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refers to the pillow we were resting our heads - the album really was the place where our heads, thoughts and dreams were at the time... The duality of the word 'smother' is important to us as well - that mad human dynamic of doing the right things for all the wrong reasons or doing the wrong things
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
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placed the album at number 8 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011". while
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score of 85, based on 28 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
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received widespread acclaim from contemporary music critics. At
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Wild Beasts on
Finishing Their Third Album | Because Magazine
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might well prove to be the album of 2011." Jon
Pareles of
1246:"New CDs From Antlers, Wild Beasts and Okkervil River"
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Pattison, Louis (June 2011). "Wild Beasts: Smother".
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Segal, Victoria (June 2011). "Wild Beasts: Smother".
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842:Jason Evans – photography, art direction, design
824:Ben Little – lead guitar, keyboards, production
821:, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar, production
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210:. According to the band, it represents a more
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1233:BBC - Music - Review of Wild Beasts - Smother
273:for all the right reasons", the singer said.
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1244:Pareles, Jon; Chinen, Nate (9 May 2011).
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1124:"Album Review: Wild Beasts – 'Smother'"
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790:
1074:"Album: Wild Beasts, Smother (Domino)"
1301:"Indie rock's slow and painful death"
833:– production, additional arrangements
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966:"Reviews for Smother by Wild Beasts"
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18:2011 studio album by Wild Beasts
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1456:Last Night All My Dreams Came True
1263:Uncut's Top 50 of 2011 - Stereogum
268:, the soundscape of that place." "
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1483:Albums produced by Richard Formby
1185:"Wild Beasts, 'Smother' (Domino)"
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938:"Smother by Wild Beasts reviews"
827:Chris Talbot – drums, production
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1:
1155:Bevan, David (13 May 2011).
1122:Snapes, Laura (9 May 2011).
1044:Simpson, Dave (5 May 2011).
810:Hayden Thorpe – lead vocals
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1438:Punk Drunk & Trembling
1183:Young, Jon (10 May 2011).
1016:Wild, Matt (24 May 2011).
817:Tom Fleming – lead vocals
202:released on 9 May 2011 by
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1072:Gill, Andy (6 May 2011).
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1105:"Wild Beasts: Smother".
626:Reviewing the album for
206:. It reached #17 in the
992:"Smother – Wild Beasts"
845:Matthew Cooper – design
1157:"Wild Beasts: Smother"
1018:"Wild Beasts: Smother"
839:Dave Pye – engineering
812:(1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
1111:(211): 92. June 2011.
762:"Reach a Bit Further"
282:Professional ratings
218:", Brazilian writer
54:9 May 2011
784:"End Come Too Soon"
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1493:Wild Beasts albums
1309:. 16 January 2012.
1250:The New York Times
893:2011-07-07 at the
637:The New York Times
615:, which assigns a
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277:Critical reception
256:The band moved to
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1281:. 2 December 2011
990:Phares, Heather.
873:UK Albums Chart.
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220:Clarice Lispector
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1079:The Independent
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942:AnyDecentMusic?
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895:Wayback Machine
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819:(1, 3, 6, 8, 9)
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718:"Loop the Loop"
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301:AnyDecentMusic?
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208:UK Albums Chart
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1197:on 15 May 2011
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926:(300): 112–13.
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877:. Wild Beasts.
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836:Lexxx – mixing
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696:"Bed of Nails"
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204:Domino Records
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128:Richard Formby
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1413:Present Tense
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1384:Studio albums
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1359:Hayden Thorpe
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1086:on 8 May 2011
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1023:The A.V. Club
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266:Lake District
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262:Hayden Thorpe
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167:Present Tense
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1392:Limbo, Panto
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1375:Chris Talbot
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1283:. Retrieved
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245:Frankenstein
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240:Mary Shelley
236:Fuck Buttons
188:studio album
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39:Studio album
15:
1478:2011 albums
1399:Two Dancers
1370:Tom Fleming
1347:Wild Beasts
1285:16 December
947:25 December
751:"Albatross"
740:"Invisible"
729:"Plaything"
228:Steve Reich
212:synthesiser
200:Wild Beasts
190:by British
149:Two Dancers
136:Wild Beasts
44:Wild Beasts
1472:Categories
1365:Ben Little
1222:(169): 90.
970:Metacritic
850:References
617:normalized
613:Metacritic
311:Metacritic
252:Background
224:minimalist
192:indie rock
138:chronology
84:Indie rock
58:2011-05-09
1279:Stereogum
1162:Pitchfork
805:Personnel
773:"Burning"
628:BBC Music
509:Pitchfork
242:'s book,
232:noise pop
226:composer
196:dream pop
88:dream pop
71:Snowdonia
1420:Boy King
1201:28 March
1168:28 March
1140:28 March
1090:28 March
1057:28 March
1029:28 March
1001:28 March
996:AllMusic
975:28 March
891:Archived
707:"Deeper"
334:AllMusic
123:Producer
69:2010 in
66:Recorded
51:Released
41: by
1406:Smother
875:Smother
632:Smother
621:average
609:Smother
270:Smother
216:Dalston
183:Smother
171:(2014)
162:(2011)
158:Smother
153:(2009)
56: (
24:Smother
677:Length
514:8.2/10
328:Rating
325:Source
315:85/100
305:8.2/10
295:Rating
292:Source
258:London
238:, and
116:Domino
94:Length
1219:Uncut
797:42:02
674:Title
645:Uncut
571:Uncut
198:band
111:Label
79:Genre
1448:Live
1287:2011
1203:2015
1190:Spin
1170:2015
1142:2015
1108:Mojo
1092:2015
1059:2015
1031:2015
1003:2015
977:2015
949:2019
787:7:32
776:4:44
765:3:36
754:3:12
743:2:58
732:4:21
721:4:06
710:3:01
699:4:18
688:4:14
651:Mojo
564:7/10
559:Spin
502:9/10
459:Mojo
234:duo
1430:EPs
1129:NME
781:10.
670:No.
497:NME
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