Elliott Smith - Either/Or
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Artist: Elliott SmithEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-02-25
Music Label: Kill Rock Stars
Soundtracks:
- Speed Trials
- Alameda
- Ballad of Big Nothing
- Between the Bars
- Pictures of Me
- No Name No. 5
- Rose Parade
- Punch and Judy
- Angeles
- Cupid's Trick
- 2:45 A.M.
- Say Yes
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Music Review: Are you or aren't you?
Rating: 5 Stars
I've been recommending Elliott Smith for years to all my dearest friends, whenever there is a chance to hang out, have a smoke and a few drinks and play our favourite music to each other I inevitable reach for ES. Strangely after years of trying nobody seems to have taken him up. I don't get it. For me, and I abhor the frivolous use of the term genius in modern soceity, he is genuine genius material comparable to Mozart or anyone else you care to mention (e.g. the subtle vibrato guitar in the right channel at 2:08 on Cupids trick) . Truly gifted.
I'm glad I got to see him live on his Figure 8 tour but to those who have supported him before his mainstream(ish) success I applaud you for recognising a true talent before the rest of us caught on. Since his death I can only appreciate him more. I have also learnt more about guitar playing from him than anyone else. For anyone interested in listening to some unrleased output check out the Basement II demos (search it), it has some amazing recordings - even the demos that didn't make albums are better than most mere mortals can muster.
Description of Either/Or
Blessed with the voice of a wispy angel, Elliott Smith creates sad little pop songs, which, like the work of Nick Drake (to whom he's been compared) threaten to disappear into the night air. Several of the tracks here were featured in Gus Van Zant's movie Good Will Hunting, and they're among the album's best (though "Miss Misery," nominated for an Academy Award is only available on the soundtrack album). "Angeles" and "Say Yes" are bittersweet laments that feature Smith's idiosyncratic guitar picking, which is well served by the album's decidedly low-fi production. --Rob O'ConnorGeneral CDs
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