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'''''Smeared''''' is the debut studio album by [[Canadian rock]] band [[Sloan (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.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sloan+billboard&pg=PA16|title=SLOAN REUNITES FOR ENCLAVE SET|date=February 1997|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2014-05-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Gregory |date=2022-12-20 |title=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 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sloan-patrick-pentland-steady |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/30792369-Sloan-Smeared</ref><ref>https://exclaim.ca/music/article/sloan-announce-smeared-box-set-first-vinyl-pressing-of-peppermint-ep-for-third-annual-garage-sale</ref>
'''''Smeared''''' is the debut studio album by [[Canadian rock]] band [[Sloan (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.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sloan+billboard&pg=PA16|title=SLOAN REUNITES FOR ENCLAVE SET|date=February 1997|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2014-05-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Gregory |date=2022-12-20 |title=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 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sloan-patrick-pentland-steady |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}</ref> 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==
==Overview==
Like their first release, the ''[[Peppermint EP]]'', ''Smeared'' received comparisons to [[Sonic Youth]] and [[The Beatles|Beatles]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmvnAyymbwM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/xmvnAyymbwM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Sloan 1994 Public Access TV interview |website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Like their first release, the ''[[Peppermint EP]]'', ''Smeared'' received comparisons to [[Sonic Youth]] and [[The Beatles|Beatles]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}} 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmvnAyymbwM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/xmvnAyymbwM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Sloan 1994 Public Access TV interview |website=[[YouTube]] |date=April 27, 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


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.<ref name="powerpopaholic.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.powerpopaholic.com/2018/04/the-power-popaholic-interview-sloan.html | title=The Power Popaholic Interview: Sloan | date=April 28, 2018 }}</ref>
[[Music video]]s were produced for the tracks "[[Underwhelmed]]" and "500 Up", with both receiving moderate rotation on [[MuchMusic]] in the early 1990s. Jennifer Pierce, of fellow [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] band [[Jale (band)|Jale]], sang backing vocals on "I Am the Cancer".

[[Music video]]s 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.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKyV62w-8A</ref>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.<ref>Smeared Deluxe booklet, 2024</ref> This version of the video, was the winner of the Moonsnail Award, in the Music Video category, at the [[Atlantic International Film Festival|Atlantic Film Festival]], in 1992.<ref>https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=244305&app=filvidandsou</ref> Both "Underwhelmed" and "500 Up" received moderate rotation on [[MuchMusic]] in the early 1990s. Jennifer Pierce, of fellow [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] band [[Jale (band)|Jale]], sang backing vocals on "I Am the Cancer".


