Dye It Blonde
by Smith Westerns
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Dye It Blonde is ranked as the best album by Smith Westerns.
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Dye It Blonde track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dye It Blonde rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2011 Discos en inglés | 28/35 | - |
| 2026 | jnmayles | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 97/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Mowno Top Albums 2011 | 43/50 | - |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 69 Music Albums of the 2010s | 66/69 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Matt Jordan/You Ain’t No Picasso: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011 | 25/30 | - |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 68 Music Albums of 2011 | 43/68 | 2 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Monarchie & Alltag: Alben des Jahres 2011 | 5/40 | - |
| 2025 |  peate754 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 43 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 195 | |||
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Dye It Blonde ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 23:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,549 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 15:36 | TonySayers61 | 25,458 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 03:31 | dhbarrett | 8,684 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 05/17/2018 20:00 in Album of the day (#2711): Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns
Komorebi-D 04/13/2017 11:34 in What album are you listening to right now? BestEverAlbums 10/08/2014 20:00 in Album of the day (#1414): Dye It Blonde by Smith WesternsDye It Blonde comments
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mediocre to average power pop. Nothing special.
~SMiLE~ 03/11/2013 22:18 | #67917
Well written/ well structured songs.
This album has a feel-good sound.
Fuzzy, playful reverberation coated.
Melodies rise to the surface of this crisp, dreamy noise. Sunny melodies and jangly guitar tones with swooning thin airy, vocals spawn a hazy 70's vibe. A straightforward, glam tinged pop/rock warmth.
johnner 10/18/2012 15:52 | #52663
Weekend.
After one listened to the album seems to be interesting. You can listen to a few times :)
dfulfo01 06/08/2012 02:38 | #44074 | TOP COMMENT
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i thought this album would generate more of a response than it did. i love it.
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