Sold Date: June 24, 2020
Start Date: June 19, 2020
Final Price: £18.75 (GBP)
Bid Count: 4
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On XO, Elliott Smith leaves the indie doldrums behind and takes wing to new, lush surroundings. By adding full instrumentation to his acoustic reveries, Smith has ascended to a new level of song-writing that shores up his gentle voice and country-tinged guitar playing with extra layers of vocal arrangements and charming piano vamps. Strains of classic rock filter into the Beatlesque "Baby Britain" and the Beach Boys-inspired "I Didn't Understand"- but Smith succeeds in adapting them to his style rather than the other way around. A foot soldier in DreamWorks' war on standard-issue rock & roll, Smith joins new label mates Rufus Wainwright and Morphine as sophisticated interpreters of the new male psyche. XO is a stunning shadow print of a soul adrift in the music industry, a dark place indeed.

A1Sweet Adeline3:13

A2Tomorrow Tomorrow 3:09

A3Waltz #2 (XO)4:38

A4Baby Britain 3:11

A5Pitseleh3:23

A6Independence Day 3:03

A7Bled White 3:19

B1Waltz #1 3:20

B2Amity2:18

B3Oh Well, Okay2:29

B4Bottle Up And Explode! 2:48

B5A Question Mark2:39

B6Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands 4:26

B7I Didn't Understand2:17