Occasional Rain

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ReleasedMarch 1972 (1972-03)
Recorded1971
StudioTer Mar, Chicago, Illinois, US
Genre
Occasional Rain
A set of photographs of rain in an urban setting with "TERRY COLLIER OCCASIONAL RAIN" written along them in a border repeatedly in several colors
Studio album by
Terry Callier
ReleasedMarch 1972 (1972-03)
Recorded1971
StudioTer Mar, Chicago, Illinois, US
Genre
Length42:01
LabelCadet
ProducerCharles Stepney
Terry Callier chronology
The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier
(1968)		 Occasional Rain
(1972)		 What Color Is Love
(1972)

Occasional Rain is a 1972 studio album from American musician Terry Callier. Released by Cadet Records, it is Callier's second album and the first in the trilogy that he recorded in short succession for Cadet with producer Charles Stepney.[5] It has received positive critical reception.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Pitchfork9.0/10[6]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek singled out several tracks for praise and summed up the album as "transcendent".[1] In Pitchfork's introduction to psychedelic folk, Grayson Haver Currin notes this album and its title track in particular as must-hear songs to understand the genre.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Terry Callier, except where noted.

  1. "Segue #1 – Go Head On" – 0:38
  2. "Ordinary Joe" – 4:19
  3. "Golden Circle #317" – 3:33
  4. "Segue #5 – Go Head On" – 0:38
  5. "Trance on Sedgewick Street" – 6:17
  6. "Do You Finally Need a Friend" (Callier, Charles "Chas" Jones, Larry Wade) – 5:42
  7. "Segue #4 – Go Head On" – 0:38
  8. "Sweet Edie-D" – 5:00
  9. "Occasional Rain" – 4:03
  10. "Segue #2 – Go Head On" – 0:38
  11. "Blues for Marcus" – 3:29
  12. "Lean On Me" – 6:28
  13. "Last Segue – Go Head On" – 0:38

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