Figure 8

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The Beatles? Nah, this guy has never heard of them. I truly thought this guy was british until I looked him up on wikipedia. I would also recommend listening to the deluxe edition, it has a nice cover of "Because" and the Schoolhouse Rock "Figure 8". A couple of the songs I liked were "Son of Sam," "Colorbars," "Can't Make A Sound." But ultimately it just sounded like he was trying too hard to be the Beatles.

I was a little disappointed in this. I like Elliott Smith a lot but this unfortunately didn't grab me like XO and Either/Or have.

Elliot Smith was talented and his music is nice but so many songs sound the same. I wish there was more variety in his music.

Nice enough

Quiet album with some light rock themes, good listen although a bit sad at times.

Elliott wrote some gorgeous songs and there's no doubt that he left us too soon but a whole album of that overdubbed voice and melancholy tempo is a bit of a downer.

not bad, but not my favorite

Very 2000s coffee shop vibes

Music was nice, lots of Beatlesy major/minor switching, wasn't too keen on the guy's voice though.

Quite mellow and chilled out. Thought it was good, gave it a couple of listens. Stupidity Tries was a highlight.

😞

beautiful, haunting, good sad music

I have not heard a lot of Elliot Smith’s work but what little I’ve heard, I’ve liked. This album is no exception. It’s really well done.

Pop tranquilo y elegante. Fácil de escuchar. Un tanto pesimista, pero agradable de escuchar

Enjoyed the listen, would give it another listen to see if I really like it

All together an ok album. Nothing really stuck out besides a couple of absurd chord progressions and changes. Vocals were not too fitting to the artistic style.

Good listen. Didn't really grab me but I could listen again.

Good rock album; although Smith tries too much to sound like the Beatles on many of these songs, without reaching their level. But overall very nice. 3/5

It's a pretty good album, but it's not entirely my thing.

I gave this one a 2 before, but I'm milder now.

Not bad

Not bad but also pretty forgettable 2.75/5

I think the writing is really good but the vocals aren't on point all the time. L.A. was a great song.

Not bad, didn’t catch my attention too much though.

I liked this one, but have never loved Elliott Smith as so many others have.

I thought I’d like this album more than I did. Giving 3 stars for at least being original.

Someone Iv never heard before. Good album

Makes me nostalgic for a breakup I never went through. Highlights somebody I used to know, everything reminds me of her, in the lost and found, better be quiet now. I found the album too long and was bored at times.

Album was ok, something about his voice bothered me. Son Of Sam and L.A. were my favorites. Not sure I'd listen to the whole thing through again though.

Ikke min type stemme. Litt kjedelige sanger

A pleasure

Melancholy mixed with relaxation. The lyrics through all of this album are sad, occasionally stepping through to the depressing and self-harm areas of Elliott Smith's brain. I found most of the songs to be (ironically) fairly catchy and melodic, reminding me of the quieter selections from The Beatles's catalogue. I feel like there was a time in my life where this album would have resonated and I would play it on repeat, but that era is behind me. Not going to be a frequent listen for me. Fave tracks: Everything Reminds Me Of Her, Colorbars

This album is more polished, produced and completed than Elliot Smith's other works, but I find that doesn't necessarily help him here. The thing that got him noticed was writing very personal, intimate songs, and this feels like a step away from that. Overall its not bad, the music sounds nice, and Smith's songwriting and lyrics are still effective. Good for a sad rainy day or self-reflection. But it's missing the deeply personal feeling of his earlier work. Fav Tracks: Son of Sam, Everything Reminds Me of Her, Stupidity Tries

Bits are really nice, but overall this is just average.

A haunting portrait of mental illness for the new century. I adore the additional tracks on the deluxe version of this album.

Another day, another white boy alt-rock album. 3 stars

This is my second Elliott Smith album. I gave the first one a 2/5. I am enjoying this one a little bit more. Easy to listen to and have on in the background. Overall I like it better than the other album I had.

I really like some of these songs! This particular brand of American accent is a little irritating to me though. I am listening while bashing out a bunch of reports though so maybe that's the issue. I'm into some songs but know I would have appreciated them more when I was about 17 and then would have loved it because the sound is super nostalgic to me.

He's still pretty mopey but this was a lot more rocky than the last one we listened to. I find some of his lyrics too straight up sad boy but I guess he was a very sad boy. Preferred it to the previous one.

