Domino 3 Album Set - Roman Candle, Elliot Smith, Either/or - ...

Lo-fi beauty (171 words)
by Pulsebeat - written on 26/04/01, updated on 26/04/01 (Useful, 43 readings)
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'Either/Or' brought Elliot Smith to the attention of the public in Britain, it was his first (relatively) major relaease over her and accumulated massive critical acclaim and ended up in NME's Top 10 albums of the year. This album was recorder in Simth's bedroom and this is part of its charm, quiet fingerpicked ...

Domino 3 Album Set - Roman Candle, Elliot Smith, Either/or - ...

Genius Burning Brightly, Quietly (254 words)
by beedubblyer - written on 07/12/00, updated on 08/12/00 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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to 'Good Will Hunting', and the restless "No Name #4". If you were especcially taken with one of his later and more lush albums, 'X/O' or 'Figure 8', you might be surprised at the lo-fi nature of many of these recordings, but if you came to him via 'Either/Or' or 'Good Will Hunting', this will be E Elliott Smith as you first learned to love him, intimate, melancholy, with richly complex tunes. ...

Home To Oblivion: A Tribute To Elliot Smith - Elliott Smith

It's all in the arrangements, apparently... (158 words)
by beedubblyer - written on 16/02/01, updated on 16/02/01 (Useful, 35 readings)
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something great about E Elliott Smith s way with an arrangement. On his later albums, "Figure 8" and "X/O", he s been afforded the luxury of good studios and an ever-expanding band. But to see where he first flexed these dynamic musical muscles, have a listen to his first two offerings, "Roman Candle" and the eponymous second ...