On April 18, 2000, “DreamWorks” label released “Figure 8”, the fifth Elliott Smith studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2000, at “Sunset Sound”, “Capitol Studios”, “Sonora Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Elliott Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. This is the final album Smith completed before his death.
Personnel:
- Elliott Smith – vocals, guitar, piano, bass, drums, organ, chamberlin, percussion, string arrangements
- Sam Coomes– bass guitar
- Pete Thomas– drums
- Joey Waronker– drums
- Jon Brion– backing vocals
- Suzie Katayama – string conduction, orchestration
- Matt Dunkley – string conduction, orchestration
- Paul Hicks – engineer assistant
- Charlie Paakkari – engineer assistant
- Dann Thompson – engineer assistant
- Jimmy Hoyson – engineer assistant
- Steve Genewick – engineer assistant
- Richard Baron – engineer assistant
- Geoff Walcha – engineer assistant
- Monique Mizrahi – engineer assistant
- Don C. Tyler – mastering
- Autumn DeWilde – art direction, design, photography
- Dale Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
All tracks by Elliott Smith.
- Son of Sam
- Somebody That I Used to Know
- Junk Bond Trader
- Everything Reminds Me of Her
- Everything Means Nothing to Me
- L.A.
- In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach) / The Roost
- Stupidity Tries
- Easy Way Out
- Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud
- Color Bars
- Happiness/The Gondola Man
- Pretty Mary K
- I Better Be Quiet Now
- Can’t Make a Sound
- Bye
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