33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial " while Stereogum asserted

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" with artwork that is culled from original show flyers

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

33 1/3 Series: Elliott Smith's XO by Matthew LeMay unofficial " while Stereogum assertedMany 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