I found this one a bit too samey

Memorable in the sense that I remember thinking this was perfectly fine, but I also don't remember what it sounds like very much at all. 3.5

Was not a fan of the last Elliott Smith album that came up, just super bummer music. With that, I was pleasantly surprised when Son of Sam started up with some upbeat guitar. Still an emo album but there's more energy in the instrumentals and he's projecting his voice more too so wasn't as bad as the last go around.

Depressing and mellow

Not bad

Melodic and enjoyable. The Wally cover for the second track sure took some artistic licence. The Beatles references kept building like a figure 8.

Some Britpop singer-songwriter vibes here, was surprised to hear how he died sooon after this album. How did you like it Adam?

Couldn't get into it. Did sound nice and interesting though.

There is nothing wrong at all with this album, but it just doesn't quite come to life for me, partly due to the somewhat bland vocals.

Lekker muziekje. Niks bijzonders, geen uitschieters, maar heel goed te luisteren. ***

Good one. Pleasantly surprised

Nice songs, really nicely recorded. I'm not quite sure why Elliott Smith has two albums on the must hear list. It's OK... just OK.

Some good singer/songwriter stuff, like a newer and less quirky Elvis Costello in some ways.

Mukavaa leppeää taustamusaa

Usually a big fan of the smith but found this particular album… one I’ve never heard… fairly dull. Hate to sound like a cliche but I prefer his earlier work!

I enjoy the sound of Elliot Smith but definitely have to be in the mood to listen to him for more than a couple of songs.

I wish I hadn’t have read his Wikipedia page and found out he killed himself (or was stabbed to death?) in his early thirties. It made a melancholy album even sadder to listen to. But it’s good. Kinda Beatles-esque in a way. It’s cool that he plus all the instruments. I respect that.

music to nod your head to as you sweep through the clothing racks of your favorite thrift store

This was a really enjoyable, calming album. Had some more upbeat songs, but reminded me a lot of other pop/alternative albums of that time.

I've wanted to get into Elliott Smith's music for a while, and I doubt this is the best place to start, as even Apple Music prefaces this one as a departure from his more traditional, singer-songwriter style. There are a few stripped back tracks on here (which I honestly enjoyed more), but a lot is more produced and rock-y band-y. Still pretty good though, due to the strength of his writing, but I'll look forward to a more quintessential album to sink my teeth into, like Either/Or. Favorite tracks: Somebody That I Used to Know, Better Be Quiet Now, Junk Bond Trader. Album art: Seems like a White Stripes knockoff. It's weird that Elliott looks so cool on the Either/Or cover but looks really dorky here. Maybe there's a metaphor here since this album is him not really in his comfort zone. 3.5/5

I've got nothing to say

I love me a bit of Elliott Smith but find this album's inclusion a bit odd, it's easily his weakest effort.

Nice voice, good production but a bit flat

Gets a little better each time I hear it. 3/5

Makes good background music, other than that…

5/10. Rather boring and forgettable, but pleasant enough.

It's pretty listenable but definitely a downer. 6/10

I like this album and I'm happy that I got acquainted with his other songs. I would check out his discography as well.

This is great - my first real listen to Elliott Smith and I really like it. If you're coming to him late, as I have, then you'll recognise all the influences and all the artists influenced; so avoid the "he sounds like..." critique.

Not heard this before and I only had time to listen to about half of it. This is an album that needs more than one play. I can't really give an accurate rating.

Folksy

Boring

I'm glad I listened to this album even though I was worried it might make me more depressed. It was pretty music and I wasn't too focused on the lyrics. Favorite songs were Son of Sam and Junk Bond Trader.

2nd listen. Some of the songs are quite nice.

don't remember much lol but I remember it being nice

3, 3.5. It was quite pleasant and I hadn't heard of them before.

Not the biggest fan of this. Sounds kind of whiney. It's not necessarily bad, it's just not for me.

I was expecting something very different based on the album cover. Instead of some doofus punk rock like Blink-182 I got more of a pre-emo sensitive crooner vibe, like James Blunt or Jason Mraz. It’s not for me. It’s fine, but it sounded like the same song 16 times.

Great opening track (Son of Sam). I found most of the other tracks to have much the same sound, a bit too in-one-ear-out-the-other. Fine for background music.

It was ok

I liked this at first and then the more I listened to it the less I liked it. The vocal is irritating to listen to and the lyrics are boring. Best track is "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?" and worst track is "Pretty Mary Kay." I also really disliked "Everything Reminds Me of Her" and "Everything Means Nothing to Me" back to back in the track list. Good instrumentation but uninteresting vocals/lyrics for the most part, 2.5/5 but I'll round up because I will revisit 1-2 songs from this album.

