Elliott Smith From A Basement On The Hill
Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 - "This is an album about the seductions of oblivion...Smith teases extraordinary wit and warmth from songs that float lazily toward happiness."
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Vinyl LP Details
- Released: April 12, 2010
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Kill Rock Stars
Description by OLDIES.com:
Re-Issue, Gatefold Jacket.
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.98
3.5 stars out of 5 - "This is an album about the seductions of oblivion...Smith teases extraordinary wit and warmth from songs that float lazily toward happiness."Rolling Stone - p.151
Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[A] gripping trip to oblivion, sparkling with barbed wit and elegantly tangled guitars."Spin - pp.105-6
"Smith's intentions cry out from the album's every discordant corner - he clearly wanted to test himself, to unhinge parts of his sound....In the music, in these songs, the guy's still with us." - Grade: A-Spin - p.67
Ranked #6 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "BASEMENT feels monumentally final..."Entertainment Weekly - pp.92-3
"The record is strong and radiant..." - Grade: A-Uncut - p.106
4 stars out of 5 - "[He] was great....Here are 15 more reasons not to forget Elliott Smith's harrowing sadness - and his singular musical intelligence."Uncut - p.75
Ranked #8 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "[T]he songs are variously full of hope, frustration and weary resignation..."Alternative Press - p.150
5 out of 5 - "[E]very track on BASEMENT is a highlight."Mojo (Publisher) - p.92
4 stars out of 5 - "As ever, his chord changes and arrangements betray an inventiveness seemingly borne of brilliant instinct."Pitchfork (Website) - "[I]t's the most complete document we have of the music he was hearing in his head those final years."
Tracks:
- 1.Coast To Coast
- 2.Let's Get Lost
- 3.Pretty (Ugly Before)
- 4.Don't Go Down
- 5.Strung Out Again
- 6.A Fond Farewell
- 7.King's Crossing
- 8.Ostrich & Chirping
- 9.Twilight
- 10.A Passing Feeling
- 11.The Last Hour
- 12.Shooting Star
- 13.Memory Lane
- 14.Little One
- 15.A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 63,085
- UPC: 759656052412
- Shipping Weight: 0.5/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 2 items
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