Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
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Track List: Roman Candle
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Album Details: Roman Candle
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1994
- Label:
- Cavity Search
- UPC:
- 789507611321
User Reviews: Roman Candle
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not his best work, but...
, June 7, 2001Reviewer: cbamity - See all cbamity's reviewsOK, this is my least favorite smith album. This means that it is still great. Every song is worth hearing and is important because it shows how he's progressed as a songwriter. Its his debut recorded on a four track, and it still sounds good -
ON-POINT!
, December 21, 1999Reviewer: dj_funkyfresh36 - See all dj_funkyfresh36's reviewsget this, you won't be sorrrry...the E-man rocks without abandon on this one!
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Pro Reviews: Roman Candle
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Elliott Smith began his career like most aspiring musicians in the Northwestern States: putting in the requisite hours in a grunge band. Being a team player, however, is not Smith's forte. After those buzzy shows in the bars of Portland, OR, he would retreat backstage with his acoustic guitar and whisper his own quiet songs to himself. This album is his first attempt to record those songs, and they capture that feeling perfectly: a loner retreating from the noisy tension of life with others, finding solace in musical solitude. Roman Candle was, in fact, recorded in solitude on a four-track in a basement. Smith played all the instruments himself. He has said that he's always surprised when people call his songs "sad, " because playing them always made him happy. You can hear that reclusive joy in the light bounce of the melodies and hushed harmonies (which recall Simon and Garfunkel). But his lyrics are haunted by the downbeat, drug-addled life from which he was retreating. For all their cryptic cleverness, there is a restless unhappiness in his fragmented stories of alienated urbanites. After that description, a reference to the definitive folk loner, Nick Drake, is inevitable. Smith's whispy vocals and able fingerpicking deserve the comparison. The highlight of Roman Candle is the title track. The quietly driving acoustic guitars and threatening bass create a disturbing portait of a human timebomb, barely containing a seething and simmering undercurrent of bitterness. The rest of the album, by comparison, is pure sunlight. - Darryl Cater, All Music Guide |
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