On August 25, 1998, “DreamWorks” label released “XO”, the fourth Elliot Smith studio album. It was recorded 1997 – 1998, at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Elliott Smith, Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock.

Personnel:

• Elliott Smith– vocals, guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, organ, mandolin, electric piano, melodica, percussion, string and horn arrangements, recording
• Rob Schnapf– guitar, recording
• Paul Pulvirenti – drums
• Tom Rothrock– drum programming, recording
• Joey Waronker– drums
• Jon Brion– vibraphone, Chamberlin
• Shelly Berg – string and horn arrangements
• Tom Halm – string and horn arrangements
• Bruce Eskovitz – bass and baritone saxophone, flute
• James Atkinson – French horn
• Roy Poper – trumpet
• Farhad Behroozi – strings
• Henry Ferber – strings
• Jerrod Goodman – strings
• Pamela DeAlmeida – strings
• Peter Hatch – strings
• Raymond Tischer II – strings
• Russel Cantor – strings
• Waldemar DeAlmeida – strings
• Larry Crane – recording
• Johnson and Wolverton – sleeve artwork
• Eric Matthies – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Elliott Smith.

1. Sweet Adeline
2. Tomorrow Tomorrow
3. Waltz #2 (XO)
4. Baby Britain
5. Pitseleh
6. Independence Day
7. Bled White
8. Waltz #1
9. Amity
10. Oh Well, Okay
11. Bottle Up and Explode
12. A Question Mark
13. Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
14. I Didn’t Understand