Apparently, he was influential in the US. Maybe it's worth listening to more of his work, but taking this one as a standalone, it doesn't go about a 3 for me. Inoffensive meh.

Not quite as strong as some of Smith's other work but still Elliot Smith so it's good shit. Eases a bit away from the sadness.

Some songs are nice, but I have the feeling that I heard many similar albums. Nevertheless - quite nice

Nicht schlecht aber auch nicht wirklich einprägsam. Habe mich sehr leicht ablenken lassen

Ok

Svært at vurdere og kræver nok en lytning mere. Umiddelbart godt, men måske lidt kedeligt. Vellydende 3-4 stjerner

i never really cared for his music one way or another - i'd never heard anything by him before he died, and while i'm definitely sorry he's gone, his music just doesn't do much for me. maybe one day that'll change, but for now, this just wasn't that interesting to me.

Enjoyed this more than I thought I might. Tracks are a little samey but pleasant listening

Pleasant listening. Some very pretty tracks but it does drag on a bit

Chill but alright

I like his voice and melodies. It is done well, though didn't move me like others.

Poor old Elliot. Here he has moved away from the quiet acoustic numbers he had been previously known for to a full band approach. He still has a quiet voice that sounds like he's scared to be singing. Best Tracks: Son of Sam; Somebody That I Used to Know; In The Lost and Found (Honky Bach)/The Roost

While somewhat interesting to listen to, it was also a bit dark for my music tastes. I’ll need to revisit it a couple more times. 3

Very quiet, relaxing album.

Not bad, although it isn’t really different from others 3/5

Listened in the background and it was fine, but nothing particularly special to me.

I really enjoyed the music in the background. The piano especially was fantastic, but all the instruments held my attention. However, the lyrics and voice did not do so well. He can only sing 3 notes, and the lyrics had a tendency to be grating. Had there been a different singer, this album would have been near perfect. Favorite track: Son of Sam

3.6 oké feels, different feels but feels. positief verrast! misschien nog eens luisteren met lyrics zodat ik weet of hij echt een verhaal vertelt.

I would give it a 4, but the last few songs lean way too heavily on The Beatles. I'm also guessing this is what chamber pop is, which has never really been that interesting for me. The instrumentation and vocals are nice, but it's overall not very interesting. Highlights: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, and 10.

I liked it, new to me. Upbeat music with some darker subjects in the lyrics. I will def look into more from him. 3.5

Good album. Chill and you can see how it influenced future artists.

Ok, not my thing

Solid background album, but not much else.

Arrangiamento e produzione non mi hanno impressionato anche se nel complesso il disco l’ho sentito facilmente.

Good but not as good as self titled

- too long - interesting production - got bored

YEAAA saved it, i like it . especially l.a and the one with the really long hunky dory name that comes afterwards

I had no idea who this guy was. Now I wonder why that is because this is a pretty good album. It all ran together toward the end but there are some strong tracks throughout. Bummer that he died young.

I listened 3 times and had to really focus. This music fades into the background really easily. With its repetition, it gets you into a folkindie trance. My favorite songs are Everything means nothing to me, Stupidity tries, and can't make a sound. I do think the album is too long and that many songs are forgettable. A middle of the road album for middle of the road times.

Favourite Song: Somebody That I Used To Know

Sounds like the end of American beauty / good will hunting or any other late 90's existential movie.

Some nice tracks and interesting lyrical themes.

Nowhere near as dreary as I was fearing with a few nice upbeat tracks. Not necessarily my kind of thing but it was decent enough for a one-off listen. Best track: Stupidity Tries

Zitten 2 catchy songs in. Maar vrij 'repititief'

Liked it, it sounds familiar. Nice for a relaxed Sunday

I think of Ben Folds without the interesting rhythms and lyrics. Pretty okay singer-songwriter, and not TOO quiet, but will take a few listens to grow on me. Was gonna say 2, but as I have listened a couple of times today on accident, it is growing on me. I think I'm giving it a 3 for potential.

2e nummer van de plaats is niet echt zuiver gezongen. Voor de rest best goede muziek voor op de achtergrond.

Indie Ok

Wonder if my parents listened to Louis Prima... The chorus “I Got Nobody” very similar to David Lee Roth

7

Några va bra, några va bajs

Bit Sufjan-esque

A bit "meh". It didn't grab my attention.

needs another listen but good

good for background

Lyrically dense. Will have to give it another few listens to really appreciate it.

No está mal, pero no es lo que mas me apetecía escuchar.

Bien

Tranquilito, pero bien.

Somebody That I Used To Know features some killer acoustic guitar work. I liked L.A. meh its just not for me.

