Artist: Bright Eyes

Year: 2005

Genre: Indie folk

Chronological position: Sixth album
Previous experience: Feature in emogame and some of the songs on this album
Why is this considered a classic? I'm not sure if it is, but I think a lot of hipsters would disagree

My thoughts(good, great, bad, meh, still waiting or other?):

One minute in: Still waiting

One track in: Great

Halfway: Good

Finished: Good

The album starts with a spoken intro, thus the “still waiting” on one minute in. But I know the rest of the song is amazing..! It is followed by one that is pretty mediocre in comparison, creating some contrast. It's not a bad song, but not nearly as good as the first one, in my opinion. Luckily, it has a couple of good follow-ups, especially “Lua”.

Favourite track(s): “At the Bottom of Everything”, “Lua”, “First Day of My Life”
Least favourite track(s): “Another Travelin' Song” (for being out of place)

Do I feel, at the end,
A) I wish I had listened to this sooner
B) I'm sorry I bothered
C) I might end up liking this
D) Have to wait and see
E) Bit underwhelmed; was ok but a classic?
F) Definitely enjoyed it, but again would I consider it a classic?

This is an F for me. It's a solid and alright album, I liked it, but you shouldn't consider it a classic unless you like to sit at Starbucks reading poetry.