Motion Sickness (album)

Motion Sickness: Live Recordings is a live album by Bright Eyes. Documenting the I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning tours from the first half of 2005, Motion Sickness is a compilation of live tracks, including covers of Feist and Elliott Smith. It comes with a 24-page booklet featuring an extensive tour diary written by Jason Boesel (Bright Eyes live band/Rilo Kiley).

Motion Sickness
Live album by Bright Eyes
Released	November 15, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Lo-fi[1] country rock[2]
Length	61:32
Label	Team Love (US) Saddle Creek (Europe)
Bright Eyes chronology
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (2005) Motion Sickness (2005) Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998–2005) (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blender	[3]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[4]

This album is the sixth release of Team Love Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Conor Oberst unless otherwise noted.

1. "At the Bottom of Everything" – 3:44
2. "We Are Nowhere and It’s Now" – 4:01
3. "Old Soul Song (For the New World Order)" – 4:07
4. "Make War (Short Version)" – 0:43
5. "Make War" – 5:41
6. "A Scale, a Mirror and Those Indifferent Clocks" – 2:22
7. "Landlocked Blues" – 5:51
8. "Method Acting" – 3:41
9. "Train Under Water" – 5:59
10. "When the President Talks to God" – 3:27
11. "Road to Joy" – 5:56
12. "Mushaboom" (Leslie Feist) – 2:44
13. "True Blue" – 5:41
14. "Southern State" – 4:40
15. "The Biggest Lie" (Elliott Smith) – 2:48

Personnel

• Stefanie Drootin – bass
• Nate Walcott – trumpet, Wurlitzer, organ
• Mike Mogis – mandolin, pedal steel, electric guitar, resophonic guitar, tambourine
• Alex McManus – guitar, back-up singer
• Conor Oberst – lead singer, guitar, wurlitzer, organ
• Jason Boesel – drums
• Nick White – Wurlitzer, organ
• Jesse Harris - guitar (track 15)
• Jacob Feinberg - Recording and Mix engineer

References

1. Raper, Dan (December 12, 2007). "BRIGHT EYES: MOTION SICKNESS: LIVE RECORDINGS". PopMatters. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
2. Brown, Marisa. "Motion Sickness album review". allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
3. "Motion Sickness (Live) by Bright Eyes Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
4. Howe, Brian (November 15, 2005). "Bright Eyes: Motion Sickness Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 17, 2023.