I actually really liked this album. The style reminded me a lot like Sufjan Stevens, of which I also really liked. The album was mellow and soulful. It really was a great easy listening album.Elliott's life has a tragic ending however. After years of alcohol and drug use he decided to clean up his life. He was getting his life in order and was working on recording his 6th album, when one night he was having an argument with his girlfriend, with whom he lived, when she locked herself in the bathroom. She heard him scream and come out to find him with a knife in his chest. She pulled the knife out and he collapsed and died a short time later. A suicide note was found at the scene but the coroner reported that there were no hesitation marks to the knife wounds, typical of self-inflicted wounds. The report leaves it open to whether it was suicide or homicide.
"Ballad of Big Nothing"
Tomorrow's Album #1065 Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile
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