Elliott Smith (book)

Elliott Smith
Author(s)	Autumn de Wilde
Cover artist	Autumn de Wilde
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Music
Publisher	Chronicle
Publication date	October 25, 2007
Media type	Print
Pages	224
ISBN	978-0811857994
OCLC Number	77504364
Dewey Decimal	782.42166092 B 22
LC Classification	ML420.S668 W55 2007

Elliott Smith is a book about the musician Elliott Smith that was compiled by photographer Autumn de Wilde. According to Amazon, it features photographs she took of Smith as well as his own handwritten lyrics, and it includes "revealing talks with Smith's inner circle, many speaking here for the first time." The foreword was written by Beck and Chris Walla. The book was released on October 25, 2007.

Those known to have been interviewed for the book include:

• Joanna Bolme Elliott's ex-girlfriend
• Neil Gust Smith's friend and former bandmate
• Ashley Welch, Smith's sister
• Beck, musician
• Ben Gibbard & Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
• Matthew Caws of Nada Surf
• Mark Flanagan, owner of Club Largo
• Sam Coomes, Smith's Heatmiser-bandmate and bassist during the XO and Figure 8 tours
• Rob Schnapf, co-producer on XO and Figure 8
• Jon Brion, co-producer on Figure 8

Accompanying CD

A five-song CD featuring previously unreleased live recordings of Smith performing acoustically at Club Largo in Los Angeles is included with the book. The track listing is as follows:

1. "Angeles" (2:59)
2. "Between the Bars" (2:27)
3. "Clementine" (2:40)
4. "Clouds" (Quasi cover) (2:29)
5. "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" (Hank Williams, Jr. cover) (3:39)

External links

• Amazon page regarding book
• SweetAdeline.net's article about Elliott Smith
• SPIN.com talks with Autumn de Wilde about Elliott Smith
• Pitchfork: "Elliott Smith remembered with photo book, live CD"