The SmileBest The Smile Albums Ranked
7.8
Avg Score
30
Opinions
5
Albums
13
Reviewers
Summary from 30 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated The Smile's catalog across 5 albums from 30 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated The Smile album is A Light for Attracting Attention (2022) with a 8.1/10 average from 8 ratings, followed by Wall of Eyes and The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022). The discography on Wavelength spans 2022 to 2024. You Will Never Work In Television Again ranks as the highest-rated The Smile song on Wavelength with a 9.4/10 average.
Wall of Eyes
“Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner’s second LP is not just an addendum within Radiohead’s already iconic institution, it’s a divergence that allows them to side-step the behemoth of culture-shifting precedents that surround the band’s legacy with sweeping, symphonic directions.”
A Light for Attracting Attention
“The debut from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and drummer Tom Skinner’s new group is instantly, unmistakably the best album yet by a Radiohead side project.”
Wall of Eyes
“Channeling jazz, kosmische, and prog, the Radiohead offshoot’s second album burrows deeper into their strangely enchanting appeal.”
Wall of Eyes
“Wall of Eyes is the sound of a more confident, collaborative The Smile, a version of the band willing to let their ideas ferment, even at the expense of immediacy.”
A Light for Attracting Attention
“During the first year of the pandemic, as Radiohead seemingly shifted from active band to archival project, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood did something they haven’t done since their teenage years: They formed a new band together. They called it The Smile—a reference to a Ted Hughes poem, not their sunny dispositions, in case there was any confusion—and they invited Tom Skinner, drummer for the Br”
Cutouts
“The Smile's cupboard-clearing Cutouts succeeds far beyond expectations”
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