Red Apple Falls

Red Apple Falls
Studio album by Smog
Released	May 20, 1997
Recorded	October 30 - November 3, 1996
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	43:20
Label	Drag City
Producer	Jim O'Rourke, Bill Callahan
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Smog chronology
The Doctor Came at Dawn (1996) Red Apple Falls (1997) Knock Knock (1999)

Red Apple Falls is Smog's sixth album, released in May 1997 on Drag City and re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. It was recorded by Jim O'Rourke and Bill Callahan, with assistance from Phil Bonnet. It is the first of two Smog records produced by O'Rourke, and Callahan's third team-up with O'Rourke. He also played bass, piano, hammond, hurdy gurdy and drums.

"Ex-Con" was released as a single. An early version of "Red Apples" was first featured on Callahan's first EP Floating in 1991, and was later covered by Chan Marshall for her album The Covers Record. "I Was a Stranger" was redone by Callahan for the 2000 EP 'Neath the Puke Tree. Additionally, as a collaboration project, the two German labels Schinderwies Productions and keplar released a split single subtitled A Tribute to Smog in 2003, with Tripophon & Mawe covering "I Was a Stranger" and Radio Magenta covering "Ex-Con."

Track listing

1. "The Morning Paper" – 3:22
2. "Blood Red Bird" – 4:01
3. "Red Apples" – 5:06
4. "I Was a Stranger" – 3:23
5. "To Be of Use" – 5:41
6. "Red Apple Falls" – 6:49
7. "Ex-Con" – 3:35
8. "Inspirational" – 6:25
9. "Finer Days" – 4:50