The People's Key

The People's Key
Studio album by Bright Eyes
Publication (s)	February 2011
Label (s)	Saddle Creek (USA), Polydor (rest of the world)
Format (s)	CD , double LP
Genre (s)	Indie rock , songwriter
Title (number)	11
running time	approx. 47 minutes
occupation	Conor Colonel Mike Mogis Nate Walcott other studio musicians: see below
production	Mike Mogis
Studio (s)	ARC Studios, Omaha
chronology Cassadaga (2007) The People's Key -

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The People's Key   DE 42 02/25/2011 (2 weeks)   AT 36 02/25/2011 (2 weeks)   CH 50 02/27/2011 (1 week)   UK 46 02/26/2011 (1 week)   US 13 04/28/2007 (5 weeks)

The People's Key is an album by the band Bright Eyes . It was released in February 2011.

It was Bright Eyes' first album after Cassadaga , which had been released almost four years earlier . In the meantime, band head Conor Oberst has released two solo albums. Overall, it is the eleventh album or the seventh regular studio album under the name Bright Eyes.

Album title

About the meaning of the album title, Colonel said:

“The term The People's Key refers to the note c in the scale. This is the key on the piano that all other white keys sound good for. It's the easiest key you can play. It took me forever for this record title, but now I'm very happy with it. "

- Conor Colonel

Recording and artwork

The album was recorded during 2010 at ARC Studios in Colonel's hometown of Omaha , Nebraska .

The artwork was again designed by Zack Nipper , who already took over the graphic design of the previous album Cassadaga and won the Grammy for it in 2008.

reception

The People's Key received mixed reception from the critics. There were positive reviews from Josef Gasteiger on laut.de with four out of five or from Kevin Holtmann on Plattentests.de with eight out of ten points.

On the other hand, there were rather average reviews at Pitchfork Media , where the album was rated five out of ten points, although the ladder song was explicitly highlighted as positive. Allmusic and Rolling Stone each award three and a half out of five points.

Track list

(All songs written by Conor Oberst .)

1. Firewall - 7:17
2. Shell Games - 3:56
3. Jejune Stars - 4:10
4. Approximate Sunlight - 4:25
5. Haile Selassie - 4:33
6. A Machine Spiritual (In The People's Key) - 4:20
7. Triple Spiral - 3:51
8. Beginner's Mind - 3:55
9. Ladder Song - 3:58
10. One For You, One For Me - 6:37

Participating musicians

Since Bright Eyes is mainly Conor Oberst's project , the line-up of fellow musicians often changes from album to album. However, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott have become full members of the band since around 2005.

• Conor Oberst - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard
• Mike Mogis - guitar, pedal steel, effects, programming, percussion
• Nate Walcott - synthesizer, piano, organ, mellotron

other musicians involved

• Andy LeMaster
• Matt Maginn
• Carla Azar
• Clark Baechle
• Shane Aspegren
• Laura Buhrenn
• Denny Brewer

Web links

• The People's Key at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart placements:
   • The People's Key in the German album charts on OfficialCharts.de
   • The People's Key in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • The People's Key in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • The People's Key in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • The People's Key on the US Billboard 200
2. ↑ quoted from Visions - issue 216 - p. 35
3. ↑ laut.de review
4. ↑ Plattentests.de review
5. ^ Pitchfork review
6. ↑ Allmusic review
7. ↑ Rolling Stone Review