Apocalypse (Bill Callahan album)

Apocalypse is a studio album by Bill Callahan, released on April 5, 2011. It is the third studio album released under his own name, and fourteenth overall when including LPs released as Smog.^[14]

Apocalypse
Studio album by Bill Callahan
Released	April 5, 2011 (2011-04-05)
Recorded	September 2010
Studio	Sonic Ranch
Genre	Folk psychedelic folk[1] Americana
Length	40:24
Label	Drag City
Producer	Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan chronology
Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (2009) Apocalypse (2011) Dream River (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.9/10[2]
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	B+[5]
The Daily Telegraph	[6]
The Independent	[7]
Mojo	[8]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Spin	7/10[12]
Uncut	[13]

Mojo and Pitchfork both placed Apocalypse at number 23 on their respective lists of the best albums of 2011,^[15][16] while Uncut placed the album at number 25.^[17] In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 39 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s".^[18] In 2021, Beats Per Minute placed the album at number 38 in its "Top 50 Albums of the 2010s."^[19]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Drover"	5:24
2.	"Baby's Breath"	5:30
3.	"America!"	5:33
4.	"Universal Applicant"	5:53
5.	"Riding for the Feeling"	6:05
6.	"Free's"	3:13
7.	"One Fine Morning"	8:46

Personnel

• Bill Callahan – vocals, classical guitar, electric guitar, snare, production
• Brian Beattie – bass, mixing
• Gordon Butler – fiddle
• John Congleton – recording
• Luke Franco – flute
• Matt Kinsey – bass, electric guitar
• Jonathan Meiburg – Wurlitzer electric piano, piano
• Neal Morgan – drums
• Roger Seibel – mastering

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20]	83
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21]	87
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22]	49
Irish Albums (IRMA)[23]	80
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]	37
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	116
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26]	16
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[27]	6
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[28]	13