Smeared

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
NME7/10[3]
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The Village VoiceB+[5]

Smeared is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released in Canada on October 1, 1992, and in the United States in January, 1993, on Geffen Records. The album was recorded at a low cost of $1,200.[6] The album is ranked 86th in the 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums by music journalist Bob Mersereau and is widely considered a seminal album of Canada's 1990s alternative rock scene. In an interview with GuitarWorld, in December 2022, Patrick Pentland stated that a Smeared 30th Anniversary reissue is in the works, slated for 2023.[7] The deluxe edition reissue was eventually released in May 2024, which featured a 44-page book, concert poster, unreleased demos & outtakes from the Smeared sessions, as well as a previously unreleased live concert from June 1993 at McGill University, in Montreal.

Overview

Like their first release, the Peppermint EP, Smeared received comparisons to Sonic Youth and Beatles.[citation needed] Three songs from Peppermint re-appear on Smeared; one of these ("Underwhelmed") was entirely re-recorded, while the other two ("Marcus Said" and "Sugartune") are the same recordings with new mixing. The band had originally intended to name the album Gluegun.[8]

The track Median Strip, despite being principally written by Andrew Scott, was sung by Chris Murphy. An alternate version featuring Scott's vocals was included on the 2024 deluxe reissue.[9]

Music videos were produced for the tracks "Underwhelmed", "500 Up", and "Sugar Tune". The music video for "Sugar Tune" was shot in the Spring of 1993, in Iowa, while the band were on their United States tour of Smeared, and was shot by Super Friendz' Matt Murphy. This video went unreleased until December 2024.[10] Two videos were shot for "Underwhelmed". The first version of the video, shot by Colin MacKenzie, was shot in Clayton Park, in Halifax, NS, in June of 1992, at Chris' parents house.[11] This version of the video, was the winner of the Moonsnail Award, in the Music Video category, at the Atlantic Film Festival, in 1992.[12] Both "Underwhelmed" and "500 Up" received moderate rotation on MuchMusic in the early 1990s. Jennifer Pierce, of fellow Halifax band Jale, sang backing vocals on "I Am the Cancer".

Commercial performance

By September 1993, the album had sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide.[13] The album was certified Gold in Canada on July 12, 1995. By February 1997, the album had sold 60,000 units in Canada.[6]

Track listing

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Credits

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Smeared – Sloan". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Arnold, Gina (February 19, 1993). "Smeared". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sloan: Smeared". NME: 30. February 6, 1993.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robbins, Ira (April 15, 1993). "Sloan: Smeared". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert (June 1, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.SLOAN REUNITES FOR ENCLAVE SET. Billboard. February 1997. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Adams, Gregory (December 20, 2022). "Sloan's Patrick Pentland on the art of democratic songwriting, channeling Ace Frehley through a 5150 and why he prefers a wah that looks like a car to a Cry Baby". Guitarworld.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sloan 1994 Public Access TV interview". YouTube. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Power Popaholic Interview: Sloan". Powerpopaholic.com. April 28, 2018.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sloan - Sugartune OFFICIAL VIDEO HD REMASTERED". YouTube.
  11. ^ Smeared Deluxe booklet, 2024
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Collection search - Underwhelmed". Recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. November 25, 2016.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smeared campaign". Maclean's. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

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