“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Elliott Smith’s self-titled solo album, a darkly beautiful record whose spare arrangements conceal worlds.”
“Help was a phenomenon. Not only did the 1995 benefit compilation from the British charity War Child UK debut a song that would later appear on Radiohead’s OK Computer, feature Sinead O’Connor covering Bobbie Gentry, and spawn a short-lived supergroup between Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, and Paul Weller, it also raised more than 1.5 million dollars for children living in war-stricken areas like ”
