Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
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| Studio album by Bright Eyes | ||||
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Publication |
August 2002 |
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| Label (s) | Saddle Creek | |||
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
approx. 73 minutes |
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Conor Colonel Mike Mogis other studio musicians: see below |
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Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth music album by Bright Eyes . It was in the Presto! From December 2001 to January 2002 . Recording Studios in Lincoln , Nebraska and released via Saddle Creek in August 2002 .
In contrast to some earlier Bright Eyes releases, in which the voice of Conor Oberst and the acoustic guitar were in the foreground, the album has a more orchestral sound (see section on musicians involved ).
Track list
- The Big Picture - 8:42
- Method Acting - 3:42
- False Advertising - 5:52
- You will. You? Want. You? Want. You? Want. - 3:25
- Lover I Don't Have to Love - 4:00
- Bowl of Oranges - 4:48
- Don't Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come - 6:31
- Nothing Gets Crossed Out - 4:34
- Make War - 6:16
- Waste of Paint - 6:29
- From a Balance Beam - 3:40
- Laura Laurent - 4:56
- Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and Be Loved) - 10:07
Charts
As the first Bright Eyes album, Lifted ... made it into the US Billboard 200 album charts. It was at number 161 for a week and reached number 11 on the independent album charts.
reception
The album received consistently good to very good reviews. Allmusic even described Conor Oberst as " Indie - Bob-Dylan " and awarded 5.5 out of 6 points. Even Pitchfork Media gave a mostly positive rating of 7.7 out of 10 points.
laut.de even gave the highest rating with 5 out of 5 and formulated the conclusion: [...] with "Lifted ..." Oberst exceeds all expectations! . The 73 minutes of playing time make the album a difficult to access, but grandiose milestone that leaves less to be desired than questions unanswered. For example how Mr. Colonel would like to improve.
The album also appeared in annual album best lists in various music magazines. The readers of the German music magazine Visions voted the album in 2005 at number 67 of the 150 albums for the ages .
Artwork
The artwork of the album is similar to an old book. In the 30-page booklet there are not only the lyrics with decorated initials but also some linocut prints . The title names are only in the booklet; on the back of the cover is just a plain "SC" (for Saddle Creek ) in the middle.
- Art layout: Matt Maginn
- Linocuts: Katie Murphy
- Diorama: Zack Nipper
Participating musicians
- Conor Oberst - guitar, piano, rhodes, organ, vocals (tracks 1–13)
- Mike Mogis - banjo, glockenspiel, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin etc. v. a. (Titles 2–9, 11–13)
- Matt Focht , Clint Schnase , Mike Sweeney - drums
- Todd Baechle , Jenny Lewis , Blake Sennett , choir
- Andy LeMaster - electric guitar, keyboard, harmony vocals (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11)
- Clark Baechle - drums, clarinet
- Clay Leverett - drums, harmony vocals
- Jiha Lee - flute, harmony vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)
- Chris Brooks - piano (track 9)
- Gretta Cohn - cello (tracks 3, 5, 7, 12)
- Sean Cole - Harmonica (tracks 9, 13)
- Julee Dunekacke - French Horn (Track 3)
- Margaret Fish - bassoon (tracks 3, 13)
- Orenda Fink - trumpet, harmony singing (tracks 2, 3, 7, 11, 13)
- Jason Flatowicz - trombone (tracks 3, 13)
- Tiffany Kowalski - violin (tracks 3, 5, 7, 12)
- Matt Maginn - bass (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9)
- Casey Scott - bass (tracks 3, 8, 9, 12, 13)
- Katie Muth - oboe (tracks 3, 6, 8, 12)
- Ted Stevens - electric guitar (track 9)
- Maria Taylor - piano, vocals, harmony vocals (tracks 2–4, 8, 12, 13)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Billboard Charts
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ^ Pitchfork Review
- ↑ laut.de review
- ↑ Annual charts listing at indiepedia.de