There Is No Beginning to the Story
2002 EP by Bright Eyes
There Is No Beginning to the Story | ||||
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EP by Bright Eyes | ||||
Released | May 6, 2002 | |||
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Label | Saddle Creek | |||
Producer | Mike Mogis | |||
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10[1] |
There Is No Beginning to the Story is the third EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are more rooted in acoustic. The 12" vinyl edition includes 2 extra songs: "Amy in the White Coat" and a Neil Young cover, "Out on the Weekend".
This album is the 45th release of Saddle Creek Records.
Track listing
- "From a Balance Beam"
- "Messenger Bird's Song"
- "We Are Free Men"
- "Loose Leaves"
- "Amy in the White Coat" (vinyl release only)
- "Out on the Weekend" (Neil Young) (vinyl release only)
Personnel
- Todd Baechle - voice
- Kriss Brooks - piano
- Stefanie Drootin - organ
- Orenda Fink - trumpet, voice
- Margret Fish - bassoon
- Jason Flatowicz - trombone
- Simon Joyner - voice, good advice
- Jiha Lee - flute, voice
- Andy LeMaster - electric guitars, voice
- Clay Leverett - voice
- Matt Maginn - bass, pylons
- Roslyn Maginn - percussion
- Mike Mogis - hammered dulcimer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, mandolin, dobro, banjo, bells, electric guitars
- Conor Oberst - guitars, Rhodes, piano, voice
- Casey Scott - bass, percussion
- Maria Taylor - piano, voice
Drum Corps
- Clark Baechle
- Matt Focht
- Clay Leverett
- Clint Schnase
- Mike Sweeney
Production
- Mike Mogis - Recording, mixing
- Andy LeMaster - Recording
- Doug Van Sloun - Mastering
- Zack Nipper - Diorama, layout
- Matt Maginn - Layout
Charts
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[2] | 14 |
References
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Bright Eyes
- A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997
- Letting Off the Happiness
- Fevers and Mirrors
- Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
- A Christmas Album
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
- Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
- Cassadaga
- The People's Key
- Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
- Motion Sickness
- Noise Floor
- Bright Eyes / Squadcar 96
- Every Day and Every Night
- Insound Tour Support No.12
- Oh Holy Fools
- Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page
- There Is No Beginning to the Story
- One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels
- Four Winds
- "Motion Sickness"
- "Lover I Don't Have to Love"
- "Lua"
- "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"
- "When the President Talks to God"
- 'First Day of My Life"
- "Easy/Lucky/Free"
- "Hot Knives"
- Discography
- Songs
- Team Love Records
- Commander Venus
- Desaparecidos
- Monsters of Folk
- Park Ave.
- The Faint
- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
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