Album Rating: 4.5

yeah that one is amazing, so damn emotional and well done

Album Rating: 4.0

Elliott honestly had no duds. Even Amity is good, fuck you

Album Rating: 4.0

Hm, like Roman Candle this isn't doing much for me on first couple spins but it will probably grow on me like that one did. "Good To Go" is my fave so far.

Needle in the Hay tho

Album Rating: 5.0

Listen again best album ever

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I implore you to keep trying at this one. I didn't like this as much as his other output for a long time, partly because I didn't care for the first couple of tracks that much and that tarnished my interest in the remainder of the album. Now this is by far and large my favorite Elliott Smith and Needle in the Hay is in my top 5 of his.

Album Rating: 4.0

Oh yeah didn't mean to imply I wouldn't keep trying it, I've only spun this twice lol, I just like tracking my thoughts.

I like “needle in the hay” but its spindliness never did all that much for me. “St ides heaven” is brutal. “Christian brothers” always my favorite. “Satellite” a new one

Album Rating: 4.5

St Ides Heaven and Alphabet Town for me. The Biggest Lie is a phenomenal closer too

Album Rating: 4.0

All true but Southern Belle is one of the most underrated songs on here tbh

st ides heaven is my fav song by him

Album Rating: 4.0

That alphabet town and needle in the hay make this one of his best

Album Rating: 5.0

I wouldn't say one of his best but Needle, Clementine, Roses, Satellite, Alphabet, St. Ides and The Biggest Lie make this a solid effort with that little bit of something special that separates it from the debut

Album Rating: 4.5

Good choice, luci. St. Ides has to be in my top 5 by him.

Album Rating: 5.0

St. Ides is a bit of a jilted love now, used to be my favourite Smith tune - probably it's appeal was slightly reliant on me walking home drunk/stoned/etc on the regular

Album Rating: 4.5

But album wise:



Figure 8

Either/or

Selfie

Roman Candle



Basement

XO



Basement suffers a little from feeling unfinished (since it wasn’t), even though I think it shows an impressive turn in his songwriting. XO has the opposite problem. There are times when it feels slightly overdone, and it’s the only album by Elliott that has songs that I just don’t like that much (Bled White and Amity are kinda throwaways).



His other albums are almost equal in quality.

cute how we're trailing boney in every thread as he checks out the discog

Album Rating: 5.0

Current ratings on my AOTY account:



1st. Either/Or (98%)

2nd. XO (93%)

3rd. Basement (84%) what's good here is very very good, and different

4th. Elliott Smith (84%)

5th. Figure 8 (83%) surprised I rated this quite so high but it's great if a bit sprawling/shaky in spots

6th. Roman Candle (74%)

Im giving you a 74%

Album Rating: 5.0

74% is a good grade my dude, an excellent AOTY account grade



75th best album of 1994 no less, big accolade



props to the thing, big shout