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Elliott Smith
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Product Description
Oregon-based Elliot Smith was a long shot underdog for commercial success. A decidedly grim-natured whisperer, Smith isthe antithesis of Oregon's celebrated grunge scene. He eschews fuzz-laden power chords and rhythmic sludge for stark acoustics and hushed intensity. The quiet force of this release is deceptively low key. Underneath the stark and fragile beauty, Smith seethes with steely determination. The tightly wound claustrophobia is relieved by his unerring melodic sense. The album's best songs ("Needle in the Hay", "St. Ides Heaven", and "Killing the Southern Belle") are littered with addicts, drunks, bitterness, and isolation; but Smith's tunefulness lifts the album toward a disturbing beauty.
Track Listing
- Needle In The Hay
- Christian Brothers
- Clementine
- Southern Belle
- Single File
- Coming Up Roses
- Satellite
- Alphebet Town
- St Ides Heaven
- Good To Go
- White Lady Loves You More
- Biggest Lie
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #25001 in Music
- Released on: 2004-12-06
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
Recorded mildly better than his debut (Roman Candle), the self-titled second solo album is one of the most understated and incredible albums to emerge from the American indie-rock scene in the 1990s. With his nimble picking fingers behind him, Smith writes sad, little songs about drugs and romantic co-dependence 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
Customer Reviews
Very Disappointed
I bought this after reading the reviews on Amazon, because to be honest i have never heard of the guy. Also, i heard that his music inspired James Blunt, though God only knows how!!!!
The front cover shows two people jumping off a tall building, and that is exactly how i feel after listening to it, it is so depressing. Maybe i am not on the same medicine as some of the reviewers on here.
Obviously, opinions are like ars*e holes, everybody has one, but how anyone can say this music is beautiful, meaningful, haunting etc......is beyond me, and compared with James Blunt, there is no comparison..............end of story.
BUY IT!!!
I dispare when i tell people i like elliott smith and they reply, "Elliott who???" He uis quite simply the best artist i have every come accross!! His melodies are incredible while his lyrics cut to the bone. Any one song leaves you wanting to hear more of smith. The failure of the general public and so called "music fans" to recognise the brilliance of elliott smith symbolises everything that is wrong with the music industry.
This album, i believe is one of Smiths best. The opening song, needle in the hay, is quite simply one of the best songs every written and the rest of the album is packed full of classics. If you like anything written by smith, you will love this album
It is music at its best!!
Oh!
This is outstanding, I got to hear about this guy through a friend who's taste is sometimes suspect but this! The opener Needle in The Hay is in my favourite movie of recent times the royal tenenbaums in its best scene such swirling, swelling melancholy tugs at every bit of your head he shall leave a hole in music
