Xo
Xo
Japanese version featuring a bonus track: “Miss Misery”.Elliott Smith’s fourth solo album and major-label debut, XO, brings narrative detail and a wide range of emotion to an indie meld of ’60s-style rock and folk-pop. Whether in the broken stateliness of “Waltz #2 (XO),” the Sgt. Pepper tribute of “Baby Britain,” or the explosions of “Amity” and “Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands,” Smith’s melodic and arrangement senses give his vulnerable vocals and brilliant wordcraft the maximum effectiveness. XO is a watershed in singer/songwriter rock. –Rickey WrightOn XO, Elliott Smith leaves the indie doldrums behind and takes wing to new, lush surroundings. By adding full instrumentation to his acoustic reveries, Smith has ascended to a new level of songwriting that shores up his gentle voice and country-tinged guitar playing with extra layers of vocal arrangements and charming piano vamps. Strains of classic rock filter into the Beatlesque “Baby Britain” and the Beach Boys-inspired “I D
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