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Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings
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Positive: 58 out of 64
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Mixed: 3 out of 64
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Negative: 3 out of 64
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JamesM.Apr 29, 2008Elliott Smith is my favorite artist ever. However, this is not a 10 effort as so many fans have mindlessly posted...the record is astounding considering that it consists mostly of b-sides, but on its own merits it's great rather than excellent.
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LindsayJ.Feb 27, 2008I've been unable to take this album out of my CD player. Beautiful, amazing, rich, powerful...I could go on & on & on.
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EdenLAug 30, 2007everything of elliotts is amazing, and new moon is no exception. i prefer a lot of these songs to other ones on proper albums.
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FefifofumE.Jul 31, 2007The bottom line is that this album is more than any Elliott Smith fan could have hoped for, both in terms of quality and quantity
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SeanD.Jul 29, 2007not as great as xo or figure 8 but in my opinion on par with either/or and the self titled
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MycroftW.Jul 23, 2007Genius, what a shame he's gone
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LewbyM.Jul 20, 2007This Album is truly brilliant
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AndrewGJul 14, 2007
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FredJun 12, 2007As good as a bunch of unfinished songs can get. Some other demos that have been circulating on the net are better than a few on this CD ("Abused" is the first to come to mind). Still, a must have.
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CarlSJun 8, 2007
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JasonMMay 27, 2007This is amazing.
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AlBMay 27, 2007This record typifies the simple beauty and fragility of Elliott's music, perhaps more than any other release.
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DavidPMay 25, 2007Absolutely essential to anyone who's considered themselves a fan, and a perfect gateway into Smith's career for those who have, by some miracle, avoided his beautiful and damaged stories thus far.
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lennieMay 21, 2007To answer the question 'who is making money off this album', a large proportion is going to the charity Outside In, which helps the homeless.
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KimPMay 14, 2007A zero? Really dude? And you don't understand that maybe they recorded tracks that were never formally released before? Yeesh. TEN
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ChiristinaGMay 13, 2007Thank god.
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AndrewAMay 9, 2007A great song collection, well produced and mixed. The bad side of all this is that it lacks the sense of "album" that used to have Elliott Smith's work. Anyway, it's a definitely essential for those Elliott Smith's fans.
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JeremiahMay 9, 2007Classic Elliott Smith.
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davidbMay 9, 2007It's nice to see these songs get an official release. Taken as a whole, the album doesn't quite stack up to Elliott Smith, Either/Or or XO, but it is about as coherent as a compilation can be. There are still several great unreleased Elliott Smith tracks out there (Stickman, Abused, Dancing on the Highway). I'm hoping for one more release.
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Mrs.HankeyMay 9, 2007This isn't an album, but a collection of songs. It's great to listen on random. Anyways, there are a ton of excellent songs on here that any aspiring musician would love to have as their own, but Elliott had so many other great songs, that he decided to scrap these. That's how genius he was.
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ShaunLMay 9, 2007Like having Either/Or parts II and III... amazing.
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mikes.May 8, 2007
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Mr.HankeyMay 8, 2007There is no way how to describe how beautiful this b-sides and rarities album is. I have been a fan of Elliott since "Roman Candles" and I'm a bit startled to find such a sincere and sentimental album in these two discs. You need to grab this if you are a fan of Mr. Smith.
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TroelsFBMay 8, 2007With the exception of a couple of tracks this is all pretty classic stuff. It doesn't match later-day Elliott Smith in my opinion, but there were several goose bump inducing moments on this record.
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daviddMay 8, 2007most of the songs from Basement on the Hill II, but mixed a little better. Nice to have these songs well produced
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Awards & Rankings
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Under The RadarAs hope, there are revealing looks at Smith's developments as a writer. [#17, p.87]
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New Moon sounds less like a pile of outtakes than an official album released in a parallel universe.
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Smith's trademark combination of breathy - almost whispered - vocals, deceptively resilient acoustic melodies, and sombrely introspective lyrics, is shown off to sufficiently good advantage here to make New Moon a worthy companion piece to 1995's Elliott Smith and 1997's Either/Or.