Smith (EP)
{{Infobox album
| name = Smith EP
| type = EP
| artist = Tokyo Police Club
| cover = Smith EP.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2007
| recorded = 2006
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = 10:17
| label = Paper Bag Records
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Tokyo Police Club
| type = EP
| prev_title = A Lesson in Crime EP
| prev_year = 2006
| title = Smith EP
| year = 2007
| next_title = Elephant Shell
| next_year = 2008
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Smith EP is a four-track EP that was released by Canadian indie group Tokyo Police Club on October 23, 2007 in Canada and November 6, 2007 in the US.
A download version of the Smith EP was originally available in the Spring of 2007 with only the first three songs and a different cover.{{cite web |url=http://www.soundsect.com/review/99.html |title=soundsect.com review of Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP (digital-only) |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Tom Gilbert |publisher=soundsect.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910194221/http://www.soundsect.com/review/99.html |archive-date=2012-09-10 }}
Reviews
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Scene Point Blank
|rev1score = (7.2/10)[http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/tokyo-police-club/smith Scene Point Blank review]
|rev2 = Sound Sect
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.soundsect.com/review/99.html Sound Sect review] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910194221/http://www.soundsect.com/review/99.html |date=2012-09-10 }}
|rev3 = Chart
|rev4 = Pitchfork Media
|rev5 = UKULA Magazine
|rev5score = (favorable)[http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=2&ObjectID=2727 UKULA Magazine review]
}}
Reviews of the EP were positive but disappointed by the release of an even shorter EP than A Lesson in Crime instead of a full-length LP album. Pitchfork Media gave a 6.8 rating commenting that "as the indie world collectively holds its breath for the TPC full-length, they first punch us in the gut with the Smith EP, a three-song, eight-minute release that could pass for a free iTunes preview."{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46789-smith-ep |title=Tokyo Police Club: Smith EP |access-date=2007-12-15 |author=Adam Moerder |date=2007-11-08 |publisher=Pitchfork Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213014135/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46789-smith-ep |archive-date=2007-12-13 }}
Chart gave a review of 5/5 but "deduct
RegnYouth remarked that the EP "makes up for lack of quantity with the quality of the songs" and "one listen and the wait for that LP will only get more frustrating".{{cite web |url=http://www.regnyouth.com/?p=5670 |title=Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP |accessdate=2007-12-15 |date=2007-11-14 |publisher=RegnYouth }}
UKULA Magazine agrees, saying Smith is "a tease, but as teases do, it leaves you beggin’ for more."{{cite web |url=http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=2&ObjectID=2727 |title=Tokyo Police Club: Smith EP |accessdate=2007-12-15 |author=Laura Lanktree & Chris Bilton |date=2007-10-23 |publisher=UKULA}}
Scene Point Blank and Soundsect.com both reviewed the earlier three-song digital release and agreed that it was "short but sweet". Scene Point Blank gave a 7.2/10{{cite web |url=http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/tokyo-police-club/smith |title=Tokyo Police Club: Smith |accessdate=2007-12-15 |date=2007-06-13 |publisher=Scene Point Blank}} and Soundsect.com gave 3.5 stars out of 5 but exclaimed "At this point in time there just hasn’t been a Tokyo Police Club song released that hasn’t been good."
Reissue
For the record's tenth anniversary, the track "Cut Cut Paste" as well as demo versions of all three original tracks were reissued on the A Lesson in Crime 10th Anniversary Edition.
Track listing
{{Track list
| headline = Standard edition
| total_length = 10:29
| title1 = Box
| note1 =
| length1 = 2:33
| title2= Cut Cut Paste
| note2=
| length2= 1:46
| title3= A Lesson in Crime
| length3= 3:30
| title4= Be Good (RAC remix)
| length4= 2:45
}}
{{Track list
| headline = Bonus music videos
| total_length =
| title1 = Nature of the Experiment
| note1 = directed by George Vale
| length1 = 2:17
| title2= Cheer It On
| note2= directed by Sean Wainsteim
| length2= 2:12
| title3= Citizens of Tomorrow
| note3= directed by Kyle Davison
| length3= 2:51
}}
References
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