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Elliott Smith - The Showbox September 16th, 1998 (1998)

Track listing:
  1. Our Thing 3:44
  2. Bottle Up and Explode 2:34
  3. Pictures of Me 3:24
  4. Waltz #2 4:30
  5. Sweet Adeline 3:08
  6. Bled White 2:56
  7. Alameda 4:07
  8. Ballad of Big Nothing 2:18
  9. Independence Day 2:58
  10. Speed Trials 3:41
  11. A Question Mark 2:30
  12. Division Day 3:00
  13. Happiness 5:58
  14. Between the Bars 2:17
  15. Baby Britain 3:05
  16. Thirteen 2:33
  17. Crowd Noise 0:55
  18. Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands 4:29

Notes

Seattle, Washington

audience

A very nice electric show. Most songs backed by Quasi. Our Thing (d1t01) is an instrumental which was eventually released on the UK version of the Waltz #2 single. Thirteen (d1t16) is a Big Star cover.

This is one of the earlier electric shows, and it shows. Some of the songs just aren't all that tight, while others are spot on. Elliott more than makes up for it with the energy in his voice. And if there's any doubt if he can rock out, it's all answered by the time he hits Speed Trials and A Question Mark.