Bright Eyes - A Christmas Album

Limited edition red vinyl reissue

Fifth album and first Christmas album by Bright Eyes first released in 2002

The 2023 reissue of the fifth album and first Christmas album by Bright Eyes released in 2002. Now on limited edition clear red vinyl.

Bright Eyes' Christmas Album begins with a piano, flute, ambient noise, and musical saw-driven version of "Away in a Manger," helping weed out casual Christmas music enjoyers, but all too tempting for the most devout of Conor Oberst's disciples, who originally learned that the warmth of the holiday season is trumped only by it's potential for melancholy back in 2002 with the original Saddle Creek release.

Oberst and a small army of friends at his house proceed to jamboree through Christmas classics such as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem," Holiday cheer, when delivered with Oberst's trademark tremble, sounds more like a lament than it does hymns of ecclesiastical joy. But the spirited listener will find that the fragile, homespun, and somewhat blinkered vibe that permeates the album sets itself apart from the bog-standard, less sonically humble offerings of the holidays, and, both strangely and satisfyingly, is probably more aligned with the true spirit of the season.

1. Away In A Manger

2. Blue Christmas

3. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem

4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

5. The First Noel

6. Little Drummer Boy

7. White Christmas

8. Silent Night

9. Silver Bells

10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

11. The Night Before Christmas

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