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"I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after "
20 years ago today Elliott Smith released third studio album "Either/Or"
Full album: https://vk.cc/5WFAAG
* Either/Or is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith.
* Recorded in several locations mostly in Portland, Oregon while Smith was still in Heatmiser and produced by Smith, Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, Either/Or was released on February 25, 1997 through record label Kill Rock Stars.
* Director Gus Van Sant was highly impressed with the album and incorporated three of its songs, along with new Elliott Smith material, into the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, propelling Smith into the international spotlight.
* The album's title derives from the Søren Kierkegaard book of the same name, reflecting Smith's interest in philosophy, which he studied at Hampshire College in Massachusetts.
* The album's style has been described as "a bridge between the lo-fi darkness of Roman Candle and Elliott Smith and the studio sheen of XO and Figure 8."
* Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club wrote that the album "marks something of a thematic transition" for Smith, noting "brightness and a pop feel" on Either/Or in contrast to the "stark, guy-with-acoustic-guitar confessionals about drug abuse and darkness" on Elliott Smith.
* Online magazine Pitchfork Media ranked Either/Or 59th in its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1990s.
* In 2013, NME placed Either/Or at number 149 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
