Dye It Blonde

Dye It Blonde
Studio album by Smith Westerns
Released	January 18, 2011[ citation needed ]
Genre	Indie pop
Length	35:22
Label	Fat Possum
Producer	Chris Coady
Smith Westerns chronology
Smith Westerns (2009) Dye It Blonde (2011) Soft Will (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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A− [3]
Consequence of Sound	C+ [4]
One Thirty BPM	(89%) [5]
Paste	8.1/10 [6]
Pitchfork	8.4/10 [7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Spin	9/10 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[11]

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". ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cullen Omori and Max Kakacek.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Weekend"	3:22
2.	"Still New"	4:12
3.	"Imagine Pt. 3"	3:34
4.	"All Die Young"	3:47
5.	"Fallen in Love"	2:30
6.	"End of the Night"	3:26
7.	"Only One"	3:24
8.	"Smile"	4:11
9.	"Dance Away"	2:46
10.	"Dye the World"	4:10
Total length:		35:22

References

1. "Dye It Blonde by Smith Westerns". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. Sendra, Tim. "Dye It Blonde - Smith Westerns". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
3. Hyden, Steven (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde". The A.V. Club . The Onion. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
4. Coplan, Chris (January 14, 2011). "Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde". Consequence of Sound . Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
5. One Thirty BPM review
6. Stinson, Liz (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: Dye it Blonde". Paste . Wolfgang's Vault. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
7. Bevan, David (January 18, 2011). "Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
8. Dolan, Jon (January 18, 2011). "Dye It Blonde" . Rolling Stone . Wenner Media. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
9. Cataldo, Jesse (January 16, 2011). "Review: Smith Westerns, Dye It Blonde". Slant Magazine . Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
10. Hogan, Marc (January 18, 2011). "Review: Smith Westerns, 'Dye It Blonde'". Spin . SpinMedia. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
11. Woodbury, Jason P. "Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2011.