A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995–1997
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''A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997'' is the debut studio album by Bright Eyes. The album is the first commercial release by Conor Oberst and features his vocals and guitar. This album is the 19th release of
Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his ...
. The album was reissued alongside a six-track companion EP by
Dead Oceans Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is part of Secretly Group, which also ...
on May 27, 2022.


Track listing


Personnel

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Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Venu ...
 – writing, singing, strumming, keyboards, low rhythm, drumming, sounds *
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
 – drumming on "The Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweat" *
Todd Fink Todd Fink (born Todd Baechle – pronounced "BECK-lee" – on March 3, 1974, in Omaha, Nebraska) is the lead singer of the band The Faint. He attended Omaha's Westside High School. Career Fink was also one of four members of the band Command ...
 – sounds and drumming on "I Watched You Taking Off" * Matt Bowen – left-handed drumming on "One Straw (Please)" *
Neely Jenkins Neely Jo Jenkins (born June 21, 1974) is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska best known for being a singer in the band Tilly and the Wall. She was also a member of the band Park Ave. with Tilly and the Wall bandmate Jamie Pressnall, (then Jamie William ...
 – backup singing on "Feb. 15th" * Matthew Oberst, Sr. – lead strumming on "The 'Feel Good' Revolution"


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References

1998 debut albums Bright Eyes (band) albums Saddle Creek Records albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub