- Fevers and Mirrors
Infobox Album
Name = Fevers and Mirrors
Type = studio
Artist = Bright Eyes
Released =May 29 ,2000 (US)
Recorded = 1999, Presto! Recording Studio, Lincoln, Nebraska
Genre =Indie folk
Length = 55:10
Label =Saddle Creek (US) LBJ-32
Producer = Mike Mogis
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j96ktraekl5x link]
*"NME " (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/2523.htm link]
*Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15672-fevers-and-mirrors link]
Last album = "Letting Off the Happiness " (1998)
This album = "Fevers and Mirrors" (2000)
Next album = "Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground " (2002)"Fevers and Mirrors" is the third album by Bright Eyes.
The album begins with a recording of a little boy reading "Mitchell Is Moving", a book by
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat ."An Attempt to Tip the Scales" includes what is ostensibly an interview with the band's frontman,
Conor Oberst . However, Oberst has admitted that the interview was something of a joke, intended to poke fun at the dark tone of the album. Conor's voice is impersonated in the interview byTodd Fink . The man interviewing is Matt Silcock, a former member ofLullaby for the Working Class . [cite web
url = http://www.kittymagik.com/interviewsViewer.asp?artist=36
title = KittyMagic.com Interview
last = Phillips
first = Amy
month = April | year = 2005
accessdate = 2007-07-16]This album was included in the Bright Eyes vinyl box set. The LP is currently out of print.
This album is the 32nd release of
Saddle Creek Records .Track listing
# "A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace" – 6:28
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals, Sample
#*Mike Mogis - Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Piano
#*Tim Kasher - Accordion
# "A Scale, a Mirror and Those Indifferent Clocks" – 2:44
#*Conor Oberst - Organs, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - E Bow Pedal Steel, Electronics
#*Jiha Lee - Flute
#*Andy LeMaster - Bass
#*A.J. Mogis - Piano
#*Clint Schnase - Drum Set
# "The Calendar Hung Itself..." – 3:55
#*Conor Oberst - Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Tongue Drum, Guiro
#*Todd Baechle - Keyboards
#*Joe Knapp - Drumset, Percussion
#*Andy LeMaster - Guitars, Percussion
#*Matt Maginn - Bass
# "Something Vague" – 3:33
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Electric Guitar, Lap Dulcimer
#*Tim Kasher - Accordion
#*Joe Knapp - Drum Set
#*Jiha Lee - Flute
#*Matt Maginn - Bass
# "The Movement of a Hand" – 4:02
#*Conor Oberst - Rhodes Piano, Vocals, Keyboards
#*Mike Mogis - Hammer Dulcimer
#*Jiha Lee - Vocals
#*Andy LeMaster - Mellotron, Bass
#*Clint Schnase - Drum Set
# "Arienette" – 3:45
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Pedal Steel, Tambourine
#*Tim Kasher - Accordion
#*Joe Knapp - Drum Set
#*Andy LeMaster - Mellotron, Percussion
#*Matt Maginn - Bass
# "When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass" – 2:40
#*Conor Oberst - Piano, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Atmosphere
# "Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh" – 4:43
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Pedal Steel, Vibraphone, Tambourine
#*Joe Knapp - Drum Set, Vocals
#*Matt Maginn - Bass
# "The Center of the World" – 4:43
#*Conor Oberst - Tremolo Guitar, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Acoustic Guitar Intro, Organ, Electric Guitar, Electronics
#*Joe Knapp - Drum Set
#*Andy LeMaster - Electric Guitar, Vocals
#*Matt Maginn - Bass
#*A.J. Mogis - Rhodes Piano
# "Sunrise, Sunset" – 4:32
#*Conor Oberst - Guitars, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Mandolin, Keyboards
#*Jiha Lee - Flute
#*Andy LeMaster - Bass, Vocals
#*Clint Schnase - Drums
# "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" – 8:29
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
#*Mike Mogis - Samples, Percussion
#*Andy LeMaster - Keyboard, Vocals, Percussion
# "A Song to Pass the Time" – 5:30
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard, Toy PianoJapanese Version
#"A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace" – 6:28
#"A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks" – 2:44
#"The Calendar Hung Itself..." – 3:55
#"Something Vague" – 3:33
#"The Joy in Discovery" – 2:44
#"The Movement of a Hand" – 4:02
#"Arienette – 3:45
#"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass" – 2:40
#"Jetsabel Removes the Undesirables" – 6:09
#"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh" – 4:43
#"The Center of the World" – 4:43
#"Sunrise, Sunset" – 4:32
#"An Attempt to Tip the Scales" – 8:29
#"A Song to Pass the Time" – 5:30Personnel
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Conor Oberst – vocals, guitars, pianos, organs, keyboards, percussion, samples
*Mike Mogis – guitars, mandolin, pedal steel, dulcimer, piano, organ, keyboards, percussion, samples
*Todd Baechle – keyboards
*Tim Kasher – accordion
*Joe Knapp – vocals, drums, percussion
*Jiha Lee – vocals, flute
*Andy LeMaster – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion
*Matt Maginn – bass
*A.J. Mogis – pianos
*Clint Schnase – drumsReferences
External links
* [http://saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]
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