Wall Of Eyes (studio album) by The Smile

Wall Of Eyes by The Smile
Year: 2024
Release date: 2024-01-26
Overall rank: 1,817th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 291 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2024 (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2020s (52nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,817th)
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The Smile bestography

Wall Of Eyes is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by The Smile on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Smile is A Light For Attracting Attention which is ranked number 1094 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,612.

The Smile album bestography « Higher ranked (1,094th) This album (1,817th) Lower ranked (3,703rd) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 291 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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75/100
From 01/19/2025 22:14
Best Smile album so far.
Bending Hectic is my favourite track.
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80/100
From 07/12/2024 11:51
A definite expansion from their debut, although I feel the songs have stuck with me less than on that project… will have to give a follow up listen in due course!
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90/100
From 07/12/2024 03:45
This is a superb album by the Smile. Track 3 - Read the Room and Track 7 - Bending Hectic are exceptional tracks, with the latter being the best track I've heard in years. It feels like they are channelling Magical Mystery Tour / Sgt Pepper's era psychadelia from within Abbey Road Studios at times on Bending Hectic. The classical instrumental crescendo (from 5:29) prior to the distortion section in Bending Hectic reminds me of the ascending scale crescendo in A Day in the Life. The outro section (from 6:52) also reminds me of the outro in I am the Walrus. The album does take a few listens to really appreciate everything that's going on, especially to get around all the time signature changes. The drumming is sensational thru out. These guys are inspirational!
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80/100
From 06/05/2024 08:40
Only 2 tracks on this album are very good. Is that enough to get nr. one at the 2024 chart? But I like this one better than the first album.
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From 03/26/2024 23:51
This album is stunning. Beautiful, ethereal, strange, stressful. A fascinating listen. “Bending Hectic” is a highlight on this album. It’s a beautiful bendy song with unique guitar work. I think it will be hard for anyone to make a better album this year.
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80/100
From 03/06/2024 11:58
I can't help but enjoy it when Jonny and Thom stretch their creative legs and release new music. Good record which shows the vast majority of acts performing today what you can do if you understand sound and are willing to do something that has more than three chords.
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70/100
From 01/29/2024 21:00
Kinda weird, i liked every single track, but as an album i did not love it as much as i hoped.
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From 01/27/2024 03:22
Even better than the debut, and more compelling than anything released in the past year - by anyone. "Friend of a Friend" is the only weakling, but otherwise it's a solid, unified album.
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