Bright Eyes discography
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The discography of American indie rock band Bright Eyes consists of eleven studio albums, one compilation album, one live album, two box sets, fourteen extended plays, 36 singles, and fifteen music videos.
| Bright Eyes discography | |
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Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes performing in 2005 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| EPs | 14 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Singles | 36 |
| Music videos | 15 |
| Splits and collaborations | 12 |
| Box set | 2 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Details | Chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
BEL (FL) [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NLD [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| 1998 | A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997
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Letting Off the Happiness
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| 2000 | Fevers and Mirrors
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—[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002 | Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
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161 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | 138 |
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A Christmas Album
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| 2005 | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
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10 | 81 | 46 | 41 | 21 | 24 | 53 | 12 | — | 23 |
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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15 | 130 | 49 | 64 | 30 | 50 | 95 | 18 | — | 43 |
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| 2007 | Cassadaga
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4 | 40 | 47 | 25 | 19 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 59 | 13 |
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| 2011 | The People's Key
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13 | 55 | 36 | 60 | 42 | 49 | 67 | 39 | 50 | 46 | ||
| 2020 | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
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36 | 67 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 87 | 62 | — | 32 | 22 | ||
| 2024 | Five Dice, All Threes
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— | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | 85 | 27 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Details |
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| 2005 | Motion Sickness: Live Recordings
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Compilation albums
Box sets
Extended plays
| Year | Details | Chart positions | ||||
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| US [1] |
US Indie [17] |
US Rock [17] |
UK [10] |
UK Indie [18] | ||
| 1999 | Every Day and Every Night
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—[D] | — | — | —[E] | — |
| 2000 | Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page
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| 2002 | There Is No Beginning to the Story
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—[F] | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Four Winds
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57 | 5 | 20 | — | — |
| 2011 | Live Recordings
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| 2022 | A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997: A Companion
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Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion
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Fevers and Mirrors: A Companion
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—[I] | — | — | — | 43 | |
Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A Companion
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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning: A Companion
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion
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| 2023 | Noise Floor: A Companion
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Cassadaga: A Companion
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The People's Key: A Companion
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Splits and collaborations
| Year | Release | Other artist(s) | Label | Format(s) |
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| 1997 | Bright Eyes / Squad Car 96 | Squad Car 96 | H. (RAV011/AMV007) | 7-inch |
| 1999 | Too Much of a Good Thing is a Good Thing | Books | Vanishing Act (VA-002) | 7-inch |
| 2000 | Bright Eyes vs Her Space Holiday | Her Space Holiday | Wichita (WEBB005S) | 7-inch, CD |
| Insound Tour Support Series No. 12 | Son, Ambulance | Insound (INS12) | CD | |
| 2001 | Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes | Son, Ambulance | Saddle Creek (LBJ-34) | 12-inch, CD |
| Mote/Dust | The Faint | Gold Standard Labs (GSL-47) | 12-inch | |
| 2002 | Collaboration Series No. 1 | The Album Leaf | Better Looking (BLR005) | 7-inch |
| Home Volume IV: Bright Eyes & Britt Daniel | Britt Daniel (of Spoon) | Post-Parlo Records (PPR1004) | CD | |
| Bright Eyes with Rilo Kiley & Sorry About Dresden | Rilo Kiley, Sorry About Dresden | Devil in the Woods (DIW #55) | 7-inch | |
| 2004 | One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels | Neva Dinova | Crank! (CRC40) | 10-inch, CD |
| 2006 | Super Furry Animals / Bright Eyes | Super Furry Animals, Danger Mouse | Saddle Creek (DM-01) | 7-inch promo |
| 2010 | One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels (reissue) | Neva Dinova | Saddle Creek (LBJ-145) | 12-inch, CD |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| US Sales [23] |
US AAA [24] |
US Alt. Dig. [25] |
US Rock Dig. [26] |
CAN [27] |
MEX Air. [28] |
SCO [29] |
SWE [8] |
UK [10] |
UK Indie [30] | ||||||
| "Motion Sickness" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "I Will Be Grateful for This Day, I Will Be Grateful for Each Day to Come" | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Drunk Kid Catholic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | 37 | |||||
| "Lover I Don't Have to Love" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | 16 | Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | |||
| "Lua" | 2004 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 80 | 16 | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | |||
| "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 99 | 59 | 78 | 14 | Digital Ash in a Digital Urn | ||||
| "When the President Talks to God" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "First Day of My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | 37 | 4 | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | ||||
| "Easy/Lucky/Free" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | 42 | 6 | Digital Ash in a Digital Urn | ||||
