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| Conor Oberst | 
 enlarge | Artist: Conor Oberst
Label: Merge Records
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $8.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 542
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 50340
UPC: 673855034027
EAN: 0673855034027
ASIN: B001APM3XQ
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Great CD, it is brand new, no marks, cuts, etc. Same as you would buy locally.
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| Customer Reviews:
 (3.5 stars) not as good as bright eyes albums August 12, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
this is a very uneven album. there are lots of highlights like souled out! and lenders in the temple, but most of the songs feel like warmed over versions of bright eyes b-sides. maybe i just have really high expectations for conor oberst based on his previous work, but this album was slightly disappointing. but if you are a fan, it is worth the purchase if solely for lenders in the temple.
 Well done.. August 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album is definitely worth buying. I had really high expectations so at first it sounded a bit unpolished and familiar but after listening to it a couple times (which I always need to do) you will hear Conor's striking lyrics and unassuming thread of consistency. I'm so glad he released it because now I can't stop listening to it.
Conor at his best! August 8, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Conor has done it again. Just when you think he might not top his last cd, he surprises as usual. I cannot understand why he is compared to Dylan so much. Oberst is an artist that has definately grown musically in his own right. He continues to show everyone that he is the real deal, and as a Bright Eyes fan I respect that. I will be seeing Conor in Saratoga shortly, and I cannot wait! This is my third time, and he is exciting live. I love this CD, and I have played it several times. I highly recommend this CD to new and existing fans of Oberst. I cannot say enough about his song writing abilities. He is musically gifted, and this is one of the best CD's of 2008. One to definitely pick up or download. You will not regret it.
Reallt great album September 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been listening to this album straight in my car for the past week and I absolutely love it.
I'm a huge fan of Bright Eyes but this is not a Bright Eyes album. Out of all of the albums it sounds most like Cassadaga but this is unique. It is a bit more contemplative with a more subtle expression of passion.
Favorites:
Cape Canaveral - A softer contemplative song.
Lenders in the Temple - "I'd give a fortune to your infomercial
if somebody would just take my call
take my call" I have to deconstruct this song more but their is definitely a alot of depth in it.
NYC-Gone, Gone - Bouncy and incredibly catchy. You will listen to this song on repeat. Guaranteed.
I Don't Want to Die (in a hospital) - Exactly as the title says. A dying person who refuses to spends their last moments of life in a dingy hospital.
I highly recommend this album.
3.5 Stars.... A detour or a new beginning? October 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Conor Oberst has been recording for many, many years as the essentially one-man band Bright Eyes (surrounded by an ever-changing cast of support personnel). Last we heard from Bright Eyes was last year's excellent "Cassadega" album. Seemingly out of nowhere, Oberst decided to change direction and he went to Mexico to hole up and record a new album under his own name, obviously purposly so. (And let me add my disgust that Amazon is billing this as "Conor Oberst by Bright Eyes", just horrible.)
"Conor Oberst" (12 tracks, 42 min.) is an oddity in many ways. First of all, the album title: is this an announcement of something that we hadn't seen or heard before? A departure from Bright Eyes? The first track "Cape Canaveral" doesn't make that clear, as it showcases the pensive Conor we know and love. But as the tracks rolls on, the musical texture of the album is indeed different from the Bright Eyes we know: a lot more country and rambling-oriented for one thing, check out "I Don't Want to Die (In the Hospital)", which you couldn't imagine as a Bright Eyes track. Another example of that are "NYC-Gone Gone" and "Souled Out!!!", both hard-rocking tracks with electric guitars up in your face, but I actually like the latter one quite a lot. That said, there are a lot of tracks that remind me of Bright Eyes as well, such as "Eagle On a Pole" and the closer "Milk Thistle" (the latter just Conor on acoustic guitar).
In all, this is not a bad album for sure, but not a great one either, as it doesn't offer a lot of truly memorable tracks that stay with you upon listening. And it stumps me. Is this album a detour for Conor? Or a new beginning, discarding Bright Eyes? I guess only the future will tell. And given Conor's prolific output, I'm guessing we won't have to wait that long to find out.
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