==Commercial performance==
==Commercial performance==
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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs credited to Sloan.
All songs credited to Sloan.
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = [[Underwhelmed]]
| title1 = [[Underwhelmed]]
| writer1 = [[Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)|Chris Murphy]]
| writer1 = [[Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)|Chris Murphy]]
| length1 = 4:41
| length1 = 4:41
| title2 = Raspberry
| title2 = Raspberry
| writer2 = Chris Murphy
| writer2 = Murphy
| length2 = 4:02
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = I Am the Cancer
| title3 = I Am the Cancer
| writer3 = Chris Murphy
| writer3 = Murphy
| length3 = 3:39
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Median Strip
| title4 = Median Strip
| writer4 = Andrew Scott <ref>https://www.powerpopaholic.com/2018/04/the-power-popaholic-interview-sloan.html</ref>
| writer4 = [[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]]<ref name="powerpopaholic.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.powerpopaholic.com/2018/04/the-power-popaholic-interview-sloan.html | title=The Power Popaholic Interview: Sloan | date=April 28, 2018 }}</ref>/Murphy
| length4 = 3:34
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Take It In
| title5 = Take It In
| writer5 = Chris Murphy
| writer5 = Murphy
| length5 = 3:56
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = 500 Up
| title6 = 500 Up
| writer6 = [[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]]
| writer6 = Scott/[[Patrick Pentland]]
| length6 = 4:21
| length6 = 4:21
| title7 = Marcus Said
| title7 = Marcus Said
| writer7 = Chris Murphy
| writer7 = Murphy
| length7 = 4:32
| length7 = 4:32
| title8 = Sugartune
| title8 = Sugartune
| writer8 = [[Patrick Pentland]]
| writer8 = Pentland
| length8 = 3:27
| length8 = 3:27
| title9 = Left of Centre
| title9 = Left of Centre
| writer9 = Chris Murphy
| writer9 = Murphy/Scott
| length9 = 2:34
| length9 = 2:34
| title10 = Lemonzinger
| title10 = Lemonzinger
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| length10 = 4:10
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = Two Seater
| title11 = Two Seater
| writer11 = Chris Murphy
| writer11 = Murphy
| length11 = 3:04
| length11 = 3:04
| title12 = What's There to Decide?
| title12 = What's There to Decide?
| writer12 = Jay Ferguson
| writer12 = Ferguson
| length12 = 4:19
| length12 = 4:19
}}
}}
'''Japanese Bonus Tracks on 1998 CD Reissue'''<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/4788674-Sloan-Smeared</ref>
'''Japanese Bonus Tracks on 1998 CD Reissue'''
{{track listing
{{track listing
| title13 = Laying Blame
| title13 = Laying Blame
| writer13 = Chris Murphy
| writer13 = Murphy
| length13 = 3:42
| length13 = 3:42
| title14 = Rag Doll
| title14 = Rag Doll
| writer14 = Patrick Pentland
| writer14 = Pentland
| length14 = 3:11
| length14 = 3:11
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{track listing
| headline = LP2: The Demos And Outtakes (2024 3LP Deluxe Expanded Reissue)<ref name="auto">https://www.discogs.com/release/30792369-Sloan-Smeared</ref>
| headline = LP2: The Demos And Outtakes (2024 3LP Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
| title15 = Kool Aid
| title15 = Kool Aid
| note15 = March 1990 Chris demo
| note15 = March 1990 Chris demo
| writer15 = Murphy
|length15 = 3:49
| title16 = Left Of Centre
| title16 = Left Of Centre
| note16 = February 1991 demo
| note16 = February 1991 demo
| writer16 = Scott
|length16 = 1:59
| title17 = In Her Place
| title17 = In Her Place
| note17 = February 1991 demo
| note17 = February 1991 demo
| writer17 = Murphy
|length17 = 3:33
| title18 = Pretty Voice
| title18 = Pretty Voice
| note18 = 1991 Jay demo
| note18 = 1991 Jay demo
| writer18 = Ferguson
|length18 = 4:09
| title19 = Caroline
| title19 = Caroline
| note19 = 1991 demo
| note19 = 1991 demo
| writer19 = Murphy
|length19 = 7:05
| title20 = Underwhelmed
| title20 = Underwhelmed
| note20 = 1991 demo
| note20 = 1991 demo
| writer20 = Murphy
|length20 = 5:21
| title21 = 500 Up
| title21 = 500 Up
| note21 = 1991 demo
| note21 = 1991 demo
| writer21 = Scott/Pentland
|length21 = 4:53
| title22 = Marcus Said
| title22 = Marcus Said
| note22 = October 1991 demo
| note22 = October 28, 1991 demo
| writer22 = Murphy
|length22 = 4:25
| title23 = Raspberry
| title23 = Raspberry
| note23 = October 1991 demo
| note23 = October 28, 1991 demo
| writer23 = Murphy
|length23 = 3:47
| title24 = Median Strip
| title24 = Median Strip
| note24 = Andrew vocal
| note24 = Andrew vocal
| writer24 = Scott/Murphy
|length24 = 3:58
|}}
|}}
{{track listing
{{track listing
| headline = LP 3: Live at McGill University, June 17, 1993 (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)<ref name="auto">https://www.discogs.com/release/30792369-Sloan-Smeared</ref>
| headline = LP 3: Live at McGill University, June 17, 1993 (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
| title25 = Median Strip
| title25 = Median Strip
| writer25 = Scott/Murphy
|length25 = 4:40
| title26 = Take It In
| title26 = Take It In
| writer26 = Murphy
|length26 = 4:44
| title27 = Sugartune
| title27 = Sugartune
| writer27 = Pentland
|length27 = 3:56
| title28 = Pillow Fight
| title28 = Pillow Fight
| writer28 = Ferguson
|length28 = 3:21
| title29 = Coax Me
| title29 = Coax Me
| writer29 = Murphy
|length29 = 3:11
| title30 = Underwhelmed
| title30 = Underwhelmed
| writer30 = Murphy
|length30 = 4:40
| title31 = Penpals
| title31 = Penpals
| writer31 = Murphy
|length31 = 3:30
| title32 = I Am The Cancer
| title32 = I Am The Cancer
| writer32 = Murphy
|length32 = 3:45
| title33 = Rag Doll
| title33 = Rag Doll
| writer33 = Pentland
|length33 = 5:39
| title34 = Left Of Centre
| title34 = Left Of Centre
| writer34 = Scott/Murphy
|length34 = 4:01
|}}
|}}
{{track listing
{{track listing
| collapsed =
| collapsed =
| headline = 7” single (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)<ref name="auto">https://www.discogs.com/release/30792369-Sloan-Smeared</ref>
| headline = 7” single (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
| title33 = Autobiography
| title35 = Autobiography
| note33 = Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.
| note35 = Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.
| writer35 = Murphy
⚫
| title34 = Easily Fooled
|length35 = 3:35
⚫
| note34 = Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.
⚫
| title36 = Easily Fooled
⚫
| note36 = Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.
| writer36 = Pentland
|length36 = 3:01
}}
}}


