Smoke Ring for My Halo
2011 studio album by Kurt Vile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Smoke Ring for My Halo is the fourth studio album by American indie rock musician Kurt Vile, released on March 8, 2011 on Matador. A deluxe edition was released in November 2011, including the subsequent EP, So Outta Reach (2011). The album was produced by John Agnello, Kurt Vile and his backing band, the Violators. Regarding the album's lyrical content, Vile stated: "It’s just me and those thoughts you have late at night when nobody is around. It is more a feeling than a statement – a general wandering feeling. It’s kind of a wandering record."[13]
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Released | March 8, 2011 | |||
Recorded | March 2010 – May 2010 | |||
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Length | 45:48 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.5/10[1] |
Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | B+[4] |
The Boston Phoenix | [5] |
Mojo | [6] |
NME | 8/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 8.4/10[8] |
Q | [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
Spin | 9/10[11] |
Uncut | [12] |
The album was released to critical acclaim upon its release, with Mojo placing the album at No. 12 on its "Top 50 albums of 2011" list,[14] while Uncut placed the album at number 14[15] and Pitchfork placed the album at number 16.[16]