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Elliott Smith

    The celebrated indie folk singer/songwriter Elliott Smith rose from indie obscurity to mainstream success in 1997 on thestrength of "Miss Misery," his Academy Award-nominated song from the film Good Will Hunting. A native of Portland, OR, Smithbegan writing and recording his first songs at age 14, later becoming a fixture of the city's thriving music scene. As a memberof the band Heatmiser, he debuted in 1993 with the LP Dead Air, issuing his first solo effort Roman Candle on the tiny CavitySearch label a year later. For his 1995 self-titled album, Smith signed with the noted Kill Rock Stars l ...read more

    The celebrated indie folk singer/songwriter Elliott Smith rose from indie obscurity to mainstream success in 1997 on thestrength of "Miss Misery," his Academy Award-nominated song from the film Good Will Hunting. A native of Portland, OR, Smithbegan writing and recording his first songs at age 14, later becoming a fixture of the city's thriving music scene. As a memberof the band Heatmiser, he debuted in 1993 with the LP Dead Air, issuing his first solo effort Roman Candle on the tiny CavitySearch label a year later. For his 1995 self-titled album, Smith signed with the noted Kill Rock Stars label. Either/Or followed in1997, around the same time that filmmaker and longtime fan Gus Van Sant requested permission to use the singer's music inhis upcoming Good Will Hunting.Smith also composed a handful of new songs for the soundtrack, among them "Miss Misery," and when the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences announced its Oscar nominations the following February, the track was a surprise entry in the BestOriginal Song category. Although he did not win, Smith performed the song live at the televised Oscar broadcast, appearingon-stage alongside superstars Trisha Yearwood and Celine Dion in one of the most notably surreal musical moments in recentmemory. Smith's DreamWorks label debut, XO, followed later in 1998. Two years later he delivered Figure 8, which delvedfurther into lush arrangements and orchestrations. For the next two years, Smith labored over what was to be his nextalbum, From a Basement on a Hill. He would not live to see the album's completion, however.To the shock of friends and fans alike, Smith's body was found on October 21, 2003, with two stab wounds in his chest. Todate, the coroner has been unable to determine the cause of death, and the Los Angeles Police Department's investigationremains open. From a Basement on a Hill was released one year later, just two days shy of the first anniversary of his death,and received warm critical nods. In 2007, the Kill Rock Stars label issued a two-disc set of Smith's unreleased work, all ofwhich had been recorded between 1994 and 1997. Entitled New Moon, the 24-track collection contained three songs thathad been previously released on hard to find compilations or soundtracks, including an early version of "Miss Misery" and acover of Big Star's "Thirteen." « hide

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    LPs
    From a Basement on the Hill
    2004

    4
    881 Votes
    Figure 8
    2000

    4.1
    1,117 Votes
    XO
    1998

    4.3
    1,517 Votes
    Either/Or
    1997

    4.5
    2,432 Votes
    Elliott Smith
    1995

    4.3
    1,451 Votes
    Roman Candle
    1994

    4.1
    992 Votes
    EPs
    Division Day/No Name #6
    2000

    3.8
    35 Votes
    B-Sides, Alternate Versions and Demos
    2000

    4.5
    2 Votes
    3 Titres Inedits
    2000

    4.5
    1 Votes
    Needle in the Hay
    1995

    4.2
    31 Votes
    Live Albums
    Live at Largo
    2007

    4.1
    47 Votes
    Compilations
    Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition
    2020

    5
    2 Votes
    Either/Or: Expanded Edition
    2017

    4.6
    24 Votes
    Heaven Adores You
    2016

    3.3
    25 Votes
    An Introduction To... Elliott Smith
    2010

    3.9
    35 Votes
    New Moon
    2007

    4
    436 Votes

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