Released April 10, 2007 Label Saddle Creek Release date 10 April 2007 | Length 62:05 | |
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Recorded 2006New York City, Portland, OR, and Lincoln, NE Awards Grammy Award for Best Recording Package Similar Bright Eyes albums, Indie folk albums, Other albums | ||
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Cassadaga is the seventh studio album by Bright Eyes, released on April 10, 2007. Around 25 to 30 songs were recorded in 2006, with 13 of these appearing on the final track list. The album is named after the town of Cassadaga, Florida, a community of mediums and followers of spiritualism.
Contents
- Bright eyes clairaudients kill of be killed 01 lyrics in the description
- Cover
- Track listing
- B sides
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Z Berg of the Like, Sherri DuPree and Stacy King of Eisley as well as solo artist Rachael Yamagata all appear on this album. The first single, "Four Winds" was released on March 6, 2007, from the Four Winds EP with five B-sides not on Cassadaga.
Cassadaga debuted at number four on the U.S Billboard 200, selling about 58,000 copies in its first week. The album is the 103rd release of Saddle Creek Records. This album was #12 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. In the United Kingdom Cassadaga reached number 13 on the UK Albums Chart in April 2007[8].
Johnny Depp named Cassadaga one of his "favorite things" of 2007.
The first single from the album, "Four Winds" can be heard in the background briefly during the party scene in the 2008 film Cloverfield.
Cover
The CD and LP versions of the album come with a "Spectral Decoder" which allows users to see the true cover art on the album. One particular segment of text located on the back of the case includes a phrase in Russian; "тяните другую кровавую ванну" meaning "draw another bloody bath", a reference to the first track's lyrics. Another hidden phrase is in (incorrect) Greek; "παρελθόν παρουσιάζω μέλλον" meaning "the past presents the future", which is also the title of an album by Her Space Holiday, with whom Bright Eyes released a split single.
Hidden phrases in English:
Hidden phrases in French:
Hidden phrases in Portuguese:
"For Sabrina" is written on the inside of the CD case, and a separate insert on the LP, in memory of Sabrina Duim, a harpist and Stanford University undergraduate who toured with Bright Eyes and died in January 2007.
On the back of the UK standard edition, "If the Brakeman Turns My Way" is misprinted as "If the Breakman Turns My Way". This UK standard edition was modified by designers at Polydor/Universal from the U.S. release (digipak, equivalent to the UK deluxe version).
On February 10, 2008, Cassadaga won a Grammy award for Best Recording Package.
Track listing
All songs written by Conor Oberst, except where noted.
- "Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)" – 6:05
- "Four Winds" – 4:16
- "If the Brakeman Turns My Way" (Conor Oberst and Jason Boesel) – 4:53
- "Hot Knives" – 4:13
- "Make a Plan to Love Me" – 4:14
- "Soul Singer in a Session Band" – 4:14
- "Classic Cars" – 4:19
- "Middleman" – 4:49
- "Cleanse Song" – 3:28
- "No One Would Riot for Less" – 5:12
- "Coat Check Dream Song" (Conor Oberst and Nate Walcott) – 4:10
- "I Must Belong Somewhere" – 6:19
- "Lime Tree" – 5:53
B-sides
"Susan Miller Rag" is a B-side to the album. The song was released on CD and vinyl formats, and was only available to customers who pre-ordered Cassadaga.
Personnel
Songs
1Clairaudients (Kill Or Be Killed)6:06
2Four Winds4:13
3If The Brakeman Turns My Way4:54