Smith, Elliott - Figure 8

NEW VINYL LP ON GEFFEN 2017

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Judging only by his earlier, bare-bones indie-label albums, it seemed highly unlikely that Elliott Smith would turn into the ambitious arranger and studio craftsman of his lushly textured Dreamworks debut, XO. A big part of that shift, of course, was the fact that Smith had major-label finances and equipment to work with for the first time; this allowed him to fuse his melancholy, slightly punky folk with the rich sonics of pop artists like the Beatles and Beach Boys. Smith continues in that direction for the follow-up, Figure 8, an even more sonically detailed effort laden with orchestrations and inventive production touches. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith

Tracklist

Son Of Sam     3:04
Somebody That I Used To Know     2:09
Junk Bond Trader     3:50
Everything Reminds Me Of Her     2:38
Everything Means Nothing To Me     2:24
LA     3:14
In The Lost And Found (Honky Bach)     3:33
The Roost     1:00
Stupidity Tries     4:24
Easy Way Out     2:44
Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?     3:26
Color Bars     2:20
Happiness     4:16
The Gondola Man     0:48
Pretty Mary K     2:36
I Better Be Quiet Now     3:35
Can't Make A Sound     4:19
Bye     1:53