Album
Upside Down Mountain
2014 · Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Upside Down Mountain is a Folk album by Conor Oberst, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
Years ago, Conor Oberst was called the new Dylan. Yet Oberst's discography—from his solo albums to his Bright Eyes material to his many side projects—is already starting to eclipse the Bard's in sheer volume, and Oberst is only 34. This makes it hard to assert that <i>Upside Down Mountain</i> is the sound of a former prodigy maturing, but it is. While these songs are stuffed full of guest musicians, the tracks are some of Oberst's simplest; they're full of concise, cutting lines. "I know no one will believe me/But I don't want a second chance/To be an object of desire," he sings on "Artifact #1," a smoldering ballad with a Tex-Mex flair. The biggest touchstone here is '70s rock, as Oberst nods to The Eagles' winsome chug and Neil Young's haunted fuzz. The hooks are welcome, especially as they disguise Oberst's increasingly jaundiced (though no less affecting) observations.
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Tracklist
- 1Time Forgot4:35
- 2Zigzagging Toward the Light4:04
- 3Hundreds of Ways4:28
- 4Artifact #14:24
- 5Lonely at the Top3:44
- 6Enola Gay2:24
- 7Double Life3:57
- 8Kick3:40
- 9Night at Lake Unknown4:17
- 10You Are Your Mother's Child3:48
- 11Governor's Ball4:20
- 12Desert Island Questionnaire5:40
- 13Common Knowledge4:59
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- warm
- wistful
- confessional
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Conor OberstGUITAR VOICE, GUITAR
- Nate WalcottARRANGED BY KEYBOARDS ORGAN
- Andy LemasterBASS DRUMS GUITAR
- Ben BrodinVIBRAPHONE
- Blake MillsGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, VOICE KEYBOARDS
- Cully SymingtonDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Jason BoeselDRUMS
- John KlinghammerCLARINET
- Jonathan WilsonBASS DRUMS GLOCKENSPIEL
- Joshua GrangePEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Leslie FaganFLUTE
- Leslie FlaganFLUTE
- Macey TaylorBASS
- Mike MogisPEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Omar VelascoGUITAR
- Pete MadsenTROMBONE
- Scott VicroySAXOPHONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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