Many albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the tortured singer-songwriter stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of singersongwriterdom:...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0826429009
ISBN13:9780826429001
Release Date:April 2009
Publisher:Continuum
Length:142 Pages
Weight:0.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.7" x 6.4"
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