12 - Earlimart - Treble and Tremble

I'm not sure if I am committing some sort of sacrilege by putting Earlimart on my list and not the posthumous release by the great Elliott Smith. You see, the latter is a major influence on the former... sometimes eerily so. But Earlimart adds that kick to the music that I sometimes found myself wishing that Mr. Smith would do and was hoping at some point in his career he would. I guess I am showing my true pop colors with this one, but it is good stuff. And the single "Heaven Adores You" is breathtaking.