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The Doctor Came at Dawn is the fifth album by Bill Callahan (under his "Smog" moniker), released in 1996 on Drag City.[9][10] It was re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. Callahan's occasional creative partner, Cynthia Dall, appears on the album.[11]

The Doctor Came at Dawn
Studio album by Smog
Released	September 10, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Lo-fi slowcore[1][2]
Length	38:52
Label	Drag City[3]
Producer	Bill Callahan
Smog chronology
Kicking a Couple Around (1996) The Doctor Came at Dawn (1996) Red Apple Falls (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5[8]

Critical reception

Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but arguably it marked the maturing of Callahan as a songwriter."[12] The Cleveland Scene wrote: "Spare and bitter, its songs conjure closed scenes that hum and bleed with intense sensory details."[13] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that Smog's "plaintive tunes and self-parodic misogyny both hit new levels."[7] CMJ New Music Monthly called The Doctor Came at Dawn "the bleakest, saddest album of 1996."[14] NME ranked the album at fortieth in their list "Darkest albums ever: 50 of the best."[15]

Track listing

1. "You Moved In" – 4:34
2. "Somewhere in the Night" – 2:10
3. "Lize" – 5:58
4. "Spread Your Bloody Wings" – 3:27
5. "Carmelite Light" – 0:42
6. "Everything You Touch Becomes a Crutch" – 2:34
7. "All Your Women Things" – 6:47
8. "Whistling Teapot (Rag)" – 3:39
9. "Four Hearts in a Can" – 4:12
10. "Hangman Blues" – 4:49

References

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