Not bad honestly. Not my favorite genre but I definitely enjoyed the production. Singing was meh but bearable for 52 min. Might listen again, kinda forgettable.

Un disco con el que no pude conectar, por decir algo. O sea, no me desagradó para nada, tiene sus buenos momentos, pero lo escuché varias veces y como que nada "me hizo clic". Yo creo que tiene sus dosis acertadas de varias cosas, como romance o humor: además de las letras, un gran tino poner juntas "Everything Reminds Me Of Her" y "Everything Means Nothing To Me". Creo que todas las canciones podrían salir en películas de esas que gustan etiquetar como indie. En fin, creo que "L.A." y "Stupidity Tries" fueron las que más me gustaron, además de la ya mencionada "Everything Means...". En fin, DEP E. Smith. 7/10

It was an average album overall. A lot of 60s inspired sounds that I enjoy, but other than his unique voice, not much of an impression left. Not sure how he inspired so many musicians.

Rock setentero

Quite good, liked some of them

ist doch alles ganz nett - 3

It was fine, just not my thing.

pollege

enjoyed it

Oh you mean John Lennon Jr.? You mean the soundtrack to any movie wanting to worth their weight? He’s not bad. Pretty pleasant. Would listen again.

I really enjoyed his singing and the instrumentals don't overshadow his voice(as with some bands where the singer has a softer singing style). The music is a bit softer and slower("easy way out") than I usually like but this one was good. I really enjoyed the more country-esque songs ("junk bond trader" and "L.A") and the more folky ones were good too("colorbars")

I probably should have been listening to this more carefully. One of these singer songwriters that's been on the periphery of my radar for a long time but never got to. It sounded pretty but I wasn't really tuned into the lyrics. Something to revisit.

Elliot Smith reminds me a lot of Bright Eyes, but I find him to be the nicer, gentler version. Nothing on the album did a whole lot for me, but nothing was bad. Very chill.

Not bad.. at a push I was very same sounds across the tracks

light liatening

some good. some bad

2000s music sounds inspired by 70s/ The Beatles

Nice

Decent album but nothing more

Liked most of the songs in the moment, but nothing stuck with me.

Lovely..

ok

There was 9 figures

s'aight,

I guess I just don't get it with Elliott. Son of Sam from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack is the only standout, with a few other tracks perking my ears. 2/5

Enjoyable. Forgettable. Maybe you have to know more of the backstory. Maybe I didn't listen to the lyrics well enough. Thing is great shouldn't' require that. I'll give it a 3/5 because it's pleasant enough, but not sure why it belongs here.

Dá sa to počúvať, ale ničím má nezaujal...

★★½

When I was finishing school I found the band 'Teenage Fanclub' this album would have fit in well my discography as 15 year old, now it's just some nice (similar) sounding tracks.

Well composed but i just Cannot Care about a lot of this! Maybe 15 years ago I could have listened to a song called "Everything Reminds me of her" but i feel like age and internet exposure have just slammed that door shut. Further, it's just too long!!! It's a weird combo of lightweight, poppy and sad that just does not work on the epic, double-length album scale we're working with here.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Either Or and scored it a 4/5 so was looking forward to this. Unfortunately was disappointed - the pop production takes the edge/ emotion of the songs and as result sound rather bland and forgettable. Best song is the opener Son of Sam and that's a 3/5 at best which means album as a whole is a 2.

Liked 1 song. Rest felt uninspired, not very creative, boring. His singing is weirdly performative.

Dull.

I know people really like Elliott Smith but I just couldn’t get into it. Slow, boring just not for me.

bitch-ass whiny cracker

En del fine låter her, men blir altfor langdryg og kjedelig.

Hadde litt troen på denne, men var veldig lite her som var annet enn kjedelig.

Sounds like badly drawn boy. Lots of songs sounded the same

According to spotify this is his more polished work - just seemed a bit wishy-washy to me. Just had something indefinable missing.

A bit too downbeat for me, and too long

This was a rather boring album.

non il mio prefe suo

Previously unknown. I didn't find it interesting.

I hadn't listened to Elliott Smith before, so went in with an open mind. Didn't love it, though some songs were not entirely unpleasant. Favorite song: Everything Means Nothing To Me

2.4/5 - Started off as a 4+/5 during the first three songs, but rating quickly fell off at Everything Reminds Me of Her, which marked my realisation that there's only so much "moody acoustic" sound + lyrics of varying degrees of substance, or lack thereof, that I can take. (Terrible grammar within this here review, but not worth a rewrite). General notes [Positives: mood, vocals Negatives: some songs have sloppy lyrics, repetitive sound] Notes after finishing the album: Opinion has not changed.

