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Cover Art Elliott Smith
Either/Or
[Kill Rock Stars]
Rating: 8.5

Whispering his way into your heart with the voice of an angel, Elliott's new solo record, Either/Or is the type of music you'd hear in Heaven's elevator: While everything's nice and pretty, you're still pretty bummed out that you died.

Smith shares all his personal secrets with us like other Smiths before him. (i.e. The Smiths, The Cure's Robert Smith, etc.) The result is nothing less than Zoloftian genius. I'll put money down that says this is the best album Kill Rock Stars releases for a couple of months.

-Ryan Schreiber

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9.0-9.4: Amazing
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8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
6.0-6.9: Has its moments, but isn't strong
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