- Letting Off the Happiness
Infobox Album | Name = Letting Off the Happiness
Type =Album
Artist = Bright Eyes
Released =November 2 1998 (US)
Recorded = Mar1997 -Mar 1998
Genre =Indie folk
Length = 57:02
Label =Saddle Creek (US) LBJ-23
Producer =Mike Mogis
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oueyxdyb2olg link]
*Pitchfork (6.8/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15669/Bright_Eyes_Letting_Off_the_Happiness link]
Last album = "A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 " (1998)
This album = "Letting Off the Happiness" (1998)
Next album = "Fevers and Mirrors " (2000) |"Letting Off the Happiness" is the second
album released byNebraska n musicians Bright Eyes. The album was released onNovember 2 ,1998 . A vinyl re-release of the album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set. Guest musicians include members ofNeutral Milk Hotel ,Tilly and the Wall , andOf Montreal .This album is the 23rd release of
Saddle Creek Records .Track listing
#"If Winter Ends" – 3:25
#*Conor Oberst - Vocals, Guitar.
#*Mike Mogis - Production.
#"Padraic My Prince" – 3:48
#*Conor Oberst - Vocals, Guitar.
#*Mike Mogis - Production, Noise.
#*Matt Maginn - Bass.
#*Matt Focht - Drums.
#"Contrast and Compare" – 3:57
#*Conor Oberst - Vocals, Guitar, Drums (Acoustic and Electronic).
#*Mike Mogis - Production, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Melodica, Air Organ.
#*Matt Oberst - Guitar.
#*Neely Jenkins - Vocals.
#"The City Has Sex" – 2:11
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals.
#*Andy Lemaster - Production, Vocals, Percussion.
#*Jeremy Barnes - Drums, Percussion.
#*Mike Mogis - Country Guitar, Keyboards.
#"The Difference in the Shades" – 4:23
#*Conor Oberst - Vocals, Guitar.
#*Andy Lemaster - Production, Bass.
#*Mike Mogis - Pedal Steel.
#*Jeremy Barnes - Drums.
#*Kevin Barnes - Rhodes.
#"Touch" – 3:42
#*Conor Oberst - Keyboards, Vocals.
#*Andy Lemaster - Production.
#*Jeremy Barnes - Drums, Keyboards.
#*Mike Mogis - Keyboards.
#"June on the West Coast" – 3:34
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals.
#*Mike Mogis - Production.
#"Pull My Hair" – 4:10
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals.
#*Andy Lemaster - Vocals, Guitar.
#*Ted Stevens - Drums.
#*Mike Mogis - Production, electric drums, Pedal steel.
#*Neely Jenkins - Vocals.
#"Empty Canyon, Empty Canteen" (Japanese bonus track) - 2:47
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals.
#"A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction" – 4:24
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals.
#*Andy Lemaster - Production.
#*Mike Mogis - Production, Pedal Steel, Keyboards/Organs.
#*Jeremy Barnes - Drums, Accordion.
#*Kevin Barnes - Vocals.
#"Tereza and Tomas" – 25:46
#*Conor Oberst - Guitar, Vocals, Piano.
#*Mike Mogis - Piano, "Chimes or Some Shit".
#*Matt Focht - Percussion.
#*Aaron Druery - Ebow Bass
#*Robb Nansel - Finger Cymbals.Trivia
*The closing track, "Tereza and Tomas" borrows from
Milan Kundera 's novel, "The Unbearable Lightness of Being ".
*After the conclusion of "Tereza and Tomas", there is around 15 minutes of drone before an alternate version of "Contrast and Compare" appears.
*"Contrast and Compare" is remixed byHer Space Holiday , with whom Bright Eyes released a split.External links
* [http://saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]
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