{"product_id":"smog_knock-knock_2019","title":"Knock Knock","description":"Who’s back after all these years? It’s Bill Callahan, the super-sexy solo singer, who just crashed on our doorstep in his 90s vehicle - the Smog-mobile! And what does he have on the passenger seat? Hey, it’s the 20th anniversary edition of the classic Knock Knock, by Smog, remastered from the original tapes! By placing this album on your turntable, you allow yourself to be drawn deeper into the sound - and it’s not just thanks to the eternally impressive co-production by Callahan and Jim O'Rourke, it’s also due to the incredible precision of the half-speed mastering done at Abbey Road, bringing out the highs, lows, and even the mids that fans have taken for granted for too long. In 1999, Bill ventured into unknown territory. Released in the wake of the LP Red Apple Falls, Knock Knock set the bar high by combining his raw portraits with increasingly delicate nuances in melody and arrangement. People responded in kind, flocking in ever-growing numbers to stores and concert halls. They weren’t yet singing in unison on \"Cold-Blooded Old Times\" - that’s a happy post-millennial development - but there was a lot of excitement in the air during those final days of the old century. Knock Knock was such a tour de force that setting up a makeover twenty years later was a piece of cake. With production values at a record level (for the time) and a team of Chicago studio rats (as well as a carefully selected and paid children's choir), Knock Knock was the most colorful of Smog's albums; a record that played like a true opera, a story told in song. The story of a boy named Smog. Today, songs like \"Held,\" \"River Guard,\" and \"Hit the Ground Running\" are still requested at concerts. Meanwhile, the half-speed remaster of the 20th anniversary of the LP allows us to perceive the vast spaces in tunes like \"Sweet Treat\" and \"Left Only With Love.\" Knock Knock never stops!","brand":"Smog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58239970672984,"sku":null,"price":20190901.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0781484016120.jpg?v=1787438013","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/smog_knock-knock_2019","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}