Ok but wouldn’t listen again

Jesus, this guy likes a moan. The first listen I glazed over and enjoyed some of the instrumental elements, it’s got some nice soft rock composition and the sound of the vocals isn’t unpleasant, just talking on the pitch and tone. However. The lyrics are so on the nose and aren’t particularly clever. One of those head scratchers for its inclusion. Wish I’d remained in blissful ignorance and only given it the once over. Bleh. The most interesting thing about this album was googling him.

A little bright and cheesy over a slow depressing theme which I find quite odd and annoying.  You then get this delicate mongo singing over the top, which when accompanied with a fairly paired back production just seems at total odds. Am I listening to a lovely sunny day or a suicidal idiot.  I have no clue, so its compelling factor is zero as I have no reason to engage in the music or the vocals. Flat, boring and of no meaningful musical connection.

I'm afraid that I am in the camp that finds this album completely underwhelming. It has mundane, uninteresting guitar music overlayed with whiny, breathy vocals performed by a complete melt.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Halbwegs öde, wenn auch nicht schlecht.

Whiny

its not my music. But it is world best classic

nice to start, felt tedious, not a bad album just not personally one id replay a lot

Jesus the dude stabbed himself to death?? Didn't mind Son of Sam. Not so big on track 2.. I don't like his voice one bit. Instrumentals aren't bad though (Junk Bond Trader)! I wonder if everything means nothing to this guy. Oh wait the band came back in and it was kind of cool. L.A. is good! I like when there's more of a rock sound going on. Stupidity Tries is also pretty entertaining. Had it on quietly in the back; Can't Make A Sound had me turn it back up. This guy's not bad. Will go back today and finish - 2 until then.

Ok

pretty good, reminds me of the verve but if they were actually interesting, still just depressing early 2000s british whining at heart, but musically much more interesting across the board, 2.5/5 seems appropriate. Its good but not anything that makes me think about it once i am done. reading this bio, i realize he is not even british but his sound is the same regardless of place of origin.

Very emotional and soft album, not really my favorite but there were a few good songs and he’s clearly talented

Sorry you died love but it was a bit dull. Alas did not capture my wee heart in the way I think it should. Nice singing and musics and yet.... it did nothing for me. Sorry to this man

Unoffensive but very mid :P

L.A. and Everything Means Nothing To Me are my favs. Pretty chill album in my opinion.

Nothing special. Will get you through the day.

I do not like this guy. I do not like his voice.

Christ, that was boring.

4/10 - a bit of a drag, nothing of note

I like the vibes not the guys voice

I can’t do his voice for more than 2 songs in a row

This sounds like pretty generic singer/songwriter guitar pop to me, nothing to hate, but also not much to like.

i can feel lots of energy but overall it was very forgetable for me

If Kohn Lennon were resurrected as a 00s era pop artist. Same voice, slightly less grating, even liked some of the songs. It did overstay it's welcome though

This felt like the Beach Boys but 30ish years in the future.

Second album proposé après 'Either Or' que je n'avais pas apprécié (noté 2/5 - rien de mémorable). Ce second album est tout aussi oubliable, et est beaucoup trop long. Pas désagréable, mais rien ne me donne envie d'y retourner. =>2/5

Tracks to go back to: • Son of Sam • Junk Bond Trader • L.A. • Stupidity Tries • Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud • Can’t Make A Sound Long winded lot of skips 7/1/26

I didn't hate it, Son of Sam was a good opening and his voice is actually quite nice, but it still ended up repetitive after a while, with later tracks losing a lot of the energy that made some of the early tracks nice Mostly kind of turns into background music. It feels like one of those albums that is only on the list due to a tragic death because there are a TON of those. I'm sure I'll like his other album on here more

fav songs: somebody that i used to know introspective, melancholic, quiet 30/100

The main thing that carries this album is definitely Smith's songwriting capabilities (which are admittedly slightly diminished by the end of the album...). Despite many of the songs adopting a bleak emotional perspective, Smith consistently employs vivid metaphorical language to convey the psychological complexity underlying his melancholy. Despite Smith's overall attitude across the album remaining fairly constant, within each song he reframes his message in order to provide the listener with a deeper sense of understanding and perspective surrounding his thoughts/problems - but whilst this is intriguing in the beginning of the album, this lyrical approach soon grows tiresome and dreary. Smith takes a grounded approach to his life as a songwriter - he appears to discredit himself as a picture-perfect 'celebrity', and instead portrays himself as someone shaped by his extensive misery and loneliness. However, this also reinforces a deeply melancholic public persona that rarely allows for moments of emotional relief. My main issue with this album is how monotonous it is. The whole album becomes emotionally exhausting relatively quickly and is therefore one I'd very rarely reach for - a lot of the songs sound very similar and are all underpinned by his message of his eternal sadness which, as unfortunate it is, makes this album quite a boring listen. I'm going to give this album a 2.5/5 - it's nothing special and is not one I see myself returning to anytime soon.

