Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Elliott Smith, Either/Or: Expanded Edition (Kill Rock Stars) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The Kill Rock Stars label has a new remastered, expanded reissue of Elliott Smith's 1997 Either/Or on 2 CDs or 2 LPs. The bonus material includes five live tracks, the unreleased tune "I Figured You Out," a new mix of B-side "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out," and alternate
Two decades after its release, and more than 13 years after his tragic passing, the Kill Rock Stars label will reissue Elliott Smith's breakthrough studio album Either/Or. Either/Or found Smith, then just 27 years old, moving away from the spare acoustic folk of his previous, self-titled album from 1995 and toward a fuller band sound. Smith recorded all the instruments on the album, and tracks like "Between the Bars" and "Say Yes" reflect his growth as an artist. These songs also gained