Either/Or (LP)
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REISSUE. VINYL FORMAT. Hailed as a "future folk hero" by Alternative Press, ELLIOTT SMITH's Either/Or represents a stylistic and songwriting breakthrough, taking it to the "next level," creatively speaking. This singer/songwriter can say more with a whisper than most folks can with a scream. The gently insinuating despair of Smith's work communicates volumes about the heartbreak and alienation that is the bane of 20th century boys with too much time on their hands. On "Either/Or," Smith observes a production ethic that retains a lo-fi looseness without sacrificing any sonic clarity. His songs of loss and loneliness have the broken-poet aura of Smog or Mark Eitzel, but he offsets the gloom with a hatful of damnably catchy melodies and progressions, turning suffering into pop and making it signify.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Speed Trials  |
| 2 | Alameda |
| 3 | Ballad of Big Nothing |
| 4 | Between the Bars |
| 5 | Pictures of Me |
| 6 | No Name No. 5 |
| 7 | Rose Parade |
| 8 | Punch and Judy |
| 9 | Angeles |
| 10 | Cupid's Trick |
| 11 | 2:45 AM |
| 12 | Say Yes |
| Fletcher, David
- American Fork, UT, USA |
| Ok, if you don't have this album get it. If you're new to Smith it's a great place to start, and if you're already a fan but don't have this one yet, get it, it's by far his best. I'll admit, at first I liked XO better, luckly I gave this album a second chance (and a third and fourth as well). Finally I discovered how brilliant it is. The first song that struck me was Alameda. When it hit the chorus with the lines "nobody broke your heart/ you broke your own 'cause you can't finish what you started..." I was hooked. Not only does this album have his best songs as far has the music goes, it has some of the best lyrics I have ever heard. Anyways I stop now while I still can, get this cd. | |
| Alec Martin
- Montreal, , Canada |
| If you've never heard of Elliott Smith then this is the album you should start with. Track after track he continues to play beautifully depressing, melodic songs. Some are with a band and others just him and his acoustic guitar. His voice puts you to sleep and keeps you up at the same time. Although this is his second album it is not the only great one. If you like this then you should definitely check out From A Basement On A Hill. R.I.P. Elliott | |
| Jenny Hyslop
- Victoria, WA, Canada |
| The first time I heard an Elliott Smith song, I was haunted by it for days. It was Waltz #2, from his fourth album, XO, and when he hit that heartbreaking bridge I doubled over from the empty, hollow ache he sang right into my stomach. I just wanted to hold this man and cry with him. And so my love affair with Smith's beautiful melancholy began. Either/Or is his album that creates the strongest of that addictive ache. If the guitar chords of Angeles, the lyrics of Between the Bars, and the self-conscious joy of Say Yes don't manage to coax from you at least a single tear, you don't deserve to share those forty minutes with Elliott. Listen to Either/Or in the dark, under your covers weeping over unrequited love. Allow yourself to wallow. Or play it on your discman while walking alone on a cold night under a clear, starry sky. Smith's voice, almost ethereal, will course through your body; "drink up baby/look at the stars/I'll kiss you again/between the bars", and you'll imagine yourself in that sad, sweet celluloid moment with whomever you need to picture yourself living it with, and the ache will turn into a pure, bittersweet bliss. Because life is bittersweet, but there's beauty everywhere, and you know someday it will shine on you. | |
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