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*[[Patrick Pentland]] – guitar, vocals, bass
*[[Patrick Pentland]] – guitar, vocals, bass
*[[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]] – drums, vocals, guitar
*[[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]] – drums, vocals, guitar
*Jennifer Pierce – backing vocals ("I Am the Cancer")
*Jennifer Pierce – backing vocals ("I Am the Cancer" & "Marcus Said")


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 22:20, 25 December 2024

For a definition of the term "smeared", see the Wiktionary entry smeared.
Smeared
Studio album by
Sloan
ReleasedOctober 1, 1992 (CAN)
January 13, 1993 (US)
February 24, 1993 (JPN)
May 25, 2024 (Deluxe Reissue)
Recorded1992
StudioSoundMarket Studio, Halifax, Nova Scotia
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length46:19
LabelGeffen, murderecords
ProducerTerry Pulliam, Sloan
Sloan chronology
Peppermint EP
(1992) 		Smeared
(1992) 		Twice Removed
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
NME7/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
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

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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

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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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All songs credited to Sloan.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Underwhelmed"Chris Murphy4:41
2."Raspberry"Murphy4:02
3."I Am the Cancer"Murphy3:39
4."Median Strip"Andrew Scott[9]/Murphy3:34
5."Take It In"Murphy3:56
6."500 Up"Scott/Patrick Pentland4:21
7."Marcus Said"Murphy4:32
8."Sugartune"Pentland3:27
9."Left of Centre"Murphy/Scott2:34
10."Lemonzinger"Jay Ferguson4:10
11."Two Seater"Murphy3:04
12."What's There to Decide?"Ferguson4:19

Japanese Bonus Tracks on 1998 CD Reissue

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Laying Blame"Murphy3:42
14."Rag Doll"Pentland3:11
LP2: The Demos And Outtakes (2024 3LP Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Kool Aid" (March 1990 Chris demo)Murphy3:49
16."Left Of Centre" (February 1991 demo)Scott1:59
17."In Her Place" (February 1991 demo)Murphy3:33
18."Pretty Voice" (1991 Jay demo)Ferguson4:09
19."Caroline" (1991 demo)Murphy7:05
20."Underwhelmed" (1991 demo)Murphy5:21
21."500 Up" (1991 demo)Scott/Pentland4:53
22."Marcus Said" (October 28, 1991 demo)Murphy4:25
23."Raspberry" (October 28, 1991 demo)Murphy3:47
24."Median Strip" (Andrew vocal)Scott/Murphy3:58
LP 3: Live at McGill University, June 17, 1993 (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
25."Median Strip"Scott/Murphy4:40
26."Take It In"Murphy4:44
27."Sugartune"Pentland3:56
28."Pillow Fight"Ferguson3:21
29."Coax Me"Murphy3:11
30."Underwhelmed"Murphy4:40
31."Penpals"Murphy3:30
32."I Am The Cancer"Murphy3:45
33."Rag Doll"Pentland5:39
34."Left Of Centre"Scott/Murphy4:01
7” single (2024 Deluxe Expanded Reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
35."Autobiography" (Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.)Murphy3:35
36."Easily Fooled" (Previously unreleased. Live from The Grawood, Halifax, March 20, 1992.)Pentland3:01

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Smeared – Sloan". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Arnold, Gina (February 19, 1993). "Smeared". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sloan: Smeared". NME: 30. February 6, 1993.
  4. ^ Robbins, Ira (April 15, 1993). "Sloan: Smeared". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 1, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  6. ^ a b SLOAN REUNITES FOR ENCLAVE SET. Billboard. February 1997. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  7. ^ 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. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "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 "The Power Popaholic Interview: Sloan". April 28, 2018.
  10. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKyV62w-8A
  11. ^ Smeared Deluxe booklet, 2024
  12. ^ https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?idnumber=244305&app=filvidandsou
  13. ^ "Smeared campaign". Maclean's. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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