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After a successful major label debut in 1998, an Oscar nomination for "Miss Misery" from the film Good Will Hunting, and critical acclaim throughout the industry, Elliott Smith returns to deliver a new album. Tracks include "Son of Sam," "Somebody I Used to Know," "Happiness the Gondola Man" and many more.Reviews:
''Figure 8'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Released by DreamWorks Records on April 18, 2000, it became Smith's second release on a major label and the last album he would complete before his death. It was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Sonora Studios in Los Angeles, Capitol Studios in Hollywood, and Abbey Road Studios in London ("Stupidity Tries", "In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach)" and "Pretty Mary K"). The album was also released on double vinyl 12" on Bong Load Custom Records, and later rereleased by Plain Records in 2008. It is also available as a digital download.
The title is thought to be taken from a song by ''Schoolhouse Rock!''; Smith covered this song, but it did not make the final track listing.
Regarding the album's title, Smith said this in a May 11, 2000 article in ''The Boston Herald'':
<blockquote>"I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. But there's something I liked about the image of a skater going in this endless twisted circle that doesn't have any real endpoint. So the object is not to stop or arrive anywhere; it's just to make this thing as beautiful as they can."</blockquote>
Compared to Smith's earlier work, ''Figure 8'' is more instrumentally ornate, and the lyrics are more impressionistic. Smith described the songs on the album as "more...fragmented and dreamlike". - Wikipedia
