33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav

unplayed (did not come sealed from distributor but still in original poly sleeve)

and a new artwork by Randy Ortiz inspired by the original Derek Hess artwork

with synthesisers figuring heavily in the productions

is far from a sophomore slump

33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial Les Savy FavMany albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the "tortured singer songwriter" stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of