It was ok. I kept waiting for a song to hook me and it never really happey

This was boring as fuck.

This album feels like a producer told Elliot Smith that his music was too sad and he needed to be more energetic. Many of the themes are still melancholy, but now with snappier rhythms underneath. Yet, it doesn't feel like an intentional and interesting juxtaposition. It just kinda clashes.

It’s so twee and MOR and boring :( 2

idk man. lots of my favorite artists say he’s their number one inspiration, but he’s just not that special to me 😔 idk and he’s got that nasally voice 😔 idk 😔

this was mid

Another strange one. I genuinely enjoyed the music for the most part, and I really didn't hate any part of the album, but its just his vocals. For my ears, they're just on a frequency that I don't even register. Attempting to listen to the lyrics created a Men In Black mind-wipe effect.

I feel like the Elliott Smith and Nick Drake picks are starting to blur together. I can't tell you how many of each of them we've listened to so far. I liked how this one sounded but the songs didn't really stand out to me in any way.

Not my thing. Good tho

To me for an album to be memorable something has to pop. Be it voice, lyrics or the tunes. Get two of three it could be great all three rare. This ticks none of those boxes. Entirely forgettable. Not offensive not bad just not enough to elevate it above and make it special. He probably has his fans who will defend him to the death but not me.

Mostly, these are perfect tracks for a montage on a mid-2000s CW show, perhaps where all the characters are at home being sad looking out of windows. The better tracks might be used on a mid-series season of Scrubs instead. Not for me.

Een album waarvan ik hoopte dat het ergens heen zou gaan, maar binnen de grenzen blijft. Halverwege opgegeven

Un álbum bastante interesante, algo tranquilo y exótico; no sé si me la pasaría escuchándolo todo el día, pero alguna que otra canción sí me gustó.

Lyrically it’s good, but I just doesn’t resonate with me at any point. Very repetitive with some exceptions.

ok, mas meio sem graça, ritmo até q vai, 2

meh

It wasn't bad. Elliott is a talented musician, but god the album was boring

Listened 17 May 2026

Vocals are too soft. Need more energy for gym workouts.

Liked Son of Sam, but after that the album was progressively drained of life. Enjoyed a number of interesting chord changes, but the songs lacked spark.

This was incredibly boring.

I didn’t need to hear that before I died. Sorry but it mostly all sounded the same and kinda boring

Reading the reviews, I dont hate this as much as the haters, but just cant love it like some of the lovers I have no history with this guy - listening for the first time Its okay, but I wont be back any time soon

Expectation: -> This should be entirely new to me. After listening: -> Indeed the album is new to me. However, I recognized his voice (semi-fondly) and with some research figured it must be the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. I can listen to this but my mind floats away from it pretty quick. This is good music yet his style is too mellow/flat for my liking. Track ranking: Sam Happiness Junk Mama LA Somebody Sound Stupidity Mary Quiet Everything means Colorbars Lost Easy Everything reminds Bye

Mehhh. Nostalgic of that noughties not sound but I find this sort of music a bit redundant and whiny.. it was just an okay listen for me

Inoffensive but forgettable

I thought the songs were well produced but just found them a bit dull!

It was fine. A little long. It all kind of sounded similar. I like his voice though.

Okay

A bit whiney for my taste, and actually i didn't want to finish the full album. There might be some good songs on it, but we'll never know.

This one didnt do anything for me...wont get another listen.

Some good songwriting, but a lot of it is overly complex and hard to connect with. Got bored quickly. Vocals are another low point, but instrumentation is pretty good

Inoffensive.

Forgettable

Most of the tracks read as dreary aughts indie with just a dash of rock riffing thrown in. Most of this didn't connect. I love indie music and have spent the 21st century listening to it, just not quite Mr. Smith. My boredom is more a reflection of familiarity than merit. Unlike many albums, I enjoyed the middle tracks more than the bookends. The wiki confirmed the vibes I was picking up. (Also, this really sounds like a DreamWorks album. 100% Shrek era) RIP Elliott, and thanks for all the influence.

