Julius Caesar (album)

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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar cover
Studio album by Smog
Released July 5, 1993 (LP/CS/CD on Drag City)
2001 (CD on Domino)
Length 37:01
Label Drag City
Domino
Professional reviews
Smog chronology
Forgotten Foundation
(1992)		 Julius Caesar
(1993)		 Burning Kingdom
(1994)

Julius Caesar is Smog's third album, released in 1993 on Drag City. It was re-released in 2001 on Domino Records. After his two first LPs, which were recorded at home with an experimental lo-fi-approach, Callahan decided to record this album in a professional studio. Nevertheless he kept control over the recording process, with only Kim Osterwalder helping out on cello.

The song "One Less Star" appeared in Above the Below, a 2003-documentary about a stunt by David Blaine. "Chosen One" was covered live by The Flaming Lips in a record store in Minneapolis on December 12, 1993, a recording which later appeared on their EP Due to High Expectations... the Flaming Lips Are Providing Needles for Your Balloons. The song also appeared (as a Peel Session) on Callahan's rarities compilation Accumulation: None in 2002.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Strawberry Rash"
  2. "Your Wedding"
  3. "37 Push Ups"
  4. "Stalled on the Tracks"
  5. "One Less Star"
  6. "Golden"
  7. "When You Walk"
  8. "I Am Star Wars!"
  9. "Connections"
  10. "When the Power Goes Out"
  11. "Chosen One"
  12. "What Kind of Angel"
  13. "Stick in the Mud"