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Why We Love Elliott Smith

I just wanna be loved.....

Because of his sweet, angelic voice, because of his superb guitar playing, because, because, because...
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Sweet Adeline
The best Elliott site period. Has up to the minute news, setlists, tablature, pics and more!

Elliott Smith.Com

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Elliott Smith Opinions

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The Vitals: Links, Bio, etc.

Mr. Smith sometimes finds inspiration in nature's bounty There is an immediacy and sincerity in Elliott Smith's voice and music that is undeniably rare and altogether ethereal. It's because of this that, through no fault of his own, the entire globe has fallen madly in love with him...
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Pictures Of Me

Roman Candle Roman Candle
The guitar and voice are not so much juxtaposed, but placed together with dependent tension -- coaxing emotion out of one another.
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Elliott Smith Elliott Smith
The album's opener "Needle In the Hay" thickly pours out the concrete for the album's strong foundation that solidifies then crumbles into a pile of terror-ravaged psyches.
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Either/Or Either/Or
If Elliott Smith calls his next record Elliott Smith Sings the Portland Metropolitan Area Phone Book, I’ll probably still buy it. And anyone who’s heard “Rose Parade” will understand why.
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XO XO
Smith is a genius of tenderness and acerbic wit, alternating between his existential impulses; one, towards almost feel-good pop and the other, towards film noir realism...
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Figure 8 Figure 8
Figure 8, Smith's fifth album, is a dreamy, layered work that merely ups the rock ante of his perfectly balanced 1998 release, XO...
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Between The Bars
A platinum blonde Smitty in Heatmiser
The Extended Family: Heatmiser, Quasi, Sam Coomes, Rob Schnaff, Tom Rothrock, Tony Lash, Aaron Day, Janet Weiss, Charlie Campbell, Alan Sparhawk, Neil Gust, Sone, Pete Krebs, The Spinanes, Nick Saloman, John Goodmanson, Rebecca Gates, Josh Friess

The Inspirations:
The Beatles, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Nick Drake

The Inspired:
Sebadoh, Belle and Sebastian, Ben Lee, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Mary Lou Lord