Smoke

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Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 25 ratings
1996 Ratings: #611
November 19, 1996 / Release Date
LP / Format
Tzadik / Label
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AllMusic

Jon's baby-voice vocals are... terrifying? Unwarranted? Charming? Indigestable? Certainly, the album has cult potential in that it will never appeal to most people; and certainly, Smoke is utterly unique.

VibesRUs
39

(Thank you @ItsLuna for this recommendation)

At least I THINK that's who recommended me this. I'm not really sure.

To be honest, after listening to THIS... I'm not sure of anything anymore.

maskimus
20

je me sens hyper mal à l’aise d’écouter ça en fait…

homuli
66

NJ10: Jon — Smoke
This made me so damn uncomfortable — I was eating dinner while listening to this and it genuinely made me lose my appetite. Jon's childlike voice accompanied by the squeaky, completely atonal pump organ creates the sonic equivalent of those disturbing kids' drawings. Not to mention that there are so many other factors that heighten this albums' cursed nature. The cover, the unprofessional recording techniques (you can hear the recording being cut and started again ... read more

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