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XO (album)

About 3 pages (880 words)

Released

Recorded

1997–1998 at Sunset Sound, Sound Factory, Ocean Way, and Sonara in Los Angeles, California except for "Amity" recorded at jackpot! in Portland, Oregon

Length

44:46

Professional reviews

Either/Or
(1997)

XO
(1998)

Figure 8
(2000)

XO is the name of the fourth album recorded by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was Smith's first release on a major label, DreamWorks Records, on 25 August 1998 in Compact Disc format. Bong Load Custom Records released it on vinyl LP (no longer in print). The album is also available as digital download. The singles from XO were "Waltz #2 (XO)" and "Baby Britain". An early working title for the album was Grand Mal. Smith recorded numerous songs during the XO sessions that did not make it to the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Elliott Smith.

The title of the first track, "Sweet Adeline", was inspired by Smith's recollections of his grandmother singing in her glee club, Sweet Adelines International.^[1]
"Amity" was named after a friend who can be seen in photographs from Smith's 1997 tour.^[2]
Smith performed "Waltz #2" October 17, 1998 on Saturday Night Live.
"Waltz #2" was inspired about a specific memory from Smith's childhood watching his mother and stepfather at a karaoke bar in Texas. The first draft of the song contained the nakedly personal lyrics "I love you, mom."
A sampling of the opening "Ahhhhhhh" of "I Didn't Understand," along with a sample of Smith's vocalizing from the same song, is prominently featured in RJD2's song "Ghostwriter" from the album Deadringer.
"Pitseleh" means "little one" in Yiddish.
"Miss Misery," written by Smith and included in the soundtrack to fellow Portlander Gus Van Sant's film Good Will Hunting, appears as track 15 on Japanese pressings.
"Bled White" is sampled on Mathias Schaffhäuser's song "Dear Elliott" from the album Coincidance.

Jon Brion – chamberlin and vibraphone on "Waltz #1", "Bottle Up and Explode!", and "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands".
Tom Rothrock – drum loop on "Independence Day"
Rob Schnapf – guitar on "Baby Britain"
Joey Waronker – drummer on "Bled White" and "Bottle Up and Explode!"
Bruce Eskovitz – Bass saxophone, Baritone saxophone, and flute
Ray Poper – Trumpet
R. James Atkinson – French Horn

The following tracks were recorded during the XO sessions but ultimately did not make the album:

"First Timer" (featured on New Moon) (later renamed and re-recorded as "From a Poison Well")
"Miss Misery" (early version) (featured on New Moon)

"Have You Seen Her?" (played live once, unknown if studio version exists)
"My New Freedom (Doing Okay, Pretty Good)" (played live once in 1997 and again in 2002, unknown if studio version exists)
"Tom's Start" (also known as "Back in the Day"; later renamed and re-recorded as "Happiness", which was included on Smith's next album, Figure 8)
"Unlucky Charm" (played live, unknown if studio version exists)

^ S. R. Shutt (2000-05-16). Biography 2. Sweet Adeline. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
^ Nugent, Benjamin (2004). Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing. Da Capo Press, 111. ISBN 0-306-81393-9.

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Discography Albums: Roman Candle · Elliott Smith · Either/Or · XO · Figure 8 · From a Basement on the Hill Posthumous collections: New Moon Songs: "No Confidence Man" · "Needle in the Hay" · "Say Yes" · "Miss Misery" · "Baby Britain" · "Happiness" · "Son of Sam"
Films: Lucky Three · Strange Parallel Associated acts: Heatmiser