Bright Eyes

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United States (1995 – present)

Bright Eyes is the main project of American singer-songwriter/guitarist Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska’s indie music scene. Conor Oberst has been recording music since the age of 13. He released his first two albums at the age of 14 with a band called Commander Venus. After the break-up of this band in 1997, Conor’s main focus became Bright Eyes, and in 1998 he released the first Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997(a collection of 20 stockpiled songs) on the independent label saddle creek Records, which he had co-formed earlier in collaboration with fellow local Omaha musicians.

Saddle Creek also put forth Letting Off the Happiness in November 1998, a ten track piece that boasted a much more focused and clear sound than the previous album. According to the Saddle Creek press release, it features members of Lullaby for the Working Class, Neutral Milk Hotel, and of Montreal. It was predominantly recorded in the Oberst family basement in Omaha on an analog eight track reel to reel; with some work also done at keyboardist Andy Lemaster’s Athens, GA studio. Although almost all of the tracks feature a full band, June on the West Coast is performed with only acoustic guitar and vocals. Padraic My Prince gives a dramatic fictional account of the death of Oberst’s baby brother, used as an analogy for being dumped.

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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
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Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear…
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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Top Tracks

1	First Day of My Life	6,731
2	Lua	4,474
3	Four Winds	3,445
4	We Are Nowhere and It's Now	3,314
5	At the Bottom of Everything	2,931
6	Poison Oak	2,824
7	Lover I Don't Have to Love	2,732
8	Train Under Water	2,651
9	Road to Joy	2,645
10	Another Travelin' Song	2,605
11	Bowl of Oranges	2,602
12	Take It Easy (Love Nothing)	2,187
13	Land Locked Blues	1,965
14	Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh	1,948
15	Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)	1,911

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danielisstained wrote:
3 hours ago

heh yeah me neither

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DarHos wrote:
7 hours ago

I can honestly not tell you my favourite Bright Eyes album. I love them all. ALL of them.

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kristenbrutus wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Yes! Conor is into the drink again!

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Ffud wrote:
yesterday morning

i thought this might be a good place to see what people think of my music, check out http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Duffell if you're interested and drop me a line..

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SHNDBSTN wrote:
yesterday morning

I didn't think Cassadaga was as good as his older stuff.

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AnnaIstRad wrote:
yesterday morning

When I saw Bright Eyes in concert, Conor got really drunk and fell into/onto the crowd, which caused me to accidentally poke him in the eye....

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greenspasm wrote:
yesterday morning

cassadaga is rather enjoyable! coat check is lovely.

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uuuuhidunno wrote:
yesterday morning

cancerf1sh: i really like cassadaga as well. i don't see it as "selling out" or whatver. i'm really stuck on hot knives and classic cars right now. stttation: can i watch?

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samelson031 wrote:
Tuesday evening

i like this default pic

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CancerF1sh wrote:
Tuesday morning

I can't believe so many people hate on Cassadaga. Soul Singer in a Session band has probably the best lyrics of any song ever in the history of man. It might not have the raw vulnerability of his earlier work, but it's just as earnest, and it's a brilliantly composed album.

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fallenEpitaph wrote:
Tuesday morning

danielisstained: cos his mother knows the name.

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sregginnmad wrote:
Tuesday morning

I wonder why First Day of My Life gets listened to the most...

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stttation wrote:
Monday evening

Conor Oberst is gay for my dick.

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danielisstained wrote:
Monday evening

in 'padraic my prince' why does conor first say that he doesn't know what his brother's name was and then later on calls him padraic???

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Elmobogan wrote:
Monday evening

Fevers and Mirrors, by far the best album ever.

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monchaf wrote:
Monday evening

I'm wide awake it's morning absolutety!

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prostheticlimbs wrote:
Monday morning

'cause it had a music video, i'm guessing.

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amymillard wrote:
Sunday evening

silent alarm, it's pretty rare to see a bright eyes fan who doesn't also listen to some elliott smith, in my experience anyway. and damn, why do so many people love first day of my life?

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beckfan90 wrote:
Sunday evening

i personally feel like I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is one of the best composed albums of all time...but i still quite enjoy sitting down and listening to Fevers & Mirrors or Lifted when i am in more of a Conor mood...i feel like I'm Wide Awake and Cassadaga are more "band" efforts then Conors work himself...too much Mike Mogis present

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Shih-Tzu wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Hi there! Listen to this good alternative band from Sweden. http://www.last.fm/music/Sad+Monkeys You might like it.

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