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| Released | August 17, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 59:53 | |||
| Label | Castle Face | |||
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Smote Reverser is the twenty-first studio album by American garage rock band Oh Sees, released on August 17, 2018, on Castle Face Records. The album features keyboardist Tomas Dolas, who contributed to 2017's Memory of a Cut Off Head , and subsequently joined the band as a full time member. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The 405 | 6.5/10 [5] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [6] |
| Clash | 8/10 [7] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [8] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10 [9] |
| NME |  [10] |
| Paste | 8.5/10 [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10 [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
Smote Reverser was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 18 reviews. [4] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 18 reviews. [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sentient Oona" | 5:34 |
| 2. | "Enrique El Cobrador" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "C" | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Overthrown" | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Last Peace" | 7:41 |
| 6. | "Moon Bog" | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Anthemic Aggressor" | 12:13 |
| 8. | "Abysmal Urn" | 3:25 |
| 9. | "Nail House Needle Boys" | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Flies Bump Against the Glass" | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Beat Quest" | 6:04 |
Credits adapted from AllMusic. [14]
Oh Sees
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] | 50 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [16] | 66 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17] | 1 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [18] | 11 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [19] | 99 |
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