Topic: Album review #37: Elliott Smith, X/O

+Anonymous A — 10.9 years ago #43,223

Elliott Smith quietly offed himself around 12 years ago and I became a fan of his only after that event. Therefore I never got to see this rare, if strung-out, soul live in concert, but I have enough bootlegs to know that live is where his talent really flourished.

But on disc too, his unique, ethereal voice cuts deep. His acoustic finger-picking style was rightly infamous during his short life, and on this - his 4th album, and first for a mainstream label - it is put to impressive use on tracks such as Pitselah and Tomorrow Tomorrow. Highlights are Waltz #2 ("I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow" is a great line), Everybody Cares Everybody Understands, and the a capella (and effectively his suicide note) I Didn't Understand.

This isn't his best album. I'll review that one later when I do my top 10 (which will be reviews 40-50), but it is a great album.

8/10

+GO BACK TO SHITCHAN — 10.9 years ago, 16 minutes later[T] [B] #471,393

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+Dr.G Louie Ph.D !uSk4BCgU1. — 10.9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #471,395

@previous (GO BACK TO SHITCHAN )

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·Anonymous A (OP) — 10.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #471,397

@471,393 (GO BACK TO SHITCHAN )
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+The Robot — 10.9 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #471,411

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