From A Basement On The Hill (studio album) by Elliott Smith

From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-10-19
Overall rank: 1,265th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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Elliott Smith bestography

From A Basement On The Hill is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Elliott Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elliott Smith is Either/Or which is ranked number 130 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,663.

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From 04/21/2022 01:34
Considering the posthumous nature of this release, this is an extremely cohesive piece of music. It is also a lot darker than most of his previous work and given the circumstances around his death, it could be expected. Although dark, it is comforting in its melancholic nature. It is not very defeatist in lyricism and the instrumentation has sporadic escapes from the general sombre tone. It also experiments a lot greater than previous work, diving into multiple different genres of music, which gives us a glimpse of potential future work we could have got if his life had not been cut tragically short. A great album and “A Fond Farewell” to one of the greatest singer songwriters.
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From 02/10/2021 17:36
His most painful album - and that says a lot.
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From 01/18/2019 15:02
Se trata de un album muy equilibrado entre baladas y electricidad. Magnífico cierre para la carrera de un genio.
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From 09/21/2018 21:54
My 3rd favorite album of all time. The first time I heard it, I was familiar with only Figure 8 and no other Elliott Smith albums. I loved figure 8 but on first listen I thought this sounded like a crappy mess. Now I don't know how I could have ever felt that way, because it speaks to me on such a deep level. I think this is an album you really have to listen to in order to understand. For me at least, it just kind of went over my head at first. Once I came to appreciate it, and really to appreciate Elliott Smith in general as one of the greatest musicians ever, it brought me to tears with its perfection.
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From 03/18/2018 16:04
This might come off as even denser than Figure 8, even more scattered than XO, and more inconsistent than Either/Or. And you know, maybe it is all of those things at once. Nevertheless, listening to this posthumous mammoth of an album is one of the most intense and complete Elliott Smith experiences even without the story of his death in mind. I can't quite explain why, but this is one of his best.
Favorites: “Twilight”, “King’s Crossing”, “A Fond Farewell”, “Pretty (Ugly Before)”, “Coast to Coast”, “Memory Lane”, “Let's Get Lost”, “A Passing Feeling”, “Shooting Star”, “Last Hour”, “A Distorted Reality is Now a Matter of Necessity”
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From 02/20/2018 21:41
Può suonare strano che un album postumo sia il preferito tra quelli di un dato musicista ma per me, parlando di Elliott Smith, è proprio così. Non sapremo mai se "From a basement on the hill" sarebbe stato il primo disco di una nuova e più creativa fase della carriera di Elliott Smith se egli stesso non avesse deciso di interrompere la sua vita, ma sicuramente questo album postumo contiene delle canzoni con melodie più accattivanti rispetto a quelle dei dischi precedenti, i quali non sono mai riuscito a farmi piacere neanche lontanamente quanto questo.
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From 01/07/2018 16:09
I love this record, but it is a bit of a mess. The highs are great but the lows feel unfinished. If Smith had been able to oversee the completion of this record, it could have been one of his very best albums. As is, it's still quite good.
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From 05/24/2017 19:26
from a basement on the hill is possibly my all time favorite record. normally i don't play the favorites game with records (same kind of weird as 'best friend') but ever since i first fell in love with this album when I was 14 (i'm 27 now) and hundreds of listens later, it still holds up. I think there's something to say about the posthumous release as well. trying to imagine what he was feeling recording what would become his final tracks, sometimes it feels like he knew they would be. also seeing this come out after my two least favorite of his albums (x/o and figure 8 which both make me think of a line from sidewalk boss - "i'll be pumping out the product just a total waste). king's crossing hits on that feeling as well, and always makes me think of the rumor that he threatened to kill himself if his record company didn't release him after figure 8. This record feels like he was finally getting to make music he really enjoyed, without worrying about marketing himself or selling his feelings. Posthumous releases are so interesting partially because the artist never has to see it exist under the scrutiny of the public eye. i dunno. listen to it. Favorite tracks are passing feeling, fond farewell, coast to coast, twilight, king's crossing, last hour, shooting star, and little one. great b-side is stickman.
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From 07/17/2016 05:35
Nice collection of unknown things by an almost "unknown" songwriter. This guy totally deserved more recognition, even after his death.
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From 07/02/2016 16:57
A posthumous release from Elliot Smith. Whether or not this was the intended album by Smith, it stills holds up well together, and although it's not his best record, it still shows that Smith has plenty of good material left in him, the best being, pretty(ugly before), one of Smith's greatest ever songs. A good swansong from an artist who still had a lot more to give.
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