Favorite Bright Eyes Album

[TylerTimeBomb]

i think mine is tied between fevers & mirrors and cassadaga.

i know what you all have to say about cassadaga.
shutup.

i'm pretty sure fevers & mirrors and lifted will lead the poll.

[IWasaCamera]

I'm Wide Awake followed by Lifted.

[myjokesmakeucry]

i went with lifted, but i really love the messenger bird song ep, i think thats what it was called. maybe not but it came out just before or just after lifted.

great fuckin songs on there

[notoaststereo]

lifted

[fromoc2dc]

I still can never decide between Lifted and I'm Wide Awake. Could go either way depending on my mood.

[dearmsleading]

i really liked wide awake, but i also liked digital ash. i think, though, that the album he'll be remembered best for is Lifted, that was the one that really set him apart and got him attention. Haven't had the chance to hear Cassadega yet.

[Empty hearts187]

digital ash<3

[bootsydan]

I'm Wide Awake followed by Lifted.

This.

[charliedied]

it should be lifted. that was his best album over all. however it seems people like to notice wide awake, digital, and cassadaga since those are more recent. especially wide awake because of first day of my life.

[IWasaCamera]

While the songs on Lifted are fantastic, they're also all over the place which makes the album feel like a disparate collection of songs rather than a cohesive work. The entire stretch between You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. and From A Balance Beam is the best example of that.

[charliedied]

perhaps. but dont you just feel this amazing love listening to it...
collection or cohesive, i think he is at his best lyrically.

to me all the songs fit together. though not as well as his other albums.

[xBITCHxPLEASEx]

God, how can I decide.

It's a tie between Cassadaga, LIFTED, I'm Wide Awake, and Letting Off The Happiness.

[IWasaCamera]

perhaps. but dont you just feel this amazing love listening to it...
collection or cohesive, i think he is at his best lyrically.

to me all the songs fit together. though not as well as his other albums.
He is certainly at his best lyrically on Lifted but seeing as I appreciate albums as whole works and not simply songs tied together by a track listing, I prefer I'm Wide Awake. Said album is far more consistent musically and in my opinion his best work thus far.

Don't get me wrong though, I very much enjoy Lifted as well and it is far and away the band's second strongest release.

[JonyeWest]

Wide Awake, hen digital ash which is tied with Cassadaga

[Kurt Retenauer]

i actually like cassadaga a lot, so i voted for that. i like lifted the most, but i figured cassadaga could use some help.

[Princess Mango]

ahhh bright eyes.....my heart is your domain.

[Kid B]

Fevers > Lifted > I'm Wide Awake > Rest.

:nod:

[Goodbye Forever]

Fevers > Lifted > I'm Wide Awake > Rest.

Agreed.

[billyboatkid]

None

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

I'm Wide Awake followed by Lifted.
agreed

[Alex DiVincenzo]

None of the above. I can't get into this band.

[ArTkY_]

Fevers.

[JustAnotherPoet]

casadaga is a good listen

[omgjames]

i'm wide awake. fevers and LIFTED i listened to from friends, but i'm wide awake is what really got me into bright eyes.

[reconsider59]

I'm surprised to hear that folks don't think of "Lifted" as being a cohesive album...I find it to be the most thoughtfully tracked of all his work (right there with "Fevers & Mirrors").

The shifts don't feel haphazard to me - they feel like conscious choices to wring every last bit of (dare I say this word) emotion out of the songs. The album's a journey through self-pity and self-loathing on the way to redemption; there's a lot of stops and starts along the way. Some serious mood changes are appropriate as each memory is recounted, from the fond, bittersweet remembrance of "You Will (etc.)" to the dirty self-destructive lust of "Lover I Don't Have to Love."

Maybe it's just because I love that record, it was my first exposure to Bright Eyes, and "Let's Not Shit Ourselves" is one of my favorite songs ever.

Kudos to the cat who mentioned the Messenger Bird EP (actual title: There Is No Beginning to the Story EP) - the songs on there are ass-kickers. If you haven't heard "Loose Leaves", do yourself a favor and find that song...

[IWasaCamera]

The constant sonic shifts on Lifted disrupts the flow, one of the most pivotal aspects of a great album in my estimation. Still a very strong record but in terms of cohesiveness, it doesn't hold a candle to I'm Wide Awake or even Fevers for that matter.

[Kid B]

None

:bann:

[boykosaurus]

wide awake

[billyboatkid]

:bann:

Sorry can't stand his voice or the way he cries about everything.:shrug:

[Kid B]

Sorry can't stand his voice or the way he cries about everything.:shrug:

i understand your point of view, i mean, oberst is no meatloaf, and it may very well take a special kind of person to appreciate his music to the full level.

but i think the imperfections in his voice are one of the things i love about him.
i used to hate it, but ive grown so used to it, it's like home to me :-)

[billyboatkid]

i understand your point of view, i mean, oberst is no meatloaf, and it may very well take a special kind of person to appreciate his music to the full level.

but i think the imperfections in his voice are one of the things i love about him.
i used to hate it, but ive grown so used to it, it's like home to me :-)
Thats cool, don't get me wrong I like his lyrics and stuff, but ya voice eh, but who knows maybe he'll grow on me.

[Kid B]

Thats cool, don't get me wrong I like his lyrics and stuff, but ya voice eh, but who knows maybe he'll grow on me.

:nod:

lol your avatar looks like the light is going in even though its not.

i love illusion things like that haha.

[etrox318]

fevers and mirrors

[DriftingNAndOut]

Basically a three way tie between Lifted/Wide Awake/Fevers. Voted for Lifted tho.

[Crowe41]

I'm Wide Awake It's Morning was a huge discovery for me musically so will always be a favourite of mine. Favourite song is Four Winds though...that is as close to a perfect song in my books as you can get.

[Tristan Needler]

Letting Off the Happiness, then Lifted. Probably Fevers and Mirrors next, then I'm Wide Awake. I don't really care about anything else.

[Erik the Orange]

Cassedega was the most fun to listen to

[HoldThatSound]

fevers and mirrors. or letting off the happiness.

[xapplexpiex]

Lifted > I'm Wide Awake > the rest.

[CoheedForever]

I'm Wide Awake

[Neo Cassady]

I'm Wide Awake is my favorite album, ever.