Smeared
| Smeared | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1, 1992 (CAN) January 13, 1993 (US) February 24, 1993 (JPN) May 25, 2024 (Deluxe Reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Studio | SoundMarket Studio, Halifax, Nova Scotia | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 46:19 | |||
| Label | Geffen, murderecords | |||
| Producer | Terry Pulliam, Sloan | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Village Voice | B+ |
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. 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. 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.