Julius Caesar (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Julius Caesar
Type = album
Artist = Smog


Released = July 5, 1993 (LP/CS/CD on Drag City)
2001 (CD on Domino)
Recorded =
Length = 37:01
Label = Drag City Domino
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:meoibkg9jakc link] |
Last album = "Forgotten Foundation"
(1992)
This album = "Julius Caesar"
(1993)
Next album = "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 "" in 2002.

Track listing

#"Strawberry Rash"
#"Your Wedding"
#"37 Push Ups"
#"Stalled on the Tracks"
#"One Less Star"
#"Golden"
#"When You Walk"
#"I Am Star Wars!"
#"Connections"
#"When the Power Goes Out"
#"Chosen One"
#"What Kind of Angel"
#"Stick in the Mud"