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Bright Eyes
Vinyl Box Set
Bright Eyes — Vinyl Box Set, 2003. Verified release details and tracklist.
- Label
- Saddle Creek
- Catalog
- LBJ-53
- Year
- 2003
- Format
- Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set
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Listening notes
Released in 2003 on Saddle Creek Records (catalog number LBJ-53), the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set compiles four earlier releases onto five records across six sides labeled A through N. The albums represented are A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995–1997, Letting Off The Happiness, Every Day And Every Night, Fevers And Mirrors, and the EP Don't Be Frightened Of Turning The Page.
The set spans a considerable amount of material. A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995–1997 occupies sides A through D, accounting for twenty tracks. Letting Off The Happiness follows on sides E and F, closing with "Tereza And Tomas," which at seven minutes and forty-five seconds is among the longer pieces in the set. Every Day And Every Night, a shorter release, fills sides G and H across five tracks, with "Neely O'Hara" running six minutes and twenty-six seconds. Fevers And Mirrors takes up sides I through L, its twelve tracks including "An Attempt To Tip The Scales" at eight minutes and twenty-four seconds, the longest single entry in the collection. Don't Be Frightened Of Turning The Page rounds out the set on sides M and N with six tracks.
The genres listed for the release are Country Rock, Indie Rock, and Rock. The box set format, issued by Saddle Creek, brings together recordings that span from the mid-1990s through the early 2000s under a single physical package. Prospective buyers and researchers should verify current availability and any additional release details independently, as this draft has not been reviewed for completeness.
Tracklist
On the record
- 1A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995 - 1997
- A1The Invisible Gardener
- A2Patient Hope In New Snow
- A3Saturday As Usual
- A4Falling Out Of Love At This Volume
- A5Exaltation On A Cool Kitchen Floor
- B6The Awful Sweetness Of Escaping Sweat
- B7Puella Quam Amo Est Pulchra
- B8Driving Fast Through A Big City At Night
- B9How Many Lights Do You See?
- B10I Watched You Taking Off
- C11A Celebration Upon Completion
- C12Emily, Sing Something Sweet
- C13All Of The Truth
- C14One Straw (Please)
- C15Lila
- D16A Few Minutes On Friday
- D17Supriya
- D18Solid Jackson
- D19Feb. 15th
- D20The 'Feel Good' Revolution
- 22Letting Off The Happiness
- E1If Winter Ends
- E2Padraic My Prince
- E3Contrast And Compare
- E4The City Has Sex
- E5The Difference In The Shades
- E6Touch
- F7June On The West Coast
- F8Pull My Hair
- F9Empty Canyon, Empty Canteen
- F10A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction
- F11Tereza And Tomas
- 34Every Day And Every Night
- G1A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not
- G2A Perfect Sonnet
- G3On My Way To Work
- H4A New Arrangement
- H5Neely O'Hara
- 40Fevers And Mirrors
- I1A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever And A Necklace
- I2A Scale, A Mirror, And These Indifferent Clocks
- I3The Calendar Hung Itself
- J4Something Vague
- J5The Joy In Discovery
- J6The Movement Of A Hand
- J7Arienette
- K8When The Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass
- K9Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
- K10The Center Of The World
- K11Jetsabel Removes The Undesirables
- L12Sunrise, Sunset
- L13An Attempt To Tip The Scales
- L14A Song To Pass The Time
- 55Don't Be Frightened Of Turning The Page
- M1Going For The Gold
- M2Oh, You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place
- M3I Won't Ever Be Happy Again
- N4No Lies, Just Love
- N5Kathy With A K's Song
- N6Mirrors And Fevers
