The Doctor Came at Dawn
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Critical reception
Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but arguably it marked the maturing of Callahan as a songwriter."[4] The Cleveland Scene wrote: "Spare and bitter, its songs conjure closed scenes that hum and bleed with intense sensory details."[5] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Smog's "plaintive tunes and self-parodic misogyny both hit new levels."[6] 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
- "You Moved In" – 4:34
- "Somewhere in the Night" – 2:10
- "Lize" – 5:58
- "Spread Your Bloody Wings" – 3:27
- "Carmelite Light" – 0:42
- "Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" – 2:34
- "All Your Women Things" – 6:47
- "Whistling Teapot (Rag)" – 3:39
- "Four Hearts in a Can" – 4:12
- "Hangman Blues" – 4:49
References
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