Album Rating: 4.5

His first two albums are top tier

Album Rating: 4.5

his two best indeed

Album Rating: 3.5

Hell naw - most of his best songs came after

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah but this and st have Roman candle, the first 4 no names, drive all over town, last call, needle in the hay, Christian brothers, satellite, coming up roses, the white lady loves you more, st idles heaven, and the biggest lie

Album Rating: 4.5

And alphabet town

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah none of those are his best songs other than maybe 'Needle in the Hay' - in fact I'd go as far as to say 'overall atmosphere' is the winning ingredient on the first two rather that 'stop you dead songs'



I do love 'Alphabet Town' though.



I'd say 6 or 7 songs from Either/Or would make his top 20, maybe 4 or 5 from XO - doesn't leave a hell of a lot of space for anything from the first two. In fact 'Basement' also has 3 of my Smith favourites that'd make a top 20 too. 'Figure 8' is a bit light on heavy hitters I'll admit.

Album Rating: 4.5

Implying biggest lie isn’t top 20 material, Blasphemy

Album Rating: 4.5

either/or is my third favorite

latter-half career elliott has grown off me significantly

Album Rating: 4.5

I actually haven't even listened to much of Figure 8, despite my name lol. This, s/t, and Either/Or are all pretty much tied, with E/O holding a very special place in my heart. XO has been growing on me more and more is entering that "pretty much all tied up" echelon.

Album Rating: 4.0

the title track is one of my favorite things he's done, so fucking raw

condor ave

"Yeah none of those are his best songs other than maybe 'Needle in the Hay' - in fact I'd go as far as to say 'overall atmosphere' is the winning ingredient on the first two rather that 'stop you dead songs'"

disgusting

st ides heaven is the best song ever made

Album Rating: 4.5

agreed

Album Rating: 4.5

fav 15 elliott songs in no order



condor ave

angeles

christian brothers

last call

the biggest lie

behind the bars

riot coming

roman candle

southern belle

needle in the hay

pitseleh

king's crossing

st. ide's heaven

everybody cares, everybody understands

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the way the verses of "last call" seamlessly and soooo intensely flow into the "chorus" (where it's the like ABAC chord progression [as in the poetry sense, not as in what literal chords he uses, I'm not at my piano]) is amazing, nearly overwhelming

Album Rating: 5.0

Nice list shad

Album Rating: 5.0

Overwhelming is an understatement

Album Rating: 4.5

Over time this has firmly placed itself at #2 in his ranking

Album Rating: 4.5

you start to drink and just wanna continue, it'll all be yester-year soon

Album Rating: 4.5

Killing time won’t stop this cryin’