Elliott Smith "Either/Or"

This album marks a key transition for his sound, branching out on styles that were only slighted hinted at with 95 release Elliott Smith you see a wider array of instruments (all played by Elliott) and more polished sound as well as better quality and better production. This album shows Elliotts talent as an arranger better than most I think, he shows he has an ear for melody and knows how to construct a song better than most singer/songwriters of recent times.

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janes
 
Elliott was pretty obviously in control he was huge into Big Star, the Beatles, Oasis, Elton John and other stuff around that time. He always wanted to make a big pop album, Figure 8 was the result of that.
 
I really love Elliott Smith, been really getting into him lately. He has gradually climbed up my last.fm chartsI own this album on vinyl and it's amazing. I do not have a cd or digital version of this album though, sadly.
 
Good review. In terms of individual songs, I think this album contains some of his best. Songs like Angeles, Between The Bars, and Say Yes often appear as peoples favorite Elliott Smith songs. But as an entire album, I don't think this is even my second favorite album of his. My first is Roman Candle and it always surprises me to hear that people really dislike that record. After Roman Candle, I prefer his self titled. I suppose I prefer his lo-fi work to his more pop songs. Actually now that I think about it, I rank my Elliott Smith albums in the order they were released;

Roman Candle
Elliott Smith
Either/Or
XO
Figure 8
From The Basement Of The Hill
 
You don't even need to read elliott smith and the big nothing you just need to look at his CD credits and not to be so obsessed with being right all the time that you're deluding yourself into thinking something wrong.
 
Saying this is the way a song was meant to be is a pretty bold statement. You're basically saying that artist didn't know what he was doing with the song he wrote and recorded and that you do.
 
XO is probably my least favorite Eliott Smith album by far...
It just doesn't really compare to Either/Or,
or any of his other ones
 
i gave Figure 8 another listen. big songs, big & fully developed ideas.

i'm realizing i'm more attached to XO because that's when i first discovered Elliott Smith. during Christmas time after it came out. waltz #2 below my freaking mind. i've spread the word about his music and created a dozen new fans. it's that kind of thing. it's so hard for me to distinguish my feelings from what my objective mind thinks when it comes to the arts. oh well. it's my heart that brings me back to awesome forums like this.

anyway, r.i.p. Elliott Smith. i saw the man play in SLC before his death. he looked like a wreck, but still had the hope to crack a few jokes.
 
That was a rather silly argument^

Anyway I just got into Elliot Smith. It surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I'm generally not into soft indie stuff like I said before, but Elliot does that kind of thing exceptionally well.
 
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