A River Ain't Too Much to Love

by Smog

A River Ain't Too Much to Love cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 May 2005
  • Label: Domino, Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:47
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bill Callahan's final album under the Smog moniker is a warm, acoustic delight. Recorded live in the studio, it features intricate fingerpicking and serene, observational lyrics. It is a peaceful, mature conclusion to the Smog era.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, nature, lo-fi, minimal, unpolished, witty

Tracklist

  1. Palimpsest (02:52)
  2. Say Valley Maker (05:10)
  3. The Well (07:00)
  4. Rock Bottom Riser (05:44)
  5. I Feel Like The Mother Of The World (03:09)
  6. In The Pines (05:12)
  7. Drinking At The Dam (04:07)
  8. Running The Loping (06:55)
  9. I'm New Here (03:59)
  10. Let Me See The Colts (06:39)

Credits

  • Smog - primary artist
  • Jim White - drums
  • Connie Lovatt - electric bass, vocals
  • Steve Chadie - engineer
  • Travis Weller - fiddle
  • Nick Webb - mastered by
  • Petr Neubert - photography by [poster photo]
  • Bill Callahan - producer, vocals, guitar, performer [various instruments], written-by
  • Thor Harris - percussion [zills], drums [air drum], dulcimer [hammered]
  • Joanna Newsom - piano
  • Chris "Frenchie" Smith - mixed by
  • Traditional - written-by

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