Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005)

Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) is a compilation of previously recorded but unreleased or hard-to-find songs by Bright Eyes. The compilation album collects selected Bright Eyes singles, one-offs, unreleased tracks, collaborations and covers recorded between 1998 and 2005.

Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005)
Compilation album by Bright Eyes
Released	October 9, 2006
Recorded	1998–2005
Genre	Indie rock indie folk
Length	60:58
Label	Saddle Creek (US) Village Again (Japan)
Bright Eyes chronology
Motion Sickness (2005) Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) (2006) Four Winds (EP) (2007)
Vinyl cover

Release

The compilation was released on CD and vinyl in Europe on October 9, 2006, and in the US on October 24, 2006 on Saddle Creek Records. The vinyl version of the album includes five extra tracks not found on the CD.[1] Unlike the cover pictured, sometimes the artwork consists of a case completely decorated in flowers, there is no text on the case, and the cover pictured is sometimes included over the other cover. The inlay includes lyrics and a personal comment from Conor Oberst for most songs. The entire album can be streamed at the Saddle Creek store website.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Pitchfork Media	6.4/10 link
Robert Christgau	link

Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Mirrors and Fevers"	Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page (EP) - 2000	3:01
2.	"I Will Be Grateful for This Day"	Sub Pop Singles Club (7") - 2001	4:19
3.	"Trees Get Wheeled Away"	Lost & Found, Volume 1 compilation - 2003	4:09
4.	"Drunk Kid Catholic"	Drunk Kid Catholic (EP) - 2001	3:10
5.	"Spent on Rainy Days"	Home Volume IV on Post Parlo Records - 2002	2:06
6.	"The Vanishing Act"	Too Much of a Good Thing (7") - 1999	3:08
7.	"Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man"	Motion Sickness (7") - 2000	5:12
8.	"Blue Angels Air Show"	DIW Magazine (7") - 2002	3:11
9.	"Weather Reports"	Unreleased (7") with M. Ward	3:02
10.	"Seashell Tale"	Unreleased (7") with M. Ward	3:27
11.	"Bad Blood"	The Album Leaf split (7") - 2001	4:40
12.	"Amy in the White Coat"	3 More Hit Songs from Bright Eyes UK single - 2002	5:25
13.	"Devil Town"	The Late Great Daniel Johnston compilation - 2004	3:03
14.	"I've Been Eating (For You)"	Drunk Kid Catholic (EP) - 2001	2:55
15.	"Happy Birthday to Me (February 15)"	Drunk Kid Catholic (EP) - 2001	3:50
16.	"Motion Sickness"	Motion Sickness (7") - 2000	6:20
Total length:			60:58

Vinyl edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Original album	Length
17.	"Act of Contrition"	Second Thoughts compilation - 2000
18.	"Hungry for a Holiday"	Album Leaf split (7") - 2001
19.	"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass Again"	Sub Pop singles club (7") - 2001
20.	"Entry Way Song"	Amos House Vol. 2 compilation 2002
21.	"It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends"	Transmission One: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon compilation - 2000

Japanese edition CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Original album	Length
17.	"Act of Contrition"	Second Thoughts compilation - 2000	3:32
18.	"It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends"	Transmission One: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon compilation - 2000	5:34
Total length:			70:04

References

1. Bright Eyes Rarities Compilation Due | Pitchfork
2. "Reviews for Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) by Bright Eyes". Metacritic. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

• "Bright Eyes Rarities Compilation Due" by Kati Llewellyn, Pitchfork Media, July 20, 2006

External links

• Saddle Creek Records