Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
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Artist: Bright EyesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-08-13
Music Label: Saddle Creek
Soundtracks:
- The Big Picture
- Method Acting
- False Advertising
- You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will
- Lover I Don't Have to Love
- Bowl of Oranges
- Don't Know When But a Day is Gonna Come
- Nothing Gets Crossed Out
- Make War
- Waste of Paint
- From a Balance Beam
- Laura Laurent
- Let's Not Shit Ourselves (to Love and Be Loved)
Free Music Notes for Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Free Music Review: Indie Concept Albums
Hit: 5 Stars
So Bright Eyes has been a predominant figure in indie rock for years, but a lot of it was due to this album.
Lifted starts and ends with a simple point: Hope and Defeat. Every song on this album circles around these ideas as well as continually within songs mentioning the idea of being "Lifted".
If for no other reason, buy this album for the last track. Before I heard this, I was a little skeptical of Bright Eyes and this album, but basically the last song on the album, "Let's Not S*** Ourselves" summed up everything that I as a song writer have been trying to say in all of my songs, but somehow he wrote my words, and with perfection.
I will warn that sometimes this album takes awhile to grow on some people, so give it a shot, and be patient.
Musically this is still Bright Eyes' best album to date. The genres range from indie rock, to folk, to country, and even more of an electronic style of beat from time to time, and somehow they meshed them all together into a brilliant album that demands to be listening to rather loudly from front to back. A true work of art.
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Poster
Nebraskan wunderkind Conor Oberst writes songs so naked and heartfelt they make you feel like a voyeur just listening to them. This precocious singer-songwriter croons with the astonished intensity of a homeless Robert Smith singing for his supper. And his band's fourth album is every bit as lyrical, sprawling, and pretentious as its title. The production is notably brighter and crisper than previous efforts, with some songs, notably "Nothing Gets Crossed Out," lushly swathed in sweet-sounding strings. When Lifted is great, as on the slow-churning anthem "From a Balance Beam," it's superb, visionary pop music, on par with Jeff Mangum, Phil Elvrum, and Daniel Johnston--and on occasion, Dylan. Unfortunately, half the songs sprawl on too long or revisit the same themes too frequently. Still, anyone who can operate a fast-forward button will find much to enjoy on this vital, messy masterpiece. --Mike McGonigalFull title - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. Born in 1980 in Omaha and recording since he was 13, Conor Oberst owns a voice that quakes with the tumultuous energy that only youth can produce. Slipcase. 2002.
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