Smoke Ring For My Halo
by Kurt Vile
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Kurt Vile bestography
Smoke Ring For My Halo is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Kurt Vile on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kurt Vile is Wakin On A Pretty Daze which is ranked number 1200 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,455.
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Smoke Ring For My Halo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 18:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,779 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 09:38 | LosWochos | 47,453 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 13:42 | daCritic | 4,561 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 21:44 | martintho | 4,720 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:28 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Kamens 02/27/2019 04:12 | #232715 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the first albums I fell in love with. Stands the test of time eight years later.
This album is a perfect blend of music nerdiness, sarcastic humor, and real emotion genuinely expressed. KV is one of today's great songwriters imo and doesn't get nearly enough credit.
junodog4 02/18/2015 03:29 | #135203
Super laidback feel. I can see the ties to War On Drugs. Pleasant throwback music.
This was a neat little collection of songs.
zdwyatt 10/24/2013 19:14 | #89093 | TOP COMMENT
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His previous album was released to critical acclaim and earned him comparisons to Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. I don't get those comparisons at all; his stuff is too lo-fi and consistently dark. If pressed, I'd say he's most akin to Lou Reed (the solo version).
RockyRaccoon 07/18/2013 16:36 | #81879 | TOP COMMENT
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I would imagine that if a member of Fleet Foxes decided to leave and make their own solo album, it would sound like this album. With a voice that sounds like Devendra Banhart and Lou Reed had a baby, Kurt Vile has created quite an interesting album. A great folk-rock album that has bits of multiple bands in it, but also has a uniqueness to it. Very dreamy sounding folk, which is not really something I come across often in folk music. The only other time I’ve really heard a dreamy, ethereal sound to folk music is from Fleet Foxes. And it’s been working pretty well for them. That’s why I like this album. It’s pleasant to listen to but it also has an interesting quality to it. It’s simple, but complex at the same time. And it’s quite good.
JoaoMoreira 07/11/2013 23:55 | #81146
Not as brilliant as "Childish Prodigy", still a great album with some major songs. "Jesus Fever" is an outstanding song.
ProfessorSquid 04/15/2013 19:33 | #73268
Decided to give this another listen after just hearing his new record. I haven't tired of this one yet.
I like this album a lot. I hear some Zep 3, some Sister Morphine, but Kurt makes it all his own. This will probanly make my chart at some point.
Very avarage. It is not so emotional album , you don't want to switch off your CD but you don't want to listen to it once again.
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