They’re all somewhere between “really good” and “era defining.” Figure 8 holds special significance, however, as it was the final album Smith released before his death in 2003.

In April 2000, he released an album called Figure 8 that seemed like his attempt to recreate the spirit of that classic record via his own boundless talent. Charged through with ambition and ...

25 years ago today (4/18/00), Elliott Smith released his fifth studio album Figure 8. As Smith’s last studio release before he died in 2003, the album expands into full-band arrangements, pianos, ...

This week 25 years ago (April 18, 2000), Elliott Smith unveiled his fifth studio album – and the last released during his lifetime – Figure 8. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting a classic Hot ...

The final album Elliott Smith completed in his lifetime, ‘Figure 8’ saw the formerly lo-fi songwriter go pop, to dazzling effect. Not that that stopped him from pursuing it. Smith began his ...

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