Bright Eyes

Submitted by rudolf55 on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 06:25
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  • Letting Off The Happiness (1998)


  • 1. If Winter Ends: 6.8
  • 2. Padraic My Prince: 8.4
  • 3. Contrast And Compare: 9.0
  • 4. The City Has Sex: 7.5
  • 5. The Difference In Shades: 8.9
  • 6. Touch: 9.1
  • 7. June On The West Coast: 9.4
  • 8. Pull My Hair: 8.2
  • 9. A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction: 9.1
  • 10. Tereza And Tomas: 9.2
  • Song Average: 8.5
  • Score: 78%
  • Comment: Conor Oberst has an awfully raspy voice, but it's fine as long as he doesn't try shouting. Unfortunately, that's what he tries to do the most on this debut. The fact that some of the songs remain very good shows that he does know what he's doing, however.

  • Fevers And Mirrors (2000)


  • 1. A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever, And A Necklace: 9.2
  • 2. A Scale, A Mirror And These Indifferent Clocks: 9.1
  • 3. The Calendar Hung Itself...: 6.7
  • 4. Something Vague: 9.0
  • 5. The Movement Of A Hand: 9.0
  • 6. Arienette: 8.8
  • 7. When The Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass: 5.8
  • 8. Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh: 8.6
  • 9. The Center Of The World: 9.2
  • 10. Sunrise, Sunset: 6.4
  • 11. An Attempt To Tip The Scales: 4.2
  • 12. A Song To Pass The Time: 9.0
  • Song Average: 7.9
  • Score: 80%
  • Comment: I like this one. Conor still has a strange unsettling voice, but he controls it much more here, making this album much more enjoyable.

  • Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (2002)


  • 1. Big Picture: 4.2
  • 2. Method Acting: 5.3
  • 3. False Advertising: 6.7
  • 4. You Will. You?Will. You? Will. You?Will.: 6.9
  • 5. Lover I Don't Have To Love: 7.5
  • 6. Bowl Of Oranges: 9.0
  • 7. Don't Know When But A Day Is Gonna Come: 8.2
  • 8. Nothing Gets Crossed Out: 8.6
  • 9. Make War: 7.9
  • 10. Waste Of Paint: 6.7
  • 11. From A Balance Beam: 7.9
  • 12. Laura Laurent: 6.5
  • 13. Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved): 6.0
  • Song Average: 7.0
  • Score: 66%
  • Comment: And he's back to shouting. It's shame, trying to push yourself past your limits when you've already reached them.

  • I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)


  • 1. At The Bottom Of Everything: 9.3
  • 2. We Are Nowhere And It's Now: 9.5
  • 3. Old Soul Song (For The New World Order): 9.0
  • 4. Lua: 7.9
  • 5. Train Under Water: 8.8
  • 6. First Day Of My Life: 9.1
  • 7. Another Travelin' Song: 8.0
  • 8. Landlocked Blues: 7.8
  • 9. Poison Oak: 5.7
  • 10. Road To Joy: 8.7
  • Song Average: 8.4
  • Score: 84%
  • Comment: Folk-orientated experiment. It came out together with Digital Ash... but it's easily the superior product.

  • Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (2005)


  • 1. Time Code: 3.1
  • 2. Gold Mine Gutted: 4.6
  • 3. Arc Of Time: 5.0
  • 4. Down In A Rabbit Hole: 3.8
  • 5. Take It Easy (Love Nothing): 2.6
  • 6. Hit The Switch: 4.3
  • 7. I Believe In Symmetry: 2.4
  • 8. Devil In The Details: 5.5
  • 9. Ship In A Bottle: 5.1
  • 10. Light Pollution: 4.6
  • 11. Theme From Pinata: 6.1
  • 12. Easy/Lucky/Free: 5.5
  • Song Average: 4.3
  • Score: 41%

  • Cassadaga (2007)


  • 1. Clairaudients: 9.0
  • 2. Four Winds: 9.6
  • 3. If The Brakeman Turns My Way: 9.3
  • 4. Hot Knives: 9.0
  • 5. Make A Plan To Love Me: 9.4
  • 6. Soul Singer In A Session Band: 8.2
  • 7. Classic Cars: 9.0
  • 8. Middleman: 9.2
  • 9. Cleanse Song: 9.4
  • 10. No One Would Riot For Less: 9.7
  • 11. Coat Check Dream Song: 9.5
  • 12. I Must Belong Somewhere: 7.9
  • 13. Lime Tree: 9.1
  • Song Average: 9.1
  • Score: 90%
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Rankings

1. Cassadaga ****1/2/*****
2. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning ****/*****
3. Fevers And Mirrors ****/*****
4. Letting Off The Happiness ***1/2/*****
5. Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground ***/*****
6. Digital Ash In A Digital Urn **/*****