From a Basement on the Hill

From a Basement on the Hill is the sixth and final studio album by the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was released posthumously on CD on October 19, 2004, through record label ANTI-. The album was incomplete at the time of Smith's death. Smith's family hired his former producer Rob Schnapf and ex-girlfriend Joanna Bolme to sort through and put the finishing touches on the batch of over thirty songs that were recorded for the album. The album was initially planned as a double CD album, due to contractual obligations with the DreamWorks label (now Interscope). Thus, a fifteen-track album was assembled and released. Many of the songs Smith intended for the album remained unfinished, in some cases only lacking vocals. Metacritic gave the album an 88 (universal acclaim). This score reflects one of the fifty best-reviewed albums in the website's database. The Album peaked at No. 19 in the US and No. 41 in the UK.