Bright Eyes discography

The following is a detailed discography of the band Bright Eyes.

Bright Eyes discography
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes performing in 2005
Studio albums	10
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	2
Music videos	11
EPs	5
Singles	15
Splits and collaborations	12
Compilation appearances	19

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Details	Chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		US [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	BEL (FL) [4]	GER [5]	IRE [6]	NLD [7]	NOR [8]	SWI [9]	UK [10]
1998	A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997 Released: January 20, 1998 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-19) Formats: CD, LP	—[upper-alpha 1]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 53,000[12]
	Letting Off the Happiness Released: November 2, 1998 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-23) Formats: CD, LP	—[upper-alpha 2]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 56,000[12]
2000	Fevers and Mirrors Released: May 29, 2000 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-32) Formats: CD, LP	—[upper-alpha 3]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 147,000[12]
2002	Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Released: August 13, 2002 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-46) Formats: CD, LP	161	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	138	US: 340,000[13]
	A Christmas Album Released: December 1, 2002 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-48) Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Released: January 25, 2005 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-72) Formats: CD, LP	10	81	46	41	21	24	53	9	—	23	US: 522,000[14]	RIAA: Gold[15] BPI: Gold[16]
	Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Released: January 25, 2005 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-73) Formats: CD, LP	15	130	49	64	30	50	95	32	—	43	US: 268,000[13]
2007	Cassadaga Released: April 10, 2007 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-103) Formats: CD, LP	4	40	47	25	19	35	36	9	59	13	US: 231,000[14]
2011	The People's Key Released: February 15, 2011 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-158) Formats: CD, LP	13	55	36	60	42	49	67	21	50	46
2020	Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Released: August 21, 2020 Label: Dead Oceans (DOC210) Formats: CD, LP, Cassette	36	67	21	34	8	87	62	—	32	22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Live albums

Year	Details
2005	Motion Sickness: Live Recordings Released: November 15, 2005 Label: Team Love Records (TL-06) Formats: CD, LP

Compilation albums

Year	Details	Chart positions
		US [1]	UK [10]
2003	Vinyl Box Set Released: September 9, 2003 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-53) Formats: 7×LP box set	—	—
2006	Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) Released: October 24, 2006 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-99) Formats: CD, 2×LP	107	155

Extended plays

Year	Details	Chart positions
		US [1]	UK [10]
1999	Every Day and Every Night Released: November 1, 1999 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-30) Formats: 12-inch, CD	—[upper-alpha 4]	—[upper-alpha 5]
2000	Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page Released: September 21, 2000 Labels: Bad News (BNCP-43) 62TV (62 TV 29448)/Les Disques Mange-Tout (LDMTCD009) Format: CD issued only in Japan and Europe	—	—
2002	There Is No Beginning to the Story Released: May 6, 2002 Label: Saddle Creek (LBJ-45) Formats: 12-inch, CD	—[upper-alpha 6]	—
2007	Four Winds Released: March 6, 2007 Label: Saddle Creek (JBL-101) Formats: 12-inch, CD	57	—
2011	Live Recordings Released: July 4, 2011 Label: Polydor (2777039) Format: CD issued only in Europe	—	—

Splits and collaborations

Year	Release	Other artist(s)	Label	Format(s)
1997	Bright Eyes / Squad Car 96	Squad Car 96	H. (RAV011/AMV007)	7-inch
1999	Too Much of a Good Thing is a Good Thing	Books	Vanishing Act (VA-002)	7-inch
2000	Bright Eyes vs Her Space Holiday	Her Space Holiday	Wichita (WEBB005S)	7-inch, CD
	Insound Tour Support Series No. 12	Son, Ambulance	Insound (INS12)	CD
2001	Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes	Son, Ambulance	Saddle Creek (LBJ-34)	12-inch, CD
	Mote/Dust	The Faint	Gold Standard Labs (GSL-47)	12-inch
2002	Collaboration Series No. 1	The Album Leaf	Better Looking (BLR005)	7-inch
	Home Volume IV: Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel	Britt Daniel (of Spoon)	Post-Parlo Records (PPR1004)	CD
	Bright Eyes with Rilo Kiley & Sorry About Dresden	Rilo Kiley, Sorry About Dresden	Devil in the Woods (DIW #55)	7-inch
2004	One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels	Neva Dinova	Crank! (CRC40)	10-inch, CD
2006	Super Furry Animals / Bright Eyes	Super Furry Animals, Danger Mouse	Saddle Creek (DM-01)	7-inch promo
2010	One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (reissue)	Neva Dinova	Saddle Creek (LBJ-145)	12-inch, CD

