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 by Todd Fink. The man interviewing is Matt Silcock, a former member of Lullaby 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 Piano

Japanese 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" – 5:30

Personnel

* 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 – drums

References

External links

* [http://saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]