Bright Eyes Album: “Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005)”
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Bright Eyes: Conor Oberst (vocals, various instruments); Electric Shepherd (programming); Mike Mogis (sound effects).
<p>Conor Oberst, the singer-songwriter who employs a rotating roster of musicians to release records under the name Bright Eyes, seems to inspire in listeners either rabid devotion or vehement disdain. The man's quavering emotive voice, sensitive indie-folk sound, poetic lyrics, and songs of heartbreak and melancholic reflection may not be to everyone's taste, but no one can say he's not ambitious. Oberst has released a steady flood of albums since he was in his early teens, and has shown no signs of slowing.
<p>Given his rate of production, one might rightfully assume the artist is sitting on towers of unreleased tracks. NOISE FLOOR (2006) brings some of those tracks together. Singles, collaborations, covers, and other rarities fill out the set list here, and represent what Oberst does best by ranging from intimate folk ("Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man") to articulate, expansive pop ("Trees Get Wheeled Away") to the spare and spooky ("Weather Reports"). Detractors are unlikely to be converted by NOISE FLOOR, but diehard fans will certainly want to add it to their collection.
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Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005) |
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UPC:648401009927
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Format:CD
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Type:Performer
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Genre:Rock & Pop
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Artist:Bright Eyes
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Label:Saddle Creek Records
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Distributed:Alternative Dis. Alliance
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Release Date:2006/10/24
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Original Release Year:2006
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Discs:1
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Mono / Stereo:Stereo
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Studio / Live:Studio
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
- A Great Compilation
This album had many songs that I've heard once or twice on the occassional odd EP I would discover on the internet and then lose. It has a great range of songwriting, and the liner notes include comments on the songs creation. Samm. (Winton, New Zealand) - April 21, 2008
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
- Lyrical Excellence.
This is my favourite Bright Eyes album. The lyrics are pure and honest. It has a very nice variety of styles, from songs that sound like they belong on Digital Ash to beautiful cover songs, my favourite cover being Devil Town. I think that this album was definitly worth buying, 100%. For me, the highlights of the album would have to be Happy Birthday to Me (February 15) and I've Been Eating (For You). The lyrics are wonderful and presented beautifully.
If you're just getting into Conor Oberst's stylistic writing then I recommend you buy I'm Wide Awake or Lifted but for the long-time Bright Eyes fan this would be #1 on my list.
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- Trees Get Wheeled Away
A number of excellent tracks, including "Trees Get Wheeled Away", which is my favorite. I would recommend for anyone really into Bright Eyes. The Daniel Johnston cover is really good too, "Devil Town". 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
- Bright Eyes
This "new" release from Bright Eyes is actually pretty good. There were a couple tracks on the album that I had already heard sometime before, but some of the ones I hadn't heard before were terrific. Conor even has some guest appearences from such artists as M Ward, and Jimmy LaValle from the band otherwise known as The Album Leaf. Most of the songs are great, but i found a couple others to be kind of bland and boring. It's nice to hear some of the Bright Eyes songs I had never heard before. And it is true that the album somehow seems to all fit quiet nicely together although it is not an actual studio release. One of my favorite songs would have to be "I Will Be Grateful for This Day," and sounds kind of like a pre Digital Ash song although it really isn't. A song that does sound like it could have been directly off of Digital Ash was "Blue Angels Air Show." I found it amusing to see though the stage Conor was in when listening to each song. You can almost picture which album each song would've been on if they had been put onto one of hhis studio albums. The song "Bad Blood" really amazes me because it sounds like a song Bright Eyes would've made, but then I later find out that Jimmy from The Album Leaf is the one who made al the music for that song. That song has recently become one of my favorites off the album but it is kind of a dissapointment to find out that none of the music was recorded by Bright Eyes. If you're a big fan of Bright Eyes then you'd more than likely already heard a few of these songs, but just because you've already heard some of them shouldn't be your reason for not bying it because this album is defanitely worth a listen. You'll be quiet surprised by it actually and see how many songs Conor has been keeping hidden from us. Well, actually now hidden because most are on singles, or other random compilations. But atleast you won't have to go off searching for each of these songs individually since they're all on this disk. Ok, whatever... Just check it out if you're a Bright Eyes fan... 0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
- Everything disfunctional and amazing!!
For bright eyes fans & non- bright eyes fans, conor never fails to impress.
The way he twists his words into stories or lyrical form, his imperfect voice gives him edge.
I would highly reccomend this album.
But I'm a biased reveiw, bright eyes has been my favorite band for years.
Conor Oberst never fails me.
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