# Bill Callahan discography

This a detailed discography of American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan. All of his work was released under the alias Smog, except where noted.

## Cassettes

* Macramé Gunplay (1988)
* Cow (1989)
* A Table Setting (1990)
* Tired Tape Machine (1990)

## Albums

All released under the name "Smog" except those that mention otherwise.
| Title | Release date | Label | Format | Additional info |
| Sewn to the Sky | 1990 | Disaster | LP | Re-released by Drag City on CD in 1995, on LP in 1996 and on CD in 2005 |
| Forgotten Foundation | May 25, 1992 | Drag City | CD | Re-released on LP in 1996, and on CD in 2005 |
| Julius Caesar | July 5, 1993 | Drag City | LP/CS/CD | Re-released on CD by Domino Records in 2001 |
| Wild Love | March 27, 1995 | Drag City | LP/CD | Re-released on CD by Domino Records in 2001 |
| The Doctor Came at Dawn | September 10, 1996 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | |
| Red Apple Falls | May 20, 1997 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | |
| Knock Knock | January 12, 1999 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | |
| Dongs of Sevotion | April 4, 2000 | Drag City / Domino | 2×LP/CD | |
| Rain on Lens | September 18, 2001 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | |
| Supper | March 18, 2003 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | |
| A River Ain't Too Much to Love | May 31, 2005 | Drag City / Domino | LP/CD | Latest album released under the name Smog |
| Woke on a Whaleheart | April 17, 2007 | Drag City | LP/CD | First album released as Bill Callahan |
| Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle | April 14, 2009 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan |
| Apocalypse | April 11, 2011 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan UK chart peak: #116 |
| Dream River | September 17, 2013 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan UK chart peak: #44 |
| Have Fun with God | January 21, 2014 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan |
| Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest | June 14, 2019 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan |
| Gold Record | September 4, 2020 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan |
| Ytilaer | October 14, 2022 | Drag City | LP/CD | As Bill Callahan |

## Compilations

* Accumulation: None (released under the alias (Smog) on November 5, 2002, by Drag City / Domino)
* Blind Date Party (collaborative double album with Bonnie "Prince" Billy released on December 10, 2021)

## EPs

| Title | Release date | Label | Format | Additional info |
| Floating | August 23, 1991 | Drag City | 7-inch | |
| Burning Kingdom | September 19, 1994 | Drag City | 12-inch/CS/CD | Rerelased on CD by Domino Records in 2001. |
| Kicking a Couple Around | April 29, 1996 | Drag City / Domino Records | 12-inch/CD | |
| The Manta Rays of Time | 2000 | Spunk Records | CD | |
| Strayed | July 17, 2000 | Drag City / Domino Records | CD | Features a reissue of the rare self-released cassette Cow. |
| 'Neath the Puke Tree | December 11, 2000 | Drag City / Domino Records | 12-inch/CD | |

## Live recording

* Rough Travel for a Rare Thing (2010)
* Bill Callahan Live at Third Man Records (2018)

## Singles

| Title | Year | Format | Label | Additional info |
| "My Shell" / "Astronaut" | 1991 | 7-inch (split with Suckdog) | #1 Hits! | An electric version of "My Shell" was later featured on the Burning Kingdom EP. |
| "A Hit" | 1994 | 7-inch | Drag City | |
| "Came Blue" / "Spanish Moss" | 1996 | 7-inch | Hausmusik | |
| "Ex-Con" | 1997 | 7-inch/CD | Domino Records | From Red Apple Falls. |
| "Held" | 1998 | 7-inch/CD | Drag City / Domino Records | From Knock Knock. |
| "Look Now" | 1999 | 7-inch/CD | Drag City | |
| "Cold Blooded Old Times" | 1999 | 7-inch/CD | Domino Records | From Knock Knock. |
| "Strayed" | 2000 | 7-inch | Drag City / Domino Records | From Dongs of Sevotion. |
| "Rock Bottom Riser" | 2006 | CD | Drag City / Domino Records | From A River Ain't Too Much to Love. |
| "Diamond Dancer" | 2007 | CD | Drag City | From Woke on a Whaleheart. |
| "Wind and the Dove" (live) | 2010 | 7-inch | Drag City | |
| "Blackness of the Night" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring AZITA, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "OD'd in Denver" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Matt Sweeney, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "I've Made Up My Mind" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Alasdair Roberts, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Red Tailed Hawk" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Matt Kinsey, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Wish You Were Gay" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Sean O'Hagan, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Deacon Blues" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Bill MacKay, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Our Anniversary" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Smog cover with Will Oldham, featuring Dead Rider, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "I Love You" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring David Pajo, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Sea Song" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Mick Turner, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "I've Been the One" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Meg Baird, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Letter Sung to Friends"/"Little Bird" | 2020 | digital | Drag City | Covers with Will Oldham, featuring Nathan Salsburg |
| "Rooftop Garden" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring George Xylouris, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Miracles" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Ty Segall, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Lost in Love" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Emmett Kelly, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Night Rider's Lament" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Cory Hanson, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Arise Therefore" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Will Oldham cover with Oldham, featuring Six Organs of Admittance, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "The Night of Santiago" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring David Grubbs, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "The Wild Kindness" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Cooper Crain, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "I Want to Go to the Beach" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Cassie Berman, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "She Is My Everything" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Richard Bishop, later compiled on Blind Date Party |
| "Kidnapped by Neptune" | 2021 | digital | Drag City | Cover with Will Oldham, featuring Hamerkop |

## Other appearances
### Studio appearances

| Year | Song(s) | Album | Album artist |
| 1994 | "Your Face" | Hey Drag City (Drag City Compilation (DC20)) | Various artists (as Smog) |
| 1999 | "Extra Blues" (might be produced/feature string arrangements by Walker(?)) | Pola X (Original Soundtrack) | Soundtrack composed by Scott Walker also featuring contributions from Smog & Sonic Youth among others |
| 2009 | "The Breeze/My Baby Cries" | Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom | Various artists (covering Kath Bloom) |
| 2009 | "Santa Maria" originally by Versus | Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! | Various artists |
| 2009 | "For a Rainbow" | Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill | Various artists (covering Judee Sill) |
| 2010 | "Lapse" | Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox | Various artists (covering Chris Knox) |

### Guest appearances

| Year | Album artist | Album | Song(s) |
| 2006 | Joanna Newsom | Ys | "Only Skin" |

## Collaborations

| Year | Band | Title | Label | Additional info |
| 1993 | The Sundowners | Goat Songs 7-inch EP | Sea Note Records | Collaboration with Will Oldham. Reissued on May 21, 1994. |
| c.1993 | The Sundowners | "The Girl with the Thing in Her Hair" / "The Summer Song" 7-inch | Sea Note Records | Collaboration with Will Oldham. |
| 2001 | Drag City Supersessions | Tramps, Traitors and Little Devils | Drag City | Collaboration with Edith Frost and Neil Michael Hagerty |