The lyrics balance out the music.

i wasn't able to finish this. Not my vibe

Kinda boring

honestly. forgot i was listening to this. didnt love. but then i listened to his other album either/or and had a great time

Couldn't fully get into it, but I see there is a vibe there some would like, not for me though

I really just did not care about this album and plan on fully forgetting it existed by tomorrow. It's not necessarily bad, just horribly uninteresting. Adding this in after-the-fact: Elliott Smith died??

I need to revisit this - I was so incredibly bored the entire time. I wanted to like it and parts were enjoyable, but an entire album of what felt like slow sad songs is just not it. I was a bit distracted today, hence the first sentence, but very little I gathered was a good listen.

I thought I would like this more

Not my cup of tea, but can see why its on here.

very mopey and somber, not bad, just not a good vibe.

I’m not sure I have anything interesting to say about this album. I listened to it 2 days ago and can barely remember my opinion.

I liked the other Elliott Smith album I heard a lot more than this one. This one was pretty boring for most of the runtime, and it just kind of sat there without leaving much of an impression. It is polished and pleasant enough, but not in a way that made me care. “Can’t Make a Sound” was the one real standout for me. That was the track that actually broke through a little.

Sigue pareciéndome aburrido. Quizá no me he cuadrado buen momento

This one just felt alright. For some reason reminds me of the Beatles. Not something I'm going to be looking into more.

Een soort constant depressieve Beatle

this is not good. sounds like a trainwreck maybe its outdated. its just whatever really

Hmm

I really really wanted to like this but I just didn’t. Having heard so many artists I love like Phoebe Bridgers credit Elliott Smith as being a massive inspiration, I expected to find a similar love in his music and I just didn’t. I think the main thing holding me back is his vocal delivery. I really really don’t like this whispery nasally way of singing, I think it’s very grating and can ruin otherwise well written songs. But even to that point, I found the writing incredibly underwhelming. I don’t know, maybe I didn’t connect with the lyrics because of the vocals, but something just was t reaching me. Very disappointing.

Figure 8 was a combination of the sixties Byrds/Zombies chamber pop and that early aughts indie genre. I liked hearing an older yet modern sound, but that was about it. I enjoy morose music, but there's something about Elliott Smith's morose that I don't vibe with. Maybe it's because I grew up during the indie rock phase and I'm over it.

It wasn’t actively bad, but I have already forgotten about it. 100% vanilla.

There's probably another timeline where I was a huge Elliott Smith fan. This is not that timeline.

Figure 8 is pretty, but like cake with too much frosting, gets tiring quickly.

I've just never vibed with Elliott Smith. I just find his work very one-dimensional.

nothing about this says 'great album' to me

It was just OK, but I feel like maybe a different day and I would give it a three.

wenn ich h rauchen würde wär das der shit

Solid album by Elliott Smith. I would rather have any of his earlier records before this one. 7/10 [SWAP]

Melancholisch Beatles x Red hot Chili peppers Ruhig & entspannt aber traurig

favs: everything means nothing to me in the lost and found (honky bach)/ the roost stupidity tries happiness/ the gondola man pretty mary kay better be quiet now can’t make a sound rating 2/5

I wasn’t a fan of his voice never was, but the music was fine. RIP tho, I am not trying to hate on him. It just didn’t sound that good to me.

Okay, but nothing special

This album was white noise. I barely paid attention. What I was more fortunate to have was a new Gorillaz album that released today. The Mountain. 10/10 made me cry.

Never listened to Elliot Smith, just knew he stabbed himself twice in the heart. Not what was expecting and not my thing but I appreciate another singer/songwriter putting Dylan and Cohen to shame.

Too sad to write review

I think it’s too harsh to give it a one, but I only really liked one song. This is very much background music although very peaceful you would just put it on forget that you have it on so I may use it to fall asleep or when I just need to. Scroll through my phone to check emails or delete old photos, which is what I did while I was listening to this album two out of five

Mediocre

Ok, but not really my thing.

Hva gjør dette på lista? Ekstremt A4. Verdens mest gjennomsnittlige album??

