Elliott Smith has so much incredibly beautiful unreleased material out there, or material that was unofficially released as part of the Grand Mal, or material that barely entered public consciousness via b-sides, and I've had this odd desire for a while to arrange some of my favorite tracks into a hypothetical final album. If such an album existed, what would it sound like? What would the title be? What would be the cover art?

For this hypothetical album, I've chosen the name 'KALI THE DESTROYER', which seemed such a natural choice that it was almost obvious. I like to imagine that at this stage in Elliott's career, he would have been dealing more openly with the traumas of his past (as in songs like "Abused") while also finding the healing to find something close to solace, love, peace, or, at least, mere rest in his maturity ("Place Pigalle" maybe?). But ineluctable is Elliott's awareness of the effects that his music has had on the people who listen to it, and their consequent expectations ("Suicide Machine"). These are just some of the thoughts I had while arranging the tracks; and, bearing these themes in mind, the name 'KALI THE DESTROYER' just felt especially fitting. With all this said, I want to be the first to point out that not all of these songs are ones that were recorded near the end of Elliott's life--nonetheless, I think that all these songs together still would make a banger of an album.

For the cover art, I chose this portrait of Elliott Smith that I discovered through the Elliott Smith Gallery group on Facebook. I'm not sure at the moment who originally captured this photo, so please let me know if you happen to know that photographer's name so that I can credit them. I'll research more in the meantime.

Track listing:

00:00 - Abused
02:49 - Cecilia/Amanda
05:36 - Brand New Game
09:07 - Let's Turn the Record Over
10:47 - A Living Will
13:17 - From a Poison Well
16:31 - How to Take a Fall
19:17 - The Real Estate
22:20 - Taking a Fall
25:10 - Stick Man
29:16 - Suicide Machine
31:57 - See You in Heaven
36:44 - Dancing in the Highway
41:03 - Place Pigalle

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