Smile (The Jayhawks album)

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Smile is the sixth studio album by American rock band The Jayhawks, released on May 9, 2000. It reached number 129 on Billboards 200 and number 14 on Billboard ' Top Internet Albums Album.

smile marks the movement of the alt-country long-time stylings band to a more pop approach.

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Reception

John Duffy of AllMusic notes that "a general change in direction might alienate some long-term fans, but like Wilco's friends with their modern Summerteeth , Smile ' Touch adventure can bring more people into the band's orbit, "concluding that" what never changes on the Jayhawks album, it seems, is a happy melody and well-made songs, and that may be enough for even the toughest critics. " Similarly, Ryan Kearney of Pitchfork noted that "If the hardcore fans of Mark Olson-era Jayhawks feel betrayed by 1997's Sound of Lies dark pop, they'll be really wary after hearing Smile "but the album, though not" artistically successful "as Summerteeth , remains" one of the best and most happy albums of the year ". Tom Gux praises it as "a pretty brilliant record... written and delivered with a cynical belief that rock'n'roll is still something important and anthemic to general public. "

In a mixed review, NME writes that "as sweet as it often is on the surface, there seems to be something very selfish in favor of Jayhawks' new approach." Robert Christgau writes that the band, without Olson's contribution, is now "as empty as Poco's late and then some" and "aspires to the generalization level of the living room ballad transendentalist, Hallmark cards, and, more and more, Music Row. "

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Track list

1. "Smile" (Gary Louris) Ã, - 3:50
2. "I Will Make You Love Me" (Louris, Taylor Rhodes) Ã, - 3:40
3. "What Takes Me to This City" (Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg, Tim O'Reagan) Ã, - 4:09
4. "Somewhere in Ohio" (Perlman, Louris, O'Reagan, Bob Ezrin) Ã, - 3:39
5. "A Break in the Clouds" (Louris, Perlman, Grotberg, O'Reagan) Ã, - 3:59
6. "Queen of the World" (Louris, Ezrin) Ã, - 2:35
7. "Life Floats By" (Louris, Perlman) Ã, - 4:42
8. "Broken Harpoon" (Louris) Ã, - 3:31
9. "Pretty Thing" (Louris, Perlman) Ã, - 4:18
10. "Mr. Wilson" (Louris, O'Reagan) Ã, - 4:26
11. "(In My) Wildest Dreams" (Louris, Perlman, Ezrin) Ã, - 4.30
12. "Better Day" (Louris) Ã, - 4:36
13. "Baby, Baby, Baby" (Louris) Ã, - 5:19

2014 extended the reissue bonus track

"Who Made You King" (Louris, Perlman) Ã, - 5:42 (studio lighting - previously not commercially available)

"Gypsy in the Mood" (Louris) Ã, - 1:16 (studio lighting)

"A Part of You" (Louris, O'Reagan) Ã, - 3:14 (demo - previously unreleased)

(Live on First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 12/30/2000 - previously unreleased)

"Life's Little Ups and Downs" (,,, Rich Rich Rich)

"Greta Garbo (Louris) Ã, - 3:50 (demo - previously unreleased)

"Five Cornered Blues" (Louris, Mark Olson) Ã, - 4:00 (demo - previously unreleased)

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Personnel

The Jayhawks

• Gary LourisÃ, - guitar, vocals
• Karen GrotbergÃ, - keyboard, vocals
• Marc PerlmanÃ, - bass, mandolin, vocals
• Tim O'Reagan - drums, percussion, vocals
• Kraig JohnsonÃ, - guitar

Additional musicians

• Bob EzrinÃ, - synthesizers, percussion, accordion, keyboard, vowel, string settings
• Eric HeywoodÃ, - dobro, pedal steel pedal
• Armadillo String QuartetÃ, - string
• Patrick Seymour - synthesizer

Production

• Bob EzrinÃ, - producer
• Ed AckersonÃ, - programming, engineer
• Leon ZervosÃ, - master
• Joseph BisharaÃ, - programming
• Richard WerbowenkoÃ, - programming
• Jay HealyÃ, - engineer, mixing
• Ok Hee Kim - an assistant engineer
• Jonathan Sacks - orchestration, string settings
• David KatzensteinÃ, - cover photo
• Ken SchlesÃ, - photography
• Josh Cheuse - art direction
• Andy Wolf - studio technician

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References

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External links

• Flannigan, Eric. The Jayhawks: Outside the Wall. Without Depression. May-June 2000.
• Discography of the Jayhawks fan site.

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