Wall Of Eyes
by The Smile
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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 783 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,194.
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Wall Of Eyes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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| ! | 06/28/2026 10:09 | TonySayers61 | 25,046 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 05:20 |  Strangel | 1,006 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 11:56 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 272 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:37 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 20:35 | araidernomore | 469 | 70/100 |
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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 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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I preferred their debut album, this one I just couldn't get in to after two listens. Teleharmonic probably the pick of the bunch but overall nothing I'd rush to listen to again.
Best Smile album so far.
Bending Hectic is my favourite track.
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!
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!
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.
HoldenM 05/16/2024 20:29 | #303563
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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.
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.
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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