- alternative rock, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock
- 47 min
- 10 tracks
- Saddle Creek Records
The People's Key is the ninth studio album by American band Bright Eyes. The album was recorded in Omaha, Nebraska at ARC Studios, produced by Mike Mogis, and engineered by Mogis and Andy LeMaster. The album was released on February 15, 2011, lead singer Conor Oberst's 31st birthday, by Saddle Creek Records. Prior to its official release, the album was available to stream online in its entirety, as part of NPR's "First Listen" series.
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Character
Spare, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 70/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.7/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- American Songwriter4/5 ★
- Consequence of Sound3.5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork5/10
- PopMatters6/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1Firewall7:17
- 2Shell Games3:56
- 3Jejune Stars4:10
- 4Approximate Sunlight4:25
- 5Haile Selassie4:33
- 6A Machine Spiritual (In the People’s Key)4:20
- 7Triple Spiral3:51
- 8Beginner’s Mind3:55
- 9Ladder Song3:58
- 10One for You, One for Me6:37
10 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bright Eyes
- Label
- Saddle Creek Records
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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