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Album DescriptionJapanese version featuring a bonus track: "Miss Misery".Amazon.com's Best of 1998Elliott Smith's fourth solo album and major-label debut, XO, brings narrative detail and a wide range of emotion to an indie meld of '60s-style rock and folk-pop. Whether in the broken stateliness of "Waltz #2 (XO),
Album Description Japanese version featuring a bonus track: "Miss Misery".
Amazon.com's Best of 1998 Elliott Smith's fourth solo album and major-label debut, XO, brings narrative detail and a wide range of emotion to an indie meld of '60s-style rock and folk-pop. Whether in the broken stateliness of "Waltz #2 (XO)," the Sgt. Pepper tribute of "Baby Britain," or the explosions of "Amity" and "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands," Smith's melodic and arrangement senses give his vulnerable vocals and brilliant wordcraft the maximum effectiveness. XO is a watershed in singer/songwriter rock. --Rickey Wright
Amazon.com essential recording On XO, Elliott Smith leaves the indie doldrums behind and takes wing to new, lush surroundings. By adding full instrumentation to his acoustic reveries, Smith has ascended to a new level of songwriting that shores up his gentle voice and country-tinged guitar playing with extra layers of vocal arrangements and charming piano vamps. Strains of classic rock filter into the Beatlesque "Baby Britain" and the Beach Boys-inspired "I Didn't Understand," but Smith succeeds in adapting them to his style rather than the other way around. A foot soldier in DreamWorks' war on standard-issue rock & roll, Smith joins new label mates Rufus Wainwright and Morphine as sophisticated interpreters of the new male psyche. XO is a stunning shadow print of a soul adrift in the music industry, a dark place indeed. --Lois Maffeo
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Track listing1. Sweet Adeline 2. Tomorrow Tomorrow 3. Waltz No 2 (XO) 4. Baby Britain 5. Pitseleh 6. Independence Day 7. Bled White 8. Waltz No 1 9. Amity 10. Oh Well Okay 11. Bottle Up And Explode 12. Question Mark 13. Everybody Cares Everybody Understands 14. I Didn't Understand
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Published 1 year, 2 months ago
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