| New Moon | ||||
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| Compilation album by Elliott Smith | ||||
| Released | May 7, 2007 May 8, 2007 May 26, 2007 |
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| Recorded | 1994-1997 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 73:18 | |||
| Label | Kill Rock Stars KRS455 |
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| Producer | Elliott Smith, Larry Crane | |||
| Elliott Smith chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| The A.V. Club | (A) [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Metacritic | 85 [4] |
| NME | (7/10) [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.7/10.0) [6] |
| PopMatters | [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Stylus Magazine | (B+) [9] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [10] |
New Moon is a 2-CD/2-LP posthumous compilation album by Elliott Smith, released on May 8, 2007 by Kill Rock Stars.[11] It contains 24 previously unreleased songs recorded between 1994 and 1997, when Smith recorded his albums Elliott Smith and Either/Or, both also released by Kill Rock Stars. It peaked at #39 in the UK. In the U.S., the album debuted at number 24, selling about 24,000 copies in its first week.[12]
A significant portion of the proceeds will go to Outside In, a social service agency for low-income adults and homeless youth in Portland, Oregon, the city where Smith resided for a significant portion of his life.[13]
Audio mixing was done by Larry Crane, the archivist for Smith's estate.[14] The album cover was created by Portland artist Mike King, who has also produced work for numerous other musicians.
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In August 2006, an "excited" employee at Kill Rock Stars made a post on the label's official website stating that an extended version of Either/Or would be released in 2006 to commemorate the record's tenth anniversary.[15] This information was quickly pulled from the website, as the album was in very early planning stages.[15] Eventually, Kill Rock Stars announced that Either/Or: Extended Edition (as it was to be called) had been scrapped in favor of a rarities and unreleased music compilation from Smith's time at the label (approximately 1994 through 1998).[15]
All songs by Elliott Smith, except where noted.
For the Either/Or record, Smith recorded a song entitled "Pretty Mary K", which is featured on this set. However, after scrapping this song, Smith used the title "Pretty Mary K" for a different song on his Figure 8 album. Later, while recording From a Basement on the Hill, Smith recorded a new version of the former song under the title "Everything's OK". Thus, "Pretty Mary K (other version)" on the New Moon set is essentially an early version of "Everything's OK".
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