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New Moon is a 2-CD/2-LP posthumous compilation album by Elliott Smith, released on May 8, 2007 by Kill Rock Stars. It contains 24 previously unreleased songs recorded between 1994 and 1997, when Smith recorded his albums Elliott Smith and Either/Or, both also released by Kill Rock Stars. .com ---- When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo s. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of "Miss Misery"), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. "What are you doing hanging out with me?" he asks in "Whatever (Folk Song in C)," his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of "Angel in the Snow," "Looking over My Shoulder," and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen," it's as eternal as anything Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left. --Scott Holter More from Elliott Smith Elliott Smith ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000373G/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) Roman Candle ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003D90/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) Either/Or ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000373U/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) Figure 8 ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S6GL/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) XO ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000AEF9/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) From a Basement on a Hill ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002SROT0/ref=ed_mus_6x_esmith ) See all Editorial Reviews ( /dp/product-description/B000OMD4BG/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music&isInIframe=0 )