Dye It Blonde

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Field	Value
name	Dye It Blonde
type	studio
artist	Smith Westerns
cover	Dye It Blonde.jpg
released	January 18, 2011
genre	Indie pop
length	35:22
label	Fat Possum
producer	Chris Coady
prev_title	Smith Westerns
prev_year	2009
next_title	Soft Will
next_year	2013
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| name = Dye It Blonde | type = studio | artist = Smith Westerns | cover = Dye It Blonde.jpg | alt = | released = January 18, 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie pop | length = 35:22 | label = Fat Possum | producer = Chris Coady | prev_title = Smith Westerns | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Soft Will | next_year = 2013

Dye It Blonde is the second studio album by the band Smith Westerns, released on January 18, 2011 on Fat Possum Records.

Critical reception

| MC = 80/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = The A.V. Club | rev2Score = A− | rev3 = Consequence of Sound | rev3Score = C+ | rev4 = One Thirty BPM | rev4Score = (89%) | rev5 = Paste | rev5Score = 8.1/10 | rev6 = Pitchfork | rev6Score = 8.4/10 | rev7 = Rolling Stone | rev7Score = | rev8 = Slant Magazine | rev8Score = | rev9 = Spin | rev9Score = 9/10 | rev10 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev10Score = Dye It Blonde received acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 30 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

| all_writing = Cullen Omori and Max Kakacek | headline = | total_length = 35:22

| title1 = Weekend | length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Still New | length2 = 4:12

| title3 = Imagine Pt. 3 | length3 = 3:34

| title4 = All Die Young | length4 = 3:47

| title5 = Fallen in Love | length5 = 2:30

| title6 = End of the Night | length6 = 3:26

| title7 = Only One | length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Smile | length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Dance Away | length9 = 2:46

| title10 = Dye the World | length10 = 4:10

References

References

1. "Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns". [[CBS Interactive]].
2. Sendra, Tim. "''Dye It Blonde'' - Smith Westerns". [[AllMusic]].
3. Hyden, Steven. (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: ''Dye It Blonde''". [[The Onion]].
4. Coplan, Chris. (January 14, 2011). "Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde".
5. [http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-smith-westerns-dye-it-blonde/ One Thirty BPM review]
6. Stinson, Liz. (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: ''Dye it Blonde''". [[Wolfgang's Vault]].
7. Bevan, David. (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: ''Dye It Blonde''".
8. Dolan, Jon. (January 18, 2011). "''Dye It Blonde''". [[Jann Wenner.
9. Cataldo, Jesse. (January 16, 2011). "Review: Smith Westerns, ''Dye It Blonde''".
10. Hogan, Marc. (January 18, 2011). "Review: Smith Westerns, 'Dye It Blonde'". [[SpinMedia]].
11. Woodbury, Jason P.. "Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde".

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