Kurt Vile / Smoke Ring For My Halo
Artist Kurt Vile
Album Title: Smoke Ring For My Halo
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Primary Genre Alternative
Format CD
Released 03/07/2011
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE-938-2
Bar Code No 7 44861 09382 4
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Baby's Arms (3:56)
2. Jesus Fever (3:46)
3. Puppet To The Man (3:52)
4. On Tour (5:26)
5. Society Is My Friend (5:39)
6. Runner Ups (4:00)
7. In My Time (3:47)
8. Peeping Tomboy (4:24)
9. Smoke Ring For My Halo (4:35)
10. Ghost Town (6:23)
11. Untitled (1:01)
Date Acquired 11/01/2013
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 12.89

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Notes

Track 11 is a hidden track.
Recorded (mostly) in March and May of 2010 at Magic Shop NYC, then at Water Music in Hoboken, then finally at Minor Street in Philly.
Some later recordings ensued courtesy of John Agnello (again!) at Headgear, then Bisquiteen, and finally Fluxivity Recording in Brooklyn.
All songs copyright Kurt Vile (BMI) except "Puppet to the Man" by Kurt Vile/Adam Granduciel.
C&P 2011 Matador Records
Management – Reynold Jaffe
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Photography By [Band Photos] – Shawn Brackbill
Photography By [Dumpster Photo] – Michael Ast
Producer – John Agnello, Kurt Vile & The Violators
Recorded By – Jeff Zeigler (tracks: 2, 7), John Agnello (tracks: 1, 3 to 6, 8 to 10)
Written-By – Adam Granduciel (tracks: 3), Kurt Vile
Comes in a standard jewel case with cardboard slipcase.

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -0.56 dB    -8.51 dB      3:56 01-Baby's Arms
DR6       -0.22 dB    -7.17 dB      3:46 02-Jesus Fever
DR6       -0.01 dB    -6.97 dB      3:52 03-Puppet to the Man
DR6       -0.33 dB    -7.67 dB      5:26 04-On Tour
DR6       -0.15 dB    -7.57 dB      5:39 05-Society Is My Friend
DR6       -0.01 dB    -6.92 dB      4:01 06-Runner Ups
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.38 dB      3:48 07-In My Time
DR9       -0.28 dB    -9.69 dB      4:24 08-Peeping Tomboy
DR7       -0.50 dB    -8.55 dB      4:36 09-Smoke Ring for My Halo
DR7       -0.33 dB    -8.56 dB      6:24 10-Ghost Town
DR9       -7.28 dB   -18.80 dB      1:02 11-(Shell Blues)
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR7

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           476 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by James Christopher Monger

Philly-based singer/songwriter Kurt Vile lit up the indie rock radar in 2009 with his cynical, lo-fi, classic rock-meets-N.Y.C. proto-punk Matador debut. Fans of the visceral, D.I.Y. fuzz-folk that dominated Childish Prodigy may be taken aback by the production upgrade on Smoke Ring for My Halo, but the cleaner sound doesn’t mean that the floors aren’t still filthy. Channeling everyone from the Dead to Mellow Gold-era Beck to Lou Reed, Vile comes off as malcontent, but there’s an oddball warmth behind his laconic sneer that echoes the late slacker comedian Mitch Hedberg; for every “I wanna write my whole life down/burn it there to the ground” ("On Tour"), there’s an “If it ain’t workin’, take a whiz on the world” ("Runner Ups"). Sweeter and a little more soulful than Prodigy, Halo leans harder on the urban folk side of Vile's disposition (the album opens with a straight-up love song), but tracks like the churning “Puppet to the Man” and “Society Is My Friend” pick up where Prodigy stompers like “Freak Train” and “Overnight Religion” left off. Vile's guitar work remains predictably strong, especially on the fingerpicked “Peeping Tomboy” and the shimmery title cut, but it’s his efforltess, serpentine melodies and amiable, burnout wisdom that keep the listener so enthralled. In an age where angst is delivered with the subtlety of a laser light show, it’s nice to hear some good, old-fashioned, smokin’-and-drinkin’-cheap-beers-on-the-porch-with-your-friends-style pessimism. [The two-disc, deluxe edition of Smoke Ring for My Halo adds six bonus cuts to the set, including "The Creature", "It's Alright", "Life's a Beach", "Laughing Stock", "Downbound Train" and "(so outta reach)".

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