SONG OF THE DAY
“Bowl Of Oranges” by Bright Eyes (Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground, Saddle Creek Records, 2002).
AS RECOMMENDED BY
My sister, Kitten.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth album by Bright Eyes.
– This album is 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.
– Lifted… received largely 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.
– Blender magazine ranked the album at 52 on their list of “100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever”, which appeared in the December 2007 issue.