Accumulation: None

Smog | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B00006YXGJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,180 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Everything old is new again on this singles compilation, containing a dozen hard to find tracks from the band's first decade, none previously available on CD. Ten of the twelve songs have appeared on 7 inches, and six have never been released domestically. Two tracks were broadcast on radio and released as b-sides. Includes the hit single, 'A Hit' and 'White Ribbon' recorded for this collection. Drag City. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An album for die hard fans, November 8, 2002

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Hippie Smell "hippie_smell" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accumulation: None (Audio CD)

If you are like me and have the complete Smog catalog, then this is a nice compilation of some earlier hard to find material. If some one were to come to me and ask me what Smog album to get first I would point them to 'Red Apple Falls' or the 'Kicking A Couple Around' EP. For die hard fans of Smog, this album has it all: the depressing songs, the dry humor, and the powerful song writing that keeps you coming back for multiple listens.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is everyone talking about?, May 6, 2007

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ftngrave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accumulation: None (Audio CD)

I am not a exactly a die hard smog fan; I own about five of his albums, and some i really love while others i more appreciate simply for what he's trying to do, although some songs/albumskindof fail for me (supper is not an album that really does it for me but it contains one of my favorite songs, "feather to feather"). although this is not an album, it is one of my favorites. i can say that the one song, white ribbon, released nowhere else is my favorite smog song. it's amazing and i should say nothing else besides the fact that bill really crystallizes kind of who he is as an artist in this song-the song is really a great experience, he hits truth over the head. the other crazy thing about this compilation is that i love every song-i don't know if i can say that about his official albums i love, though the doctor.., a river.., and knock knock.. are pretty amazing. so hearing that most of these songs are rare releases kind of surprises me, but i can say that chosen one is from the album julius caesar which i've never heard but it's a great song. i don't think this is an album for diehard fans at all-i think it was intended as much of an objective overall view of smog's output as he could attempt doing. anyway, i highly recommend it. it's always felt like a greatest hits kind of thing for me simply because every song is amazing but they aren't cohesivally together like his albums.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource for fans, March 29, 2008

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M. S. Thomas (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Accumulation: None (Audio CD)

A great resource for Smog fans, although there is supposedly much more that could have been included. While diehard fans will continue to salivate for a fuller B-sides collection (Accumulation: None offers just a dozen songs), the title may be an obscure comment on the world of B-sides. "Real Live Dress" is just wierd, and all Smog "My anaconda don't want none, unless you got buns, hun/ Baby's got back/ I like big buns" Callahan intones over a dirge-like guitar. While Smog fans will find everything here to be of interest, the more fully realized songs are the better, thus "Came Blue" holds more interest, utlimately, than the tape-looped "Astronaut," and "I Break Horses" holds up better than "Floating." All in all, this collection is evidence both of the depth of Callahan's catalog and of his one-of-a-kind deadpan style. Contains the whole of the Cold Blooded Old Times single, among the best of Smog's detritus, from which both "Chosen One" and "I Break Horses" come, although the inclusion of the acoustic version of "Cold Blooded Old Times" is questionable, as it varies little from the album version. Of course the defining moment here is "A Hit," which tells you everything you need to know about Callahan's ethic: "It's not gonna be a hit/ so why even bother with it?/ just lay it down and forget about it."