Roman Candle
by Elliott Smith
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Elliott Smith bestography
Roman Candle is ranked 6th best out of 9 albums by Elliott Smith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elliott Smith is Either/Or which is ranked number 127 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,212.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Roman Candle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 16:45 |  imimesis | 2,013 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 19:53 |  AAL2014 | 3,603 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 06:18 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 18:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,416 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2025 09:45 | SUPERJEFF6 | 551 | 90/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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A soft album from a great songwriter yet to gain his confidence as a solo artists. It's great, but not open enough to be the instant classics his next few works would be.
Nobodyisemo 10/13/2017 01:40 | #199431
I could listen to only this album for days. It's my favorite of his. Just a gorgeous, crushing picture of a sad guy and his tenuous relationship with everything around him, but he very obviously desperately wants something to hold dear. Love the minute chord changes, really unbelievable stuff, and it just gets better with each listen.
An incredible debut album, my favorite from Elliott Smith. Ironically, his most of his unfinished tracks are his best, and this album shows Smith's talent early.
Highlights- No Name #1, No Name #3, Last Call
My second favourite Elliot Smith album after, either/or, Roman candle, is probably even darker than that record. It's a brilliant record that needs to be listened to in one sitting. All the tracks are excellent. Just another superb Elliot Smith album, just think how many more there could have been. A much missed songwriter.
nachosbob 08/29/2014 22:01 | #120775
I feel that this album does just about the same thing as his self-titled, but a little worse in every way. A little disappointing for me as I also listened to his self-titled today. Maybe this will grow on me though, as his self-titled did too.
SingingPeasant96 12/28/2013 03:19 | #98944
I can feel pains in every words, but I enjoy it
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