Cassadaga Bright Eyes Album

Named after a spiritualist town in Florida, Cassadaga was recorded by Bright Eyes in 2006 and released the following year. Upon its release, the album debuted in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200, and later won a Grammy Award in 2008 for "Best Recording Package."

Cassadaga was widely praised by critics, named by Rolling Stone as one of the top albums of the year.

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Folk-Rock
2. Release Date: April 10, 2007
3. Label: Saddle Creek Records
4. Producer: Mike Mogis
5. Peak Chart Position: #4 Billboard 200

Track List

• "Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)"
• "Four Winds"
• "If the Brakeman Turns My Way"
• "Hot Knives"
• "Make a Plan to Love Me"
• "Soul Singer in a Session Band"
• "Classic Cars"
• "Middleman"
• "Cleanse Song"
• "No One Would Riot for Less"
• "Coat Check Dream Song"
• "I Must Belong Somewhere"
• "Lime Tree"

Critical Response

• "Call him pretentious, call him sensitive, call him what you will, but there's no denying the fact that [band member] Conor Oberst is a talented and intelligent songwriter." - Allmusic

• "In Cassadaga, Oberst hoped to commune with the dead. On 'Cassadaga,' he shows he can still tell us something by communing with himself." - Rolling Stone

• "'Cassadaga' falters in the same way 'I’m Wide Awake' did: by trying to present his views as universal, it just exposes how Conor Oberst can’t handle the Truth. " - Stylus

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