soared after he took his bow at the Oscars with Celine Dion and Trisha Yearwood. 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. 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). "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. 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. "Between the Bars," for example, plays Smith's strengths perfectly. The humbler arrangements are better suited to the sparse equipment. 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 most alluring numbers, however, are still his quietly melancholy acoustic ones. Several of the songs mimic the melody mastery of pop bands from 1960s. While he still plays all the instruments himself, he plays more of them. “I Don’t Think I’m Ever Gonna Figure It Out” (remixed/remastered)Ģ1.Elliott Smith's third album sees his one-man show getting a little more ambitious. Five of its tracks, along with his Oscar-nominated “Miss Misery,” were featured in the hit movie Good Will Hunting.ġ9. The acclaimed Either/Or marked a career turning point for the signer-songwriter.
Instead, the estate issued the 2007 posthumous Smith LP, New Moon.
Crane first conceived the project over a decade ago for a potential 10th anniversary release, but he was overwhelmed by the amount of archival material he discovered. The newly unearthed original version showcases Smith’s melancholy vocal harmonies and layered guitars.Įither/Or: Expanded Edition features the album remastered from the original tapes by Larry Crane, archivist of Smith’s estate and owner of Portland, Oregon’s Jackpot! Studios. The collection is highlighted by a previously unheard version of “I Figured You Out.” Smith recorded the song in 1995 as a demo for folk artist Mary Lou Lord, who released a version – produced, performed, recorded and mixed by Smith – on her 1997 EP Martian Saints. The Expanded Edition – available on 2-LP, 2-CD and digital formats – features five multi-track live recordings from Olympia, Washington’s Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in 1997, along with four rare and unreleased studio recordings. Elliott Smith‘s landmark third LP, 1997’s Either/Or, will be reissued as a deluxe 20th anniversary set on March 10th via Kill Rock Stars.
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