New Moon
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When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo recordings. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of "Miss Misery"), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. "What are you doing hanging out with me?" he asks in "Whatever (Folk Song in C)," his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of "Angel in the Snow," "Looking over My Shoulder," and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen," it's as eternal as anything Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left. --Scott Holter
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Album information
| Release Date (USA): | 2007-05-08 |
| Release Date (UK): | |
| Artist/s: | Elliott Smith |
| Label: | Kill Rock Stars |
Track Listing
| 1 | Angel In The Snow | |
| 2 | Talking To Mary | |
| 3 | High Times | |
| 4 | New Monkey | |
| 5 | Looking Over My Shoulder | |
| 6 | Going Nowhere | |
| 7 | Riot Coming | |
| 8 | All Cleaned Out | |
| 9 | First Timer | |
| 10 | Go By | |
| 11 | Miss Misery | |
| 12 | Thirteen | |
| 13 | Georgia, Georgia | |
| 14 | Whatever | |
| 15 | Big Decision | |
| 16 | Placeholder | |
| 17 | New Disaster | |
| 18 | Seen How Things Are Hard | |
| 19 | Fear City | |
| 20 | Either/Or | |
| 21 | Pretty Mary K | |
| 22 | Almost Over | |
| 23 | See You Later | |
| 24 | Half Right |
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