Yet a-fucking-nother blast from the past. This list has really been dredging up the oldies lately. I listened to Either/Or around 370 albums ago, much like what happened with Madonna's Ray of Light and then Like a Prayer, which was my previous album. I don't remember much about Either/Or, truth be told. I think the opening to the first track of that album occasionally pops into my head, but other than that it's been memory-holed. It was lo-fi, folky acoustic music if I'm not mistaken, which isn't really my thing. I've thought about revisiting that album in the time between these two albums, though I haven't felt compelled enough to give him a second chance. Maybe this final release will be the one to persuade me. Quite a pivot from what I remember of his previous album. The vocals are more or less how I remember them, but the instrumentals are a pretty big departure from the lo-fi, folky stylings of his previous album. I can appreciate this change of scenery, though I'm still pretty put off by this album. Much like with Either/Or, the vocals on this album frustrate me in a way which is difficult to articulate. He sounds oddly restrained on these tracks despite the competent songwriting and decent range. Holding back as a vocalist is the worst possible thing you could be in my eyes - even worse than an outright bad singer. The breathy, Nick Drake-esque sound frustrates me, too. The instrumentals are kind of cool. There's nothing in here which really sticks out to me, but they're greatly improved over the offerings from Either/Or. Many of these tracks are lively with and some nice electric guitar embellishments and a decent sampling of instruments/genres. Much of it does boil down to idle acoustic guitar strumming, however. Overall, while there's some decent aspects of this album which would probably work coming from an artist that I liked, much of this failed to resonate with me. Book time. Released after a period of hardship. Got an Oscar nomination for appearing on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. Got picked up by the Dreamworks label, resulting in better production and mastering. "In the Lost and Found" was performed on the piano Paul McCartney used to play Penny Lane. That tidbit isn't influencing my evaluation of this album in any way - I just like neat trivia like that. Not that I really needed convincing, anyways. People still mourn this guy's death and he was pretty influential within 90s alternative music from what I recall. If he had lived a little longer, I think this guy could have wrenched out a third list album, though from my relatively uniformed perspective two Elliott Smith albums seems to be the perfect number for this list. I cosign this inclusion.

I mean, it’s pleasant enough but ultimately I found this quite boring. After a full listen I went back to 1 track ‘Everything Means Nothing To Me’ which I did enjoy, think it was the repetition of the chorus that I quite liked…

*2000. Chamber pop (which apparently means pop music that combines like orchestral and classic instruments like strings, horns, and piano, to make it a more complex sound) *I had never listened to Elliott Smith before - this was soft and pretty, and the classic instruments did make it sound really full and complex. *I wasn't much of a fan, but it sounded like if you know anything about music (I don't) then it's impressive. *Wouldn't be mad if someone played it, but wouldn't revisit on my own. RATING - 6/10

Emotional and sad indie/alt rock album. It’s a tough listen if you’re not in the mood to get in your feelings. But the music itself is ok enough, clear and catchy melancholy pop rock. Nothing here sticks out, though, and it’ll likely not be in my regular rotation. Reminds me of Good Will Hunting.

Unremarkable. Not too bad, but nothing stand out to me. I liked the piano on "In the lost and found".

Den første sang fangede mig, og jeg troede så lidt det ville være det samme resten af vejen. Men derefter føltes musikken for mig en kende kedelig og ramte mig ikke synderligt.

Truly nothing memorable. His voice wasn’t bad, sounded like a mix of George Harrison and other 60s singers. It was fine background music, and it wasn’t BAD.

I can see how people love this, but for life of me i can't connect with it. And I've tried, many times.

Dull as dishwater. Kept thinking about Ben Folds, Deathcab for Cutie, and Modest Mouse and how much better they sound.

Don’t get it. Average at best.

Okay but unremarkable.

Yeah not really for me

This is great musically but too depressing for me to listen to.

Surprisingly never heard of Elliott Smith. Quintessential hipster singer/songwriter stuff. It started out ok and started to grate on me by the end when it became whiny and repetitive. (2)

I never really liked the chamber pop trend that emerged in the early 2000s. Many of the artists and bands seemed to take inspiration from their idols and filter it into pop music that was formally competent but lacking in substance — essentially bland, nerdy imitations of Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, Beatles... etc. To me that's also the case with Elliot Smith...

I knew nothing about Elliott Smith prior to listening to this album. Got to about the half way mark and had to stop, I found myself annoyed and constantly thinking what else I could be listening to within my head. Incredibly annoying, what was described and haunting voice, was to me harrowing and whiney, like forced upper register vocals that just pissed me off. Not my music, at all.

otro hombre blanco

scott pilgrim vs. the world vibes. very early 2000s hipster. pretty average. wasn't blown away

First time listening to Elliott Smith, but unlike the other new singer/songwriters I found in this project, he didn't do much for me. The lyrics felt adolescent, the songs faily simplistic. I could not get into the album as I felt 'meh' throughout. Not for me.

I wanted to like it more than I did

I don't like being depressed but it's still good music.