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Title: It is Elliott Smith, but he has done better.
Review: A brilliant piece of work this is, songs such as "Oh Well, Okay," "Waltz #2 (XO)," and the wonderfully a cappella "I Didn't Understand" (coming interestingly right on the tail of "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands" a pattern that is repeated in "Figure 8" with such pairs as "Everything Reminds Me Of Her" and "Everything Means Nothing to Me" and etc.) are as good as anything that has ever been written by anyone ever, with the exception of Mr. Smith's own "Angeles," one of the five best recordings ever.The album does have it's worse points, however. The saxaphone in "A Question Mark" is simply annoying and I've never been to hot on "Independence Day." However, interestingly, I rather like "Amity,"....P>This is not the best Elliott Smith, I would leave that for "Either/Or" or "Elliott Smith" itself, but you can never go wrong with an album by our dear friend E.S.
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