ELLIOTT SMITH Either / Or LP KILL ROCK STARS 1997 US orig+insert+ltd KRS 269
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THIS IS THE US ORIGINAL PRESSING on KILL ROCK STARS Records. PALE YELLOW LABEL. IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INSERT. The cover is in EX condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUTlight discolouration/wear on right corners (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable; please for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX/NM condition (barely played).
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ELLIOTT SMITH
An acclaimed singer/songwriter with a distinctively melancholic sound, Elliott Smith was a member of the thriving music scene of Portland, Oregon in the mid-'90s when he began releasing a series of highly influential solo albums. His musical palette expanded over time, from the hushed acoustic guitar demos of his 1994 solo debut, Roman Candle, to the orchestrated studio craftsmanship of his fifth album, 2000's Figure 8.
"EITHER / OR"1997 LP KILL ROCK STARS RECORDS KRS 269
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + INSERT
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: KILL ROCK STARS - PALE YELLOW LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: KRS 269
Catalog on labels: KRS 269
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): KRS-269-A L-47874
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): KRS-269-B L-47874-X
On labels: Artist + Tracklist + Catalog
On Back Cover: Tracklist
Kill Rock Stars Records address
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
grading
RECORD EX/NM but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Elliott Smith's third album sees his one-man show getting a little more ambitious. While he still plays all the instruments himself, he plays more of them. Several of the songs mimic the melody mastery of pop bands from 1960s. The most alluring numbers, however, are still his quietly melancholy acoustic ones. While the full-band songs are catchy and smart, Smith's recording equipment isn't quite up to the standards set by the Beatles and the Beach Boys. The humbler arrangements are better suited to the sparse equipment. "Between the Bars," for example, plays Smith's strengths perfectly. He sings, in his endearingly limited whisper, of late-night drinking and introspection, and his subdued strumming creates a minor-key mood befitting the mysteries of self. "Angeles" is equally ethereal -- Smith's acoustic fingerpicking spins out notes which briskly move around a single atmospheric keyboard chord, like aural minnows swimming toward a solitary light at the surface of the water. The lyrics are a darkly biting rejection of the hypercapitalist dream machinery of Los Angeles (it would make a great theme song for Smith's label, Kill Rock Stars). Ironically, "Angeles" was included on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, which won Smith the acclaim of Hollywood's biggest, brightest, and best connected voting body, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences...(AllMusic)price rating
