A River Ain't Too Much to Love

Infobox Album |
Name = A River Ain't Too Much to Love
Type = Album
Artist = Smog


Released = May 31, 2005 (LP/CD on Drag City)
May 30, 2005 (LP/CD on Domino)
Recorded = Pedernales Studio, Spicewood, Texas, 2004
Length = 50:47
Label = Drag City / Domino
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:vt2ibkk9dakc link]
* Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21833/Smog_A_River_Aint_Too_Much_to_Love link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/smog/albums/album/7331043/review/7349121/a_river_aint_too_much_to_love link]
Last album = "Supper"
(2003)
This album = "A River Ain't Too Much To Love"
(2005)
Next album = "Woke on a Whaleheart"
(2007)

"A River Ain't Too Much to Love" is Smog's eleventh album, released in 2005. Music videos were produced for both "Rock Bottom Riser" and "I Feel Like the Mother of the World", the latter featuring Chloë Sevigny. Both can be found on the "Rock Bottom Riser"-single release.

Track listing

#"Palimpsest" (Bill Callahan) – 2:52
#"Say Valley Maker" (B. Callahan) – 5:10
#"The Well" (B. Callahan) – 7:00
#"Rock Bottom Riser" (B. Callahan) – 5:44
#"I Feel Like the Mother of the World" (B. Callahan) – 3:09
#"In the Pines" (Traditional) – 5:12
#"Drinking at the Dam" (B. Callahan) – 4:07
#"Running the Loping" (B. Callahan) – 6:55
#"I'm New Here" (B. Callahan) – 3:59
#"Let Me See the Colts" (B. Callahan) – 6:39

Credits

*Bill Callahan - vocals, various instruments, guitar
*Connie Lovatt - vocals, bass guitar
*Jim White - drums
*Thor Harris - hammer dulcimer, airdrums, zills
*Travis Weller - fiddle
*Joanna Newsom - piano