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Ocean of Noise
November 24th 2024


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Meanwhile Waltz #1 makes time stand still

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 5th 2024


116695 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Have only heard the first 3 for so long. Finally jammed this and it might be my fav so far DAMN!

Sharenge
December 6th 2024


6810 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

yuck



big step down from the first three [2]

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2024


116695 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Nooooo way.

Spec
May 6th 2025


41436 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

wild take fucking wild

PunkerBlast
May 6th 2025


1296 Comments


Baby Britain ownz. Got all the troops lined up in a roll oh they are just bottles. Elliot Smith has an official video of that iirc. I still heh other than Figure 8 which.... I heard very little of. I think most of his albums fall in the higher end. Even Basement on a Hill that had no cohesion. I uhh really liked some of those songs and still have a shirt of it from interpunk.

ArsMoriendi
October 24th 2025


42343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

First listen and I could see preferring this to Either/Or :o

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2025


116695 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

They're extremely close.

ArsMoriendi
October 28th 2025


42343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Wish I didn’t dislike Amity cuz this would possibly be a 5 then

PunkerBlast
October 31st 2025


1296 Comments


Amity starts really annoying.

My favorite is probably the S/T overall. Either/Or is really good too and this. Huh I never thought too hardly what was the 5.0 Elliott Smith album because there are 5.0's songs all over them.

Aids
October 31st 2025


24939 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"wild take fucking wild"



Isn't "the first 3 Elliott Smith albums are by far his best" an extremely common take?

ArsMoriendi
October 31st 2025


42343 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I usually see his debut with the lowest or 2nd lowest score between the 6 hmmm





DoofDoof
October 31st 2025


17336 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The three ES 5 ratings are S/T, either/or and X/O



No contest really



I wouldn’t swap Pitseleh alone for the entire debut

pourradass
October 31st 2025


1041 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I actually have Figure 8 as my favourite

DoofDoof
October 31st 2025


17336 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Figure 8 I especially appreciate the opening run of five songs but I have to admit after that there must be three or four I think are really B-Side quality for Elliott

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
October 31st 2025


116695 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I still have to jam Figure 8 and From a Basement on the Hill.

DoofDoof
October 31st 2025


17336 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Hawks, Basement is real interesting, very dark sound on that one at times, also his noisiest guitar work

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
October 31st 2025


116695 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm gonna jam them both soon. The debut is mid to me tbh, but I love the three that follow.

deathschool
October 31st 2025


29481 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Basement on a Hill is weirdly underrated in a lot of ways. Even as a (somewhat) unfinished album, I actually prefer it to this by a tiny bit. And Figure 8 is my favorite of his, so.

deathschool
October 31st 2025


29481 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fig 8

Either/Or

Selfie

Roman Candle

Basement

XO



I overall probably do prefer his earlier stuff with the exception on Fig 8 for whatever reason. I’ve felt that way for years.



New Moon is definitely worth the time too by the time you’re jonesin for more of his music.



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