Elliott Smith "Either/ or" 2024-10-25 wearing his signature hockey mask

wearing his signature hockey mask

It has since gone on to sell 5 million around the world

Released in July 1971

the music was assembled like a film

and is only slightly more mainstream on Walk a Crooked Mile

Elliott Smith "Either/ or" 2024-10-25 wearing his signature hockey maskElliott Smith's Either Or represents a stylistic and songwriting breakthrough, taking it to the "next level," creatively speaking. This singer songwriter can say more with a whisper than most folks can with a scream. The gently insinuating despair of Smith's work communicates volumes about the heartbreak and alienation that is the bane of 20th century boys with too much time on their hands. On "Either Or," Smith observes a production ethic that