Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon - Devendra Banhart
User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30

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  1. jolab.
    Oct 11, 2007
    10
    By far the best album he's put out.
  2. LoucasP.
    Oct 13, 2007
    10
    Definitely one of the best albums of the year, "I remember"...
  3. Georgeb.
    Sep 29, 2007
    10
    it's an fantastic album...devendra is amazing, all of his albums are masterpieces.
  4. PaulA.
    Sep 27, 2007
    10
    To give this album anything less than a 9 is nothing more than a pure lack of musical insight. Banhart continues to expand and redifine his already totally unique sound. If other artists had one tenth of his creative ability perhaps todays musical scene wouldn't be the wasteland it is.
  5. MattP.
    Sep 27, 2007
    9
    Not as obvious as Cripple Crow, but just as alluring! There is no one like Devendra around at the moment, and by the looks of it, if there was they'd have a hell of a time trying to match albums like this!
  6. Gus
    Dec 12, 2007
    9
    Amazing.

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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    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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  2. BBC collective
    90
    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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  3. Drowned In Sound
    60
    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.
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