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The String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith
Classical · 2004 · 12 tracks

The String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith

Vitamin String Quartet

Twelve Elliott Smith classics reimagined for string quartet. Brittle, intimate, and deeply melancholic arrangements that preserve the songwriter's fragile spirit.

October 26, 2004 · Vitamin

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A stark, woody, and deeply reverent translation of indie-rock tragedy into intimate chamber music.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Angeles
3:05
02
Needle in the Hay
4:33
03
Miss Misery
3:17
04
No Name #3
3:18
05
Easy Way Out
2:51
06
Speed Trials
3:18
07
Amity
2:23
08
Somebody That I Used to Know
2:26
09
Waltz #2
5:04
10
Say Yes
2:14
11
Between The Bars
3:21
12
Happiness
3:39
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the cello mimics Smith's weary vocal delivery on Between The Bars, capturing the song's claustrophobic tenderness.
The transition into the waltz rhythm on Waltz #2 where the violins take on a ghostly, ballroom-dance quality.
The aggressive, percussive bowing on Needle in the Hay that translates the original's frantic acoustic strumming into high-tension chamber music.
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How does The String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith sound next to the rest of Vitamin String Quartet's catalogue?

Love Lost+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

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