LIFTED or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundBright Eyes · 2002

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8.1

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1The Big Picture 2Method Acting 3False Advertising 4Lover I Don't Have to Love 5Bowl of Oranges 6Don't Know When But a Day is Gonna Come 7Nothing Gets Crossed Out 8Make War 9Waste of Paint 10From a Balance Beam 11Laura Laurent 12Let's Not Shit Ourselves (to Love and to Be Loved)

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rollingstone

8.0

“On 'Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground,' Bright Eyes show vibrant smarts and ambition”

pitchfork

7.7

“Conor Oberst doesn't read the reviews. Nope, he's not playing for me, as he clearly states on "Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To Be Loved)." Fair enough, because it shows. If Oberst was really out to put smiles on the ears of his critics, the sound he's cultivated up through this, his third release, probably wouldn't be quite so constant. By now, expecting Oberst to somehow gravitate away f”