Happiness / Son of Sam (Acoustic Version) [Single]

Elliott Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Dreamworks
• ASIN: B00004L8E1
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #220,933 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Happiness

2. Son Of Sam

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars love elliott a lot, but..., February 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Happiness / Son of Sam (Acoustic Version) (Audio CD)

I have all things elliott, and i must say that this disappointed me a little bit. I love the songs a lot, they are very upbeat, catchy songs. But I LOVE Elliott's voice and it seems a bit muffled on the songs, or just not very sharp..i think it is great, but maybe a bit over-produced.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to "Figure 8", February 29, 2000

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Aaron C. Burkhalter "aaronburkhalter" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happiness / Son of Sam (Acoustic Version) (Audio CD)

I very much enjoyed this newly released single, and due to it have high hopes for the upcoming "Figure 8." The production on "Happiness" is much like that of "XO" which at first disappointed me. However I find this to be a far better production job than that of "XO". The ending of the song makes up for everything, where the full band is playing, and as if someone slapped the record to a full stop, all the keyboards, electric guitar, and backing vocals come to a stop, leaving nothing but the bass, light drums, and Elliott Smith singing and strumming. An excellent ending to this song. The second track, "Son of Sam" gives hints of Smith's earlier recordings with the two guitars and harmonica. Excellent track, and worth the price on this single, because it will likely be a full band version on "Figure 8".

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happiness? A bit of irony from elliott., February 5, 2000

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Janak Melvani (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happiness / Son of Sam (Acoustic Version) (Audio CD)

I really enjoyed "happiness" off of Elliott newest, Figure 8. Both "son of sam" and "happiness" are relatively upbeat...and very catchy. I could see "happiness" as a track off of xo. The drumming in "son of sam" sounds a little like "independence day" from xo. Overall, this single is excellent.