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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

2005 · Rock

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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is an Alt/Indie album by Bright Eyes, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 70 collectors.

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Released alongside the electronic experiments of <i>Digital Ash in a Digital Urn</i>, <i>I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning</i> shows off Conor Oberst’s folksy side, which had matured from fragile and volatile to surprisingly full-blooded. Occasionally joined by Emmylou Harris (whose power-in-vulnerability approach, no doubt, influenced Oberst’s own), Oberst sounds alternately personal and political, angry but openhearted. Most radiant are the ballads, especially the lovelorn “Lua” and the drunken “Land Locked Blues."

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Tracklist

  1. 1At The Bottom Of Everything4:34
  2. 2We Are Nowhere And It's Now4:12
  3. 3Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)4:29
  4. 4Lua4:31
  5. 5Train Under Water6:06
  6. 6First Day Of My Life3:08
  7. 7Another Travelin' Song4:16
  8. 8Land Locked Blues5:47
  9. 9Poison Oak4:39
  10. 10Road To Joy3:54

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • stripped-back
  • earnest
  • confessional

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Standard jewel case with clear tray including 16 page booklet:
Tracklisting, lyrics, detailed songs credits & musicians + following quote & informations:
"For the most part this record was recorded one freezing week in February of 2004 at Presto! in Lincoln, Nebraska... Except for EmmyLou and Jim James who added their loveliness in the spring in Nashville and Louisville respectively."
Jason Boesel appears courtesy of Brute/Beaute Records, EmmyLou Harris appears courtesy of of Nonesuch records, Jesse Harris appears courtesy of Verve records, Jim James appears courtesy of of RCA/ATO Records.
Mixed at Presto!
Mastered at Studio 8 in Omaha.
Some copies also include a Saddle Creek Winter 2005 Catalog (4 page both sides printed folded insert, see images).

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Clark BaechleDRUMS
  • Conor OberstGUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOICE GUITAR
  • Jason BoeselDRUMS
  • Jesse HarrisGUITAR BASS
  • Matt MaginnBASS
  • Mike MogisMANDOLIN, GUITAR , GUITAR 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR BANJO
  • Nate WalcottTRUMPET
  • Nick WhitePIANO, ORGAN, PIANO , VIBRAPHONE ELECTRIC PIANO FEATURING
  • Tim LuntzelBASS
  • Alex McManusGUITAR GUITAR, VOICE VOICE, GUITAR
  • Alex McMasterGUITAR
  • Andy LeMasterBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
  • Emmylou HarrisBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
  • Jake BellowsBACKING VOCALS, HARMONICA HARMONICA HARMONICA, VOCALS
  • Jim JamesBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
  • Maria TaylorBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
  • Sean ColeHARMONICA

70 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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