Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill
America Canada elliott smiths final album captures his brilliant musical craft at the height of its powers the release of this album coincides with the first anniversary of elliott smiths death from a basement on a hill retains something of the grand sound of his acclaimed figure 8 and xo records and combines it with the intimacy so integral to the breakthrough eitheror and his first two albums at times simply stunning in its scope and tightly wound melodic dexterity from a basement on the hill has all the power and poise elliott has become known for it's a beautifully melancholic record that plays like a suicide note on domino