Editing Smeared (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Smeared
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]]
| cover      = Sloan_Smeared.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 1, 1992 (CAN) <br /> January 13, 1993 (US) <br /> February 24, 1993 (JPN) <br />May 25, 2024 (Deluxe Reissue)
| recorded   = 1992
| venue      =
| studio     = SoundMarket Studio, [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie rock]]
| length     = 46:19
| label      = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]], [[murderecords]]
| producer   = Terry Pulliam, [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]]
| prev_title = [[Peppermint EP]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[Twice Removed]]
| next_year  = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/smeared-mw0000088782|title=Smeared – Sloan|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 24, 2018|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1993/02/19/smeared/|title=Smeared|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 19, 1993|accessdate=March 24, 2018|last=Arnold|first=Gina|author-link=Gina Arnold}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sloan: Smeared|journal=[[NME]]|date=February 6, 1993|page=30}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com:80/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=57167&cf=1270|title=Sloan: Smeared|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 15, 1993|access-date=March 24, 2018|last=Robbins|first=Ira|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630173639/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=57167&cf=1270|archive-date=June 30, 2003|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev5score = B+<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv593-93.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=June 1, 1993|accessdate=March 24, 2018|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}

'''''Smeared''''' is the debut studio album by [[Canadian rock]] band [[Sloan (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.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Sloan+billboard&pg=PA16|title=SLOAN REUNITES FOR ENCLAVE SET|date=February 1997|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2014-05-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Gregory |date=2022-12-20 |title=Sloan's Patrick Pentland on the art of democratic songwriting, channeling Ace Frehley through a 5150 and why he prefers a wah that looks like a car to a Cry Baby |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/sloan-patrick-pentland-steady |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}</ref> 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.