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions								Certifications	Album
		US Sales [18]	US AAA [19]	US Alt. Dig. [20]	US Rock Dig. [21]	MEX Air. [22]	SCO [23]	UK [10]	UK Indie [24]
2000	"Motion Sickness"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
2001	"I Will Be Grateful for This Day..."	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Drunk Kid Catholic"	—	—	—	—	—	—	109	37
2002	"Lover I Don't Have to Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	95	16		Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil...
2004	"Lua"	1	—	—	—	—	—	80	16		I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
	"Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"	2	—	—	—	—	99	78	14		Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
2005	"When the President Talks to God"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
	"First Day of My Life"	—	—	—	—	—	35	37	4	RIAA: Gold[15]	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
	"Easy/Lucky/Free"	—	—	—	—	—	—	42	—		Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
2007	"Susan Miller Rag"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
	"Four Winds"	—	22	—	—	—	19	57	—		Cassadaga
	"Hot Knives"	—	—	—	—	—	56	—[upper-alpha 7]	—
2010	"Shell Games"	—	—	—	—	28	—	—	—		The People's Key
2011	"Singularity"	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
	"Jejune Stars"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The People's Key
2020	"Persona Non Grata"[26]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[upper-alpha 8]	—		Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
	"Forced Convalescence"[28][29]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"One and Done"[30]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Mariana Trench"[31]	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Miracle of Life"[32] (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)	—	—	8	6	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
2002	"Bowl of Oranges"	Cat Solen
	"Lover I Don't Have to Love"	James Frost
2005	"Lua"	Jason Kulbel
	"First Day of My Life"	John Cameron Mitchell
	"Easy/Lucky/Free"	Lily Thorne
	"At the Bottom of Everything"	Cat Solen
2007	"Four Winds"	Patrick Daughters
	"Hot Knives"
	"I Must Belong Somewhere"	Asako Masunouchi
2011	"Shell Games"	Nik Fackler
2020	"Mariana Trench"	Art Camp

Compilation appearances

Year	Song(s)	Album	Label
1998	"Falling Out of Love at This Volume" "A Celebration Upon Completion"	Saddle Creek Records, A Sampler	Saddle Creek
1999	"Pioneer's Park (August 17th, 1997)"	Commercial Food (Processor)	Unread
2000	"Arienette"	Clooney Tunes	Fierce Panda
	"The City Has Sex"	U.S. Pop Life Vol. 2 / Fanfare of 2000!!	Contact
	"The Calendar Hung Itself"	Holiday Matinee CD Compilation Vol. 2	Better Looking
	"Have You Ever Heard of Jandek Before?"	Naked in the Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek	Summersteps
	"Act of Contrition"	Second Thoughts	Silent Film Soundtracks
	"If Winter Ends"	Songs for a Crimson Eggtree	Earworm
	"It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends"	Transmission One: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon	Hozomeen Press
2002	"Entry Way Song"	The Amos House Collection Volume II	Wishing Tree
	"Bowl of Oranges"	Gone Fishin'... 3 Years Later	Wichita
	"Metal Firecracker" (Lucinda Williams)	As Yet No Title	Unread
	"Lover I Don't Have to Love"	Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 2002	Rough Trade
2003	"Something Vague" "One Foot in Front of the Other"	Saddle Creek 50	Saddle Creek
	"Trees Get Wheeled Away"	Lost & Found Volume 1	Lost Highway
2004	"Arienette"	Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda	Fierce Panda
	"Devil Town" (Daniel Johnston)	The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered	Gammon
2005	"Napoleon's Hat"	Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Relief	Saddle Creek
2009	"Papa Was a Rodeo" (The Magnetic Fields)	Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!	Merge
2011	"We're Going to Be Friends" (The White Stripes)	Lunch Box Fund

