Fevers and Mirrors
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| Studio album by Bright Eyes | ||||
| Released | May 29, 2000 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1999, Presto! Recording Studio, Lincoln, Nebraska | |||
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| Length | 55:10 | |||
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Saddle Creek (US) LBJ-32 Wichita Recordings (UK) |
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| Producer | Mike Mogis | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 |
| NME | 7/10 |
| AllMusic |   |
Fevers and Mirrors is the third album by the Nebraska indie band Bright Eyes, recorded in 1999 and released on May 29, 2000. It was the 32nd release of the Omaha, Nebraska-based record label Saddle Creek Records. The album was released later in 2000 in the United Kingdom as the inaugural release from Wichita Recordings.
The album begins with a recording of a little boy reading Mitchell Is Moving, a book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" includes what is ostensibly an interview with the band's frontman, Conor Oberst. However, Oberst has admitted that the interview was something of a joke, intended to poke fun at the dark tone of the album. Conor's voice is impersonated in the interview by Todd Fink of The Faint and Commander Venus. The man interviewing is Matt Silcock, a former member of Lullaby for the Working Class.
This album was included in Bright Eyes' Vinyl Box Set.
The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Fevers and Mirrors at number 170 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s despite a low initial score of 5.4/10. In 2012, Pitchfork Media's Ian Cohen gave the reissued version of the album a 9.0 out of 10.
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