- indie rock, rock, indie, alternative country
- 59 min
- 10 tracks
- Dead Oceans
Letting Off the Happiness is the second studio album released by the indie rock band Bright Eyes. The album was released on November 2, 1998. It was the first release by Bright Eyes to feature and be produced by Mike Mogis, now a permanent member of the band. A vinyl re-release of the album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set in 2012. Guest musicians include members of Cursive, Tilly and the Wall, and Elephant 6 collective's Neutral Milk Hotel and of Montreal.
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Spare, character-led, intimate and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1If Winter Ends3:25
- 2Padraic My Prince3:48
- 3Contrast and Compare3:57
- 4The City Has Sex2:12
- 5The Difference in the Shades4:23
- 6Touch3:42
- 7June on the West Coast3:34
- 8Pull My Hair4:10
- 9A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction4:24
- 10Tereza and Tomas25:47
10 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bright Eyes
- Label
- Dead Oceans
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- AL
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