Elliot Smith: Elliott Smith: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Needle In The Hay

2. Christian Brothers

3. Clementine

4. Southern Belle

5. Single File

6. Coming Up Roses

7. Satellite

8. Alphabet Town

9. St. Ides Heaven

10. Good To Go

11. The White Lady Loves You More

12. The Biggest Lie

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Recorded mildly better than his debut (Roman Candle on Cavity Search), the self-titled second solo album is one of the most understated and incredible albums to emerge from the indie-rock scene in the 1990s. With his nimble picking fingers behind him, Smith writes sad, little songs about drugs and romantic codependence that border on the obsessed. "Needle in the Hay" and "The White Lady Loves You More" are exemplary tunes that fuse the Beatles' pop sense with Neil Young's sense of doom. Lying in his own burned out basement, Smith can rough up the gentlest love song with a few salty words of choice. --Rob O'Connor

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, Jun 24 2004

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This is pure Elliott Smith! I highly recommend this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the most private album i've ever heard, May 27 2004

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Alan Sutton (USA) - See all my reviews

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it really is like elliott is playing just for you. on this album in particular, smith's voice is so warm and affecting you feel him holding your hand and so cool and hurt you WANT to hold his hand.

i love this record. i have for sometime. elliott smith was a fine musician and, from what i understand, a very fine, though lonely, person. either/or is his masterpiece, but every recording of his is something you want to hold on to as all your own. you'll love it with a ridiculous passion.

sleep well, elliott, your listeners miss you dearly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Elliot Smith, May 26 2004

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"jimmythejetplane" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

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If he had lived, his music would have just kept getting better. Some people call Either/Or Elliott Smith's best, but I must dissagree. This just might be the most wonderful thing I have ever heard. Every single song is great and wonderful. His voice is so soft and peaceful, I feel as if he is sitting next to me, and playing his guitar in a mini-private concert, just for me. I really love Elliott's music. Buy this album before you buy anything else by him. Rest In Peace, Man.

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5.0 out of 5 stars essential elliott smith album
This album is probably elliott at his rawest best. Songs about alcohol binges, self-hate, doomed relationships, and drug addiction that all manage to be darkly beautiful, and... Read more

Published on Mar 8 2004 by dropoutgenius

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Published on Jan 30 2004 by David Delahoussaye