Elliott Smith, a man so ill at ease with his appearance he hated photo shoots, who double tracked his vocals due his lack of confidence in the power of his voice, a man who felt he was the ugly duckling but on record and to his fans a beautiful swan.
I've been a fan for years, the beauty contained in his fragile voice seeing me through a few dark spells myself. This Cd marks the recorded farewell of Elliott Smith, the final songs recorded before his untimely death in 2003. He apparently left 2 cds worth of tracks, the majority unfinished and it fell to some of his closest friends to complete the recordings for release. The wonder of this, and the testimony to Elliott and his cohorts, is that this is unnoticeable throughout, the album sounding like years were spent perfecting the arrangements and production.
Stand out tracks are Pretty (ugly before) a glorious almost (power) ballad, should hav been a commercial breakthrough,Twilight with it's reprise of I'm already somebodys baby, and Let's go lost. He even rocks out a bit on opener Coast to coast. I'd recommend this album to anyone, not his classic (I think Either/ Or takes the plaudits for that). If you like singer songwriters, if you like melody, and if you've ever been hurt buy this album.
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