Letting Off the Happiness

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Letting Off the Happiness
Letting Off the Happiness cover
Studio album by Bright Eyes
Released November 2, 1998 (US)
Recorded Mar 1997-Mar 1998
Genre Folk, Indie Rock
Length 57:02
Label Saddle Creek (US)
LBJ-23
Producer Mike Mogis
Professional reviews
Bright Eyes chronology
A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997
(1998)		 Letting Off the Happiness
(1998)		 Fevers and Mirrors
(2000)

Letting Off the Happiness is the second album released by Nebraskan musicians Bright Eyes. The album was released on November 2, 1998. A vinyl re-release of the album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set. Guest musicians include members of Neutral Milk Hotel, Tilly and the Wall, and Of Montreal.

This album is the 23rd release of Saddle Creek Records.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "If Winter Ends" – 3:25
  2. "Padraic My Prince" – 3:48
  3. "Contrast and Compare" – 3:57
  4. "The City Has Sex" – 2:11
  5. "The Difference in the Shades" – 4:23
  6. "Touch" – 3:42
  7. "June on the West Coast" – 3:34
  8. "Pull My Hair" – 4:10
  9. "Empty Canyon, Empty Canteen" (Japanese bonus track) - 2:47
  10. "A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction" – 4:24
  11. "Tereza and Tomas" – 25:46

[edit] Trivia

  • The closing track, "Tereza and Tomas" borrows from Milan Kundera's novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
  • After the conclusion of "Tereza and Tomas", there is around 15 minutes of drone before an alternate version of "Contrast and Compare" appears.
  • "Contrast and Compare" is remixed by Her Space Holiday, with whom Bright Eyes released a split.

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