The Vinyl Countdown # 1966

Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill (2004)

Nothing says tortured artist (quite) like suicide by knife in the chest. It seemed that – in late 2003 – the news of Elliott Smith’s death was of concern to plenty of people, fans and non-fans alike. Perversely, it possibly made a fan out of a few people. Smith followed Jeff Buckley in the good old death-…