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I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

Bright Eyes

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Album Review

Last time around, Conor Oberst — who for all intents and purposes, is Bright Eyes — shoved all of his interests into one long, overstuffed epic, but with the simultaneously I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, he separates the country-rock on the former and the messy modernistic indie rock on the latter, as if to counter the criticisms that he can't focus. I'm Wide Awake is designed as a nakedly honest singer/songwriter album, somewhat inspired by the classics of the genre in the '70s — he even recruits Emmylou Harris for some harmonies, hoping that some of the Gram Parsons' magic will rub off. Stripped of the careening, dramatic, arrangements of Lifted, Oberst's music seems simpler, and while his voice — a quavering bleat that's halfway between Feargal Sharkey and the Dead Milkmen's Rodney Anonymous — is an acquired taste; fans will find this to be his most direct album yet.

Customer Reviews

Delicious

This was the second album of Bright Eyes that I was exposed too. I came across "first day of my life" and i had to find the album. No song has ever made me happier. This album has a great balance, and as a local radio station said "lua" may be the most depressing song of all time. Its been almost a year since i bought the album and i still feel strongly attached to it. The songs get stuck in my head and the stories are beautiful.

Great Album

This is one of the most inspirational and heart felt albums I've listened to in a long time. Songs like "Old Soul Song", "At the Bottom of Everything", and “First Day of My Life" are simply fantastic. A must have in any album collection!

Smart and Sincere

Conor Oberst's insight into the joys and heartaches of life are not just honest but intelligent. With wit and emotion, he reflects upon the trials and tribulations that everyone goes through. An excellent cd for walking in the rain and feeling better about things.

Biography

Formed: February 15, 1980 in Omaha, NE

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Although many musicians joined the band's rotating lineup, Bright Eyes was primarily the songwriting vehicle of Conor Oberst, a quivery-voiced Nebraska native who first attracted attention in 1994 — when he was only 14 years old — as the singer and guitarist for Commander Venus. Oberst proved to be a prolific musician, joining multiple bands (including Commander Venus, the Magentas, Park Ave., and Desaparecidos) while also co-founding Saddle Creek, an influential label that helped broadcast...
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