![]() ![]() ![]() The intricacies of what there is to appreciate in a remaster are harder to specify. The slightly somber but colorful "I Figured You Out"-originally gifted to Mary Lou Lord-is the quiet cousin to "Division Day," while a stunning alternate version of XO's "Bottle Up and Explode" features all-new lyrics and sonic profile. And yet, Smith's prolific acumen for self-documentation still reveals several new gems from his much-harvested back catalog of unreleased material. So there are already ephemera aplenty readily available online even for diehard completists. New Moon already collected two full discs' worth of B-side material from this same time period in 2007, and the sprawling, internet-only Grand Mal tapes assemble everything after KRS even released several alternate takes from Either/Or in 2012 to celebrate the 15th anniversary. For its 20th anniversary, Kill Rock Stars is reissuing the album, adding previously unreleased material and a hefty remaster supervised by Larry Crane of Jackpot Studio, which he founded with Smith in the mid-'90s. Elliott Smith's third solo LP holds a distinctive, bittersweet place in the collective memory of Portlanders-it's the moment that marks his transition from beloved local treasure to renowned, Oscar-nominated celebrity. Elliott Smith, Either/Or: Expanded Edition (Kill Rock Stars)
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