| "Susan Miller Rag" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Four Winds" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 57 | — | Cassadaga | ||||
| "Hot Knives" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | —[J] | — | |||||
| "Shell Games" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | The People's Key | |||
| "Coyote Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "Singularity" | 2011 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "We Are Going to Be Friends" (featuring First Aid Kit) (The White Stripes) |
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| "Jejune Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The People's Key | ||||
| "Persona Non Grata"[32] | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[K] | — | Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | |||
| "Forced Convalescence"[34][35] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "One and Done"[36] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Mariana Trench"[37] | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Miracle of Life"[38] (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) |
— | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Flirted with You All My Life" (Vic Chesnutt) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Running Back" (live for Sirius XM) (Thin Lizzy) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Falling Out of Love at This Volume" (Companion version) (featuring Miwi La Lupa) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997: A Companion | ||||
| "Contrast and Compare" (Companion version) (featuring Waxahatchee) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion | ||||
| "Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh" (Companion version) (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fevers and Mirrors: A Companion | ||||
| "St. Ides Heaven" (Companion version) (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) (Elliott Smith) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion | ||||
| "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." (Companion version) (featuring Becky Stark) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A Companion | ||||
| "Old Soul Song (for the New World Order)" (Companion version) (featuring Becky Stark) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning: A Companion | ||||
| "Gold Mind Gutted" (Companion version) (featuring Michaela Favara) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion | ||||
| "Blue Angels Air Show" (Companion version) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Noise Floor: A Companion | |||
| "Middleman" (Companion version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cassadaga: A Companion | ||||
| "When You Were Mine" (Companion version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The People's Key: A Companion | ||||
| "Bells and Whistles" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Five Dice, All Threes | |||
| "Rainbow Overpass" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director |
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| 2002 | "Bowl of Oranges" | Cat Solen |
| "Lover I Don't Have to Love" | James Frost | |
| 2005 | "Lua" | Jason Kulbel |
| "First Day of My Life" | John Cameron Mitchell | |
| "Easy/Lucky/Free" | Lily Thorne | |
| "At the Bottom of Everything" | Cat Solen | |
| 2007 | "Four Winds" | Patrick Daughters |
| "Hot Knives" | ||
| "I Must Belong Somewhere" | Asako Masunouchi | |
| 2011 | "Shell Games" | Nik Fackler |
| "Jejune Stars" | Lance Acord | |
| 2020 | "Mariana Trench" | Art Camp |
| 2024 | "Bells and Whistles" | Josh Boone |
| "Rainbow Overpass" | Nick Scott | |
| "All Threes (feat. Cat Power)" | Nick Scott and Rena Johnson |
Compilation appearances
| Year | Song(s) | Album | Label |
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| 1998 | "Falling Out of Love at This Volume" "A Celebration Upon Completion" |
Saddle Creek Records, A Sampler | Saddle Creek |
| 1999 | "Pioneer's Park (August 17th, 1997)" | Commercial Food (Processor) | Unread |
| 2000 | "Arienette" | Clooney Tunes | Fierce Panda |
| "The City Has Sex" | U.S. Pop Life Vol. 2 / Fanfare of 2000!! | Contact | |
| "The Calendar Hung Itself" | Holiday Matinee CD Compilation Vol. 2 | Better Looking | |
| "Have You Ever Heard of Jandek Before?" | Naked in the Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek | Summersteps | |
| "Act of Contrition" | Second Thoughts | Silent Film Soundtracks | |
| "If Winter Ends" | Songs for a Crimson Eggtree | Earworm | |
| "It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends" | Transmission One: Tea at the Palaz of Hoon | Hozomeen Press | |
| 2002 | "Entry Way Song" | The Amos House Collection Volume II | Wishing Tree |
| "Bowl of Oranges" | Gone Fishin'... 3 Years Later | Wichita | |
| "Metal Firecracker" (Lucinda Williams) | As Yet No Title | Unread | |
| "Lover I Don't Have to Love" | Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 2002 | Rough Trade | |
| 2003 | "Something Vague" "One Foot in Front of the Other" |
Saddle Creek 50 | Saddle Creek |
| "Trees Get Wheeled Away" | Lost & Found Volume 1 | Lost Highway | |
| 2004 | "Arienette" | Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda | Fierce Panda |
| "Devil Town" (Daniel Johnston) | The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered | Gammon | |
| 2005 | "Napoleon's Hat" | Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Relief | Saddle Creek |
| 2009 | "Papa Was a Rodeo" (The Magnetic Fields) | Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! | Merge |
| 2011 | "We're Going to Be Friends" (The White Stripes) | Lunch Box Fund |
Notes
- A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997 did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 15 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
- Letting Off the Happiness did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 4 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
- Fevers and Mirrors did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 7 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
- Every Day and Every Night did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 8 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
- "Every Day and Every Night" did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[19]
- There Is No Beginning to the Story did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 14 on the Vinyl Albums Chart.[11]
- A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997: A Companion did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 96 on the Top Album Sales Chart.[21]
- Letting Off the Happiness: A Companion did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 92 on the Top Album Sales Chart.[21]
- Fevers and Mirrors: A Companion did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 54 on the Top Album Sales Chart.[21]
- "Hot Knives" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 64 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[31]
- "Persona Non Grata" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100.[33]
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