Rain on Lens

Rain on Lens is the ninth studio album by Smog. It was released on September 17, 2001, in Europe by Domino Recording Company and a day later in North America by Drag City.

Rain on Lens
Studio album by Smog
Released	September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)
Recorded	May 2001
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	38:25
Label	Drag City
Producer	Bill Callahan
Smog chronology
'Neath the Puke Tree (2000) Rain on Lens (2001) Accumulation: None (2002)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Dotmusic	4/5[3]
Neumu	[4]
NME	[5]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[6]
Playlouder	[7]
RTÉ	[8]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Callahan.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rain on Lens 1"	1:27
2.	"Song"	4:57
3.	"Natural Decline"	4:18
4.	"Keep Some Steady Friends Around"	4:28
5.	"Dirty Pants"	4:31
6.	"Lazy Rain"	5:27
7.	"Short Drive"	3:27
8.	"Live as If Someone Is Always Watching You"	4:05
9.	"Rain on Lens 2"	1:31
10.	"Revanchism"	4:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, production, etc.
• Rick Rizzo – guitar
• Geoff Greenberg – bass guitar
• Jessica Billey – violin, backing vocals
• Kyle Bruckmann – English horn, oboe
• Nate Lepine – alto saxophone, flute
• Pat Samson – drums
• Rob Bochnik – recording
• Jeremy Lemos – recording (5, 7)