The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)

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The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)
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Live album by
the Smile
Released14 December 2022
Recorded12 July 2022
Venue Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux, Switzerland
Length35:03
Label XL
The Smile chronology
A Light for Attracting Attention
(2022)		The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)
(2022)		Europe: Live Recordings 2022
(2023)

The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) is the first live album by the English rock band the Smile, released on 14 December 2022 by XL Recordings. [1] It comprises performances of songs from their first album, A Light for Attracting Attention (2022), recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival on 12 July. [2] [3] The Smile announced the album the day before its release, backed by a concert film available to view for 48 hours on YouTube. [4]

Contents

Reception

The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
Pitchfork 8/10 [7]
Uncut 7/10 [8]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 4 critic scores. [5]

Spin 's Jonathan Rowe said the album demonstrated that the Smile were "no mere studio project" but "an actual, organic live band". [9] In Pitchfork , Zach Schonfeld wrote: "Since the beginning, the Smile have been dogged by an eminently reasonable question: how is this not just two Radioheads stacked in a trench coat? The answer is right there in the title of this release. This band plays jazz, see." [7] Both critics expressed disappointment that the album did not include the new songs the Smile had performed on their tour. [9] [7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Thom Yorke; all music is composed by Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner, and Nigel Godrich.

The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pana-vision"4:17
2."Thin Thing"4:24
3."The Opposite"3:19
4."Speech Bubbles"3:54
5."Free in the Knowledge / A Hairdryer"11:54
6."The Smoke"4:04
7."You Will Never Work in Television Again"3:11
Total length:35:03

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (14 December 2022). "Stream the Smile's Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022 Live Album". Stereogum. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Harbron, Lucy (13 April 2022). "Montreux Jazz Festival Announce Their 2022 Programme". Gigwise. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (13 December 2022). "The Smile announce new live album". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Gallagher, Alex (13 December 2022). "The Smile announce new live album recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival". NME. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 "The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) by the Smile Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Alex (3 January 2023). "The Smile Highlight Their Chops with Live at Montreaux Jazz Festival, July 2022". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Schonfeld, Zach (28 December 2022). "The Smile: The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022) Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Pinnock, Tom (March 2023). "The Smile - The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022)". Uncut. p. 35. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  9. 1 2 Rowe, Jonathan (20 December 2022). "Radio-Free Europe: The Smile gleams at Montreux Jazzfest". Spin . Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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