Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith is one of the most important figures in recent indie music. Influencing everyone from Conor Oberst to Emily Haines it's easy to find some trace of his sound in alot of recent acts. I consider him to be one of the best singer/songwriters of the past decade. He left behind an acclaimed body of work and a catalogue of material never released but that is steadily being leaked to the public through various sites and post-humus releases such as New Moon and From a Basement on the Hill.
His biggest influence was the Beatles, but it's kind of difficult to compare him to them. Elliott's career was a constant growth, starting out lo-fi folk he advanced to a more full acoustic driven sound to baroque pop and eventually to experimental indie tracks. When listening to his later tracks (the basement era stuff) you some brilliantly done tracks, songs like Twilight and True Love show him having perfected his acoustic sound and tracks like King's Crossing which show his experimental side and when listening to that stuff yuo have to wonder just what he could've been.
1. Waltz #2 (XO)
2. Baby Britain
3. Shooting Star
4. Dancing on the Highway
5. Twilight
6. All Cleaned Out
7. Pitseleh
8. True Love
9. Bye
10. King's Crossing
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