Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart
- From the Rivers to the Ocean
- Footprints
- Diamond Dancer
- Sycamore
- Wheel
- Honeymoon Child
- Day
- Night
- Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 9
Vinyl LP pressing of the 2007 solo release from Bill Callahan, formerly known as Smog. Reminding one of the earlier days of Smog, Woke... has elements of lo-fi, Country, Soul, Blues and, of course, Bill's super dry sense of humor. This album rates as one of Bill's best. The songwriting is as strong as his work on 2005's a River Ain't Too Much to Love or other greats like Knock Knock or Red Apple Falls. Bill opened for Joanna Newsom in January and played a few of his own (sell out) shows.
- From the Rivers to the Ocean
- Footprints
- Diamon Dancer
- Sycamore
- The Wheel
- Honeymoon Child
- Day
- Night
- A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Rock
- Tracks
- 9
You could say this is Bill Callahan's debut album. Although he's sired a dozen albums under the name of Smog, he has laid that name to rest and, well, WOKE ON a WHALEHEART. Another debut. With the same maverick spirit of, say, a Nilsson or a Cat Stevens, Bill Callahan has made an album that is born of no school of music other than what is in his heart and soul. Boasting the propulsive, glittering and classically pretty arrangements of Neil Michael Hagerty, this album manages to bypass the trends of the modern day while shunning retro entrapments. With a mix of gospel backing vocals by Deani Pugh-Flemmings of the Olivet Baptist Church, the incendiary guitar work of Pete Denton, and the honeyed violins of Elizabeth Warren, the music on this album touched on gospel, tough pop and American Light Opera.
