Elliott Smith Roman Candle
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unclereich
November 19th 2019


11991 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I started backwards in his discog and this still stands out at the most replayable

DoofDoof
November 19th 2019


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It's the most undemanding and uniform in sound so I can see it's easily his best background listen - not a criticism as such, a lot of great folk artists are missing just such an album

unclereich
November 19th 2019


11991 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

jamming folk as background music isn't my cup of tea lol

DoofDoof
November 19th 2019


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

oh it is for me, big time



half the stuff I class as chillout music is folk or alt country etc

unclereich
November 19th 2019


11991 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I get too sad

DoofDoof
November 19th 2019


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I've given in to the sadness

unclereich
November 19th 2019


11991 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

jam Elliott while drunk in portland and I can guarantee an emotional response :p

Pheromone
April 21st 2020


21332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album has the most unique atmosphere - really puts me in a trance

DoofDoof
April 21st 2020


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I wish I'd listened to this in my early 20s like Either/Or, Self titled and XO because now it just doesn't have the same nostalgic atmospheric things the others have developed over all the years

Pheromone
April 21st 2020


21332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I feel that. Honestly this carries a massive nostalgic feeling for me, more-so than any other Elliott despite the fact that it was my last listen of his main LPs. Just it's sound I guess.



Pheromone
April 21st 2020


21332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

probably because elliott was young himself for a lot of this

StarlessCore
April 21st 2020


7752 Comments


yea u should have listened to this in ur early 20s grandpa

DoofDoof
April 21st 2020


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

sorry for being a similar age to the artist when he released this material and sorry for catching him live at the time ;P

Pheromone
April 21st 2020


21332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

you saw elliott live? ah man... was he good?

DoofDoof
April 21st 2020


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

he was really good but he didn't play last, Sebadoh did and were...not amazing. We'd gone to catch Elliott (and Quasi too I guess)



this was the gig, 1999



https://www.nme.com/news/music/elliott-smith-38-1395045

Pheromone
April 21st 2020


21332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sebadoh is one of those bands I've tried too often to get into with no reward. Cool gig though

DoofDoof
April 21st 2020


14996 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

he's one of those artists I'm so pleased I caught at the time, he definitely had this magnetism live, everyone was quiet and hanging on everything he was doing - obviously I never realised I'd not see him live again

dustandnations
April 27th 2020


371 Comments


This album gets so, so dark - I'm honestly in awe of it. Parts of it remind me more of something like Giles Corey than most of the other modern songwriters that take cues from Elliott. Title track and Last Call...

Ryus
April 27th 2020


36626 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yep 2nd best elliott

BaloneyPony
May 18th 2020


588 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is really damn good. I was completely enamored in its entirety.



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