Notes

1. A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997 did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 15 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
2. Letting Off the Happiness did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 4 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
3. Fevers and Mirrors did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 7 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
4. Every Day and Every Night did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 8 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
5. "Every Day and Every Night" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[17]
6. There Is No Beginning to the Story did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 14 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
7. "Hot Knives" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 64 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[25]
8. "Persona Non Grata" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[27]

See also

• List of songs by Bright Eyes
• List of songs with Conor Oberst

References

1. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
2. Bright Eyes chart positions in Australia:
   • I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 14 February 2005" (PDF) (781). Pandora Archive. February 20, 2005: 6. Retrieved May 27, 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
   • Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 31 January 2005" (PDF) (779). Pandora Archive. February 20, 2005: 2. Retrieved August 23, 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
   • Cassadaga: "Discography Bright Eyes". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
   • The People's Key: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 February 2011" (PDF) (1096). Pandora Archive. May 30, 2011: 2. Retrieved August 23, 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
   • Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 31 August 2020". No. 1591. Australian Recording Industry Association. August 31, 2020. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
3. "Discographie Bright Eyes - austriancharts.at" (in German). Hung Medien. austriancharts.at. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. "Discografie Bright Eyes" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
5. "Discographie von Bright Eyes" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
6. "Discography Bright Eyes". irish-charts.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
7. "Discographie Bright Eyes". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
8. "Norwegian album positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
9. "Bright Eyes". hitparade.ch. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
10. Bright Eyes chart positions in the UK:
    • All except noted: "Official Charts Company – Bright Eyes discography". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
    • Lifted, Noise Floor and "Drunk Kid Catholic": "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): Darren B – David Byrne". zobbel.de. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
11. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Vinyl Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
12. "Indie Stalwart" (PDF). Billboard. March 31, 2007. p. 26. Retrieved May 22, 2020 – via American Radio History.
13. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (August 29, 2009). "Tree Folk". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2020 – via Google Books.
14. Ugwu, Reggie (April 28, 2014). "Conor Oberst: The Ex Boy Wonder of Indie Rock Moves to a Major Label". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
15. "American certifications – Bright Eyes". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
16. "British album certifications – Bright Eyes". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 19, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Type Bright Eyes in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
17. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
18. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
19. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Triple A". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
20. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Alternative Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
21. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Rock Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
22. "Bright Eyes Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
23. Peaks in Scotland:
    • "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)": "Scottish Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "First Day of My Life": "Scottish Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "Four Winds": "Scottish Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "Hot Knives": "Scottish Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
24. Peaks on UK Independent Singles chart:
    • "Drunk Kid Catholic": "UK Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "Lover I Don't Have to Love": "UK Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" & "Lua": "UK Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
    • "First Day of My Life": "UK Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
25. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
26. Minsker, Evan; Bloom, Madison (March 24, 2020). "Bright Eyes Share "Persona Non Grata," First New Song in 9 Years: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
27. "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
28. https://www.nme.com/news/music/bright-eyes-announce-new-single-forced-convalescence-arriving-today-2650805
29. Richards, Will. "Listen to Bright Eyes' joyous new single 'Forced Convalescence'". NME. NME. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
30. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bright-eyes-new-song-one-and-done-1005548/
31. Tan, Emily (June 22, 2020). "Bright Eyes Drop 'Mariana Trench' Video, Reveal New Album Details". Spin. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
32. Breihan, Tom (October 23, 2020). "Bright Eyes – "Miracle Of Life" (Feat. Phoebe Bridgers)". Stereogum. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

External links

• Official website for Bright Eyes
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060424195439/http://www.thestoryinthesoil.com/albums.html