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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bright Eyes
Retail Price (not our price): $12.98
Release Date: 2005-01-25
Manufacturer: Saddle Creek
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Conor Oberst is running on dangerous ground: getting his first Dylan comparisons at age 12, frolicking with Winona Ryder, releasing two separate albums at once. Didn't he learn anything from Ryan Adams's mistakes? It's a good thing he can write such haunting, intimate songs. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (released simultaneously with Digital Ash in a Digital Urn) is the album the Omaha native has always threatened to make, channeling his country rock influences into articulate, witty ballads that come to life with gorgeous harmonies supplied by Emmylou Harris. The tumbling "We Are Nowhere and It's Now" might be his first actual masterpiece, while the words of album closer "Road to Joy" ("I could've been a famous singer if I had someone else's voice/ But failure's always sounded better") indicate that Oberst might have his head screwed on right after all. -- Aidin Vaziri

2) Album Description
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst continues to earn his reputation as our most respected young troubadour with almost frightening ease. For the past few years he's been tagged "rock's boy genius" by the music press. These albums are a soundly articulated slice of modern life rolled into two very different records, both bursting with all the heartfelt poetry for which Bright Eyes' records have earned their acclaim. Of course, the rough edges haven't gone away - the palpitation of a splintering note, the crack of a voice as it overextends, the clumsy thump of a misplaced thumb. It's all still there. But there's a glorious new level of depth, a maturation of texture, writing and delivery. His best work yet.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) folksy lyrical delight   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Probably one of my favorite Bright Eyes albums ever. A very folksy sound throughout with lyrics that are probably some of my favorite by far. He uses Maria Taylor and Emmylou Harris for some songs. As usual, Oberst has his sarcastic lyrics that make us think - "We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul. And in this endless race for property and privilege to be won, we must run..."

2) Great CD   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This was a purchase after being blow away by their recent album - Casadaga. This old album (with some vocals by Emmylu Harris) is also amazing!

3) amazing   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
this is one of the best albums ever. its indie and folkie. i love it, it has so many great songs.

4) Mad, Unhindered Talent   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The type of lad you want in your campervan on a road trip, going out with your sister or teaching you G7 on the guitar. A great album that holds the deepest ranges of emotion of any of its peers. "First Day of My Life" could be one of the greatest songs of all time and is just waiting to make history on the soundtrack of some influential film or other.

5) Bravo, Bright Eyes   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
An excellent album for a rainy Sunday afternoon. Every song flows well into the next. "Land Locked Blues" and "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)" are both top notch. Expect to hear a vast assortment of sounds in this album; trumpets, subtle electronic effects, mandolins, banjos, vibraphones, harmonicas, and more. Oberst's vocals are borderline whiny, but it works. A definite 5 stars is what this album deserves.