Dye It Blonde
by Smith Westerns

Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-01-18
Overall rank: 7,105th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 102 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (151st)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,373rd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,105th)

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Dye It Blonde is ranked as the best album by Smith Westerns.

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Overall rank: 7,105th | 2010s rank: 1,373rd | 2011 rank: 151st
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2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201133/1003
2025 peate754Top 100 Greatest Music Albums52/10046
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 201193/1000
2025 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 68 Music Albums of 201143/682
2025 johnnerTop 14 Music Albums of 20116/143
2025jnmaylesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1003
2025 johnnerTop 70 Music Albums of the 2010s67/701
2025cicadelicMatt Jordan/You Ain’t No Picasso: 30 Favorite Albums of 201125/30 -
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 201176/1001
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2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2010s 0822/100 -
2023 paladisiac2010s 60rating (61-56), #0001-0100*39/58 -
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 48 Music Albums of 201137/481
2022LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 201172/1001
2022 buzzdainerTop 72 Music Albums of 201154/721
2021 alexgagneTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s55/1009
2021WayneMCTop 86 Music Albums of 201163/861
2021 ghosttomostTop 60 Music Albums of 201148/601
2021 MophosTop 30 Music Albums of 201120/302
2020 CellarDoorTop 100 Music Albums of 201168/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 179
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 102 votes)
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12/11/2025 15:36 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,82764/100
 
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12/28/2024 04:25 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,64179/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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65/100
From 05/20/2018 14:50 | #215286
mediocre to average power pop. Nothing special.
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From 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.
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75/100
From 10/18/2012 15:52 | #52663
Weekend.
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From 09/12/2012 13:38 | #50427
After one listened to the album seems to be interesting. You can listen to a few times :)
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Rating:  
85/100
From 06/08/2012 02:38 | #44074
i thought this album would generate more of a response than it did. i love it.
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75/100
From 12/31/2011 23:03 | #34047
Still listening to this as I found it on a list of best of 2011. The first couple of tracks are very typically indie but there's a tempo to them that makes it likable. I might rerate this.
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60/100
From 12/15/2011 22:36 | #33051
Some big star -influenced type of indie rock/pop. It's faintly shoegazy, but mostly some jangly indie pop with some warm studio atmospherics.
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From 07/13/2011 20:42 | #24357
Not a bad album. Got a nice guitar sound to it. Not much to distinguish between tracks, nothing particular of putting. Could appeal to fans of the lo- fi sound. Imagine Pt 3 was the song which I enjoyed the most.
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From 07/13/2011 20:08 | #24355
Still New... sounds like track 2 off the Fleet Foxes album.
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