Talk:From a Basement on the Hill

What the finished album might have sounded like
I read somewhere, i can't remember where, that the album was going to start out normal then turn into distorted noises and sounds before trailing off. I wondered if anyone knew where i read this and weather it could be contributed to the article. 3,December,2006

"in a 2003 interview in the fanzine under the radar, smith described his concept: the cd would begin conventionally, with traditionally structured songs, but would start getting weird midway, until it ended in bouts of noise and distortion."

http://www.sweetadeline.net/nytimes71804.html

From Under the Radar

""The lyrics on this one are a lot less impressionistic; plus the production of it sounds unlike the last two records," he says while trying to light a cigarette with a broken lighter. "Most of this record was done in first or second takes. It’s a pretty big departure. The songs all sound pretty different from each other. Some were recorded on a 24-track with two-inch tape and some on other formats. The songs get weirder as they go along, and then, when you get near the end, you get to the really weird ones. They’re kind of more noisy with the pitch all distorted. Some are more acoustic, but there aren’t too many like that. Lately I’ve just been making up a lot of noise. And it could be a song if I sang over it, but it has no structure in and of itself.""

Two Drummers on "Coast to Coast"
Not sure of this, looks incorrect, however has been known before? Just listened - doesn't sound like two lots of drums! --Jabba27 17:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Steven Drozd (of The Flaming Lips) - drums on "Coast to Coast"
 * 2) Aaron Sperske - drums on "Coast to Coast"
 * Yes, this is correct info and the liner notes for the album bear this out. Much of Drozd's work with the Flaming Lips is also double-tracked drum work, with layered snare drum.  Listen to it again and pay attention to the snare work.--Hraefen Talk 17:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ahh OK, thank you - will listen again! As a fan of all the Flaming Lips stuff, just don't seem to pay enough attention to it... --Jabba27 22:32, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Double Album?
I think this may be slightly confusing, as the vinyl version is indeed a double album, but is only a single CD. Not entirely sure how to express that clearly! --born against 13:04, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

<^>v!!This album is connected!!v<^>

 * All song titles serve as redirects to this album, have their own pages, or have been placed at the appropriate disambiguation pages.--Hraefen Talk 21:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

From a Basement on the Hill II
What is From a Basement on the Hill II? How does it relate to this record? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 06:33, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't. It's a completely unofficial release of various demo recordings, almost all of which have nothing to do with this album. A lot of them were released on New Moon, which means they're pre-Dreamworks. 74.178.248.191 (talk) 21:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * This should probably be mentioned somewhere in the article. Danceswithzerglings (talk) 05:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Fond Farewell & King's Crossing
Fond Farewell & King's Crossing should be listed under "Songs About Suicide". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.85.77 (talk) 18:48, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Updating The Page
Hello, we are a group which is working on improving this article, From a Basement on the Hill. Here are the three pieces that we are going to work on. First off, we believe that the lead in this article is lacking overall. The summary is far from accurate for what the article is supposed to be about, there is plenty of information in this summary that isn’t even mentioned in the article itself. More importantly, the lead isn’t appealing. A lead is meant to grab a reader’s attention, and help them understand what is going to be said in an article. This lead just doesn’t do that. The second piece of criteria that we would like to address is the comprehensiveness of the article. There is very little detail about the background of the album production, or even Elliott Smith. We're going to add a background section to the page to help with the comprehensiveness. The final piece of criteria that we believe should be addressed is the current structure of the article. Right now, there is very little structure to this article. We propose that the article should be changed into a more linear structure so that the reader isn’t forced to jump from section to section searching for information that is ultimately in the wrong place, and should have been at the beginning of the article. The changes that will be made to this article will be from Cmur1502, wagner2476, and RaeSpecs. If these changes interest you, please feel free to give us feedback, it would be much appreciated! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cmur1502 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Background -- Error -- New Source
That opening line in the background is not correct. Elliott did not die just a few months into recording Basement. Check out the mention further down of "years of notes" about the recording. This source, an Icelandic newspaper doing a 10-year anniversary piece, might be a little too far from the initial event to cite without double-checking.

There's a lot of great info about the recording of "Basement" in this Magnet mag article -- http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2005/01/28/elliott-smith-all-things-must-pass/

Best David — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.1.84.52 (talk) 17:44, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

--- Thanks for the heads up, and for the article. Please continue to improve & revise! -Raespecs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raespecs (talk • contribs) 14:52, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

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