the alias of Bill Callahan),  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.
Chan Marshall later covered "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think.

Artist Background: " Smog" is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, real name William Rahr Callahan, who began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. Smog started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs often nearly lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorl... Part of the Silver Spring ,USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Country movement.

Related Artists: Palace Music, Silver Jews

Music Scene: Part of the Silver Spring ,USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Alternative Country movement.

Tags: Alternative Country, 1990s, Album


"Wild Love" is the fourth album by Smog (the alias of Bill Callahan),  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.
Chan Marshall later covered "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think.

Wild Love

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