''Black Out'' is the second
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by Omaha indie rock band
The Good Life. It was released on March 4, 2002 by
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 ...
. It contains 14 songs, running approximately 50:08.
Many of the songs deal with the aftermath of the bitter divorce that
Tim Kasher
Timothy J. Kasher (born August 19, 1974) is an American musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and the Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha-based record label Saddle Creek Records.
Music Slowdo ...
experienced. Much of his divorce is also documented on the 2000
Cursive
Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionalit ...
album ''
Domestica
''Domestica'' (also styled as ''Cursive's Domestica'') is the third studio album by the American indie rock band Cursive, released on June 20, 2000. This album was the 31st release by Saddle Creek Records, released on CD as well as both red and b ...
''.
The album ''Black Out'' was referred to in the song "Nothing Gets Crossed Out", on
Bright Eyes's 2002 album ''
Lifted'': ''Yeah, Tim, I heard your album and it's better than good./When we get off tour I think we should hang and Black Out together...''
This album is the 43rd 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 ...
.
Track listing
#"Black Out" – 1:35
#"Beaten Path" – 3:00
#"Some Bullshit Escape" – 4:23
#"O'Rourke's, – 1:20 A.M." – 5:22
#"Early Out the Gate" – 4:10
#"New Denial" – 2:57
#"Black Out" – 1:12
#"I Am an Island" – 2:29
#"Drinking with the Girls" – 5:02
#"After O'Rourke's, – 2:10 A.M." – 2:53
#"Empty Bed" – 4:31
#"Don't Make Love So Hard" – 6:26
#"Off the Beaten Path" – 4:57
#"Black Out" – 1:11
References
External links
Saddle Creek Records
2002 albums
Concept albums
The Good Life (band) albums
Saddle Creek Records albums
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