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Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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Released
  
August 13, 2002

Artist
  
Bright Eyes

Producer
  
Mike Mogis

Length
  
73:08

Release date
  
13 August 2002

Label
  
Wichita Recordings

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Recorded
  
December 2001 – January 2002: Presto!, Lincoln, Nebraska

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
  
A Christmas Album (2002)

Genres
  
Indie rock, Folk music, Indie folk, Alternative country

Similar
  
Bright Eyes albums, Emo albums

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth album by Bright Eyes and the 46th release of Saddle Creek Records. The band made its national television debut in support of the album, performing "The Trees Get Wheeled Away" (a track that was not on the album) on the Late Show with David Letterman. The album is referenced in the Jonathan Franzen novel Freedom when the main characters Walter and Richard attend a Bright Eyes concert in Washington D.C. during the "Lifted" tour.

Contents

Critical reception

Lifted received positive reviews, ranking fourth on Rolling Stone's list of the best albums in 2002, and was lauded as a breakthrough album for Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst. Kludge included it on their list of best albums of 2002. Blender ranked the album at 52 on their list of "100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever", which appeared in the December 2007 issue.

Personnel

  • Conor Oberst – guitar, piano, rhodes, organ, voice (tracks 1–13)
  • Mike Mogis – banjos, bells, hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, guitar, dobro, pedal steel (tracks 2–9, 11–13)
  • Matt Focht, Clint Schnase, Mike Sweeney – drums
  • Todd Baechle, Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Choir – vocal harmonies
  • Andy LeMaster – electric guitar, keyboards, vocal harmonies (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11)
  • Clark Baechle – drums, clarinet
  • Clay Leverett – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Jiha Lee – flute, vocal harmonies (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)
  • Chris Brooks – piano (track 9)
  • Gretta Cohn – cello (tracks 3, 5, 7, 12)
  • Sean Cole – harmonica (tracks 9, 13)
  • Julee Dunekacke – French horn (track 3)
  • Margaret Fish – bassoon (tracks 3, 13)
  • Orenda Fink – trumpet, vocal harmonies (tracks 2, 3, 7, 11, 13)
  • Jason Flatowicz – trombone (tracks 3, 13)
  • Tiffany Kowalski – violin (tracks 3, 5, 7, 12)
  • Matt Maginn – bass (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9)
  • Casey Scott – bass (tracks 3, 8, 9, 12, 13)
  • Katie Muth – oboe (tracks 3, 6, 8, 12)
  • Ted Stevens – electric guitar (track 9)
  • Maria Taylor – piano, organ, vocal harmonies (tracks 2–4, 8, 12, 13)

    • Songs

    1The Big Picture8:42
    2Method Acting3:42
    3False Advertising5:52

    References

    Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Wikipedia
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