- Record Label: Beggars XL
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2007
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings
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Positive: 23 out of 33
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Mixed: 7 out of 33
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Negative: 3 out of 33
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Apr 2, 2011Feels a bit directionless and seems to be an experiment. The songs don't really fit as a whole- Lover is a fabulous song, but is completely out of place. Individually, all the songs are great, especially the salient Shabop Shalom and the playful Tonada Yanomanista, but as a collective, it's a bit jolty and uncertain.
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MattLNov 3, 2007This album was a huge disappointment.
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SweetL.Sep 28, 2007Hmmm, what happened with this album?
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Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon is many things--perhaps too many things, but its successes outnumber its failures, and it essentially solves the problems inherent in confining a freeform singer to time signatures and arrangements and rhythms imposed by outsiders.
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it's great to hear Banhart playing outside of type, and the swagger and muscle occasionally at work suit him surprisingly well.
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On fifth album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon the cast expands again to include erstwhile Strokes guitarists and movie stars, and at points you’re left pining for the eccentric acoustic phrasings of yore.