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Motion Sickness [Live]

EMAIL PRINTby Bright Eyes

7.0 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 9 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 8 votes
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Album Info

Label: Team Love / Saddle Creek

Release Date: 15 November 2005

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Live

Summary

This 15-song live set from Conor Oberst & co.'s 2005 tour is heavy on material from 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning' and includes covers of Elliott Smith and Feist.

Also By This Artist: Cassadaga Digital Ash In A Digital Urn I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005)

Also On The Web: Bright Eyes @ Saddle Creek

What The Critics Said

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Blender

15 thrilling highlights. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.93]

New Musical Express

This is a rare and wonderful joy: a live album that even non-obsessives should embrace. [12 Nov 2005, p.45\

Uncut

With Oberst's frail and quavering but steel-lined voice high in the mix, it clarifies how exceptional his lyrics are, and what exactly they're about. [Jan 2006, p.104]

Under The Radar

No one can match Oberst for sheer ferocity. [#12, p.94]

Pitchfork

His band is tight, but Oberst sounds a bit tense and weighed down on heavily embellished tracks like "At the Bottom of Everything" and Lua B-side "True Blue".

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Mojo

Motion Sickness won't convert the uninitiated, but offers subtle craftsmanship and deft musicianship. [Feb 2006, p.95]

Paste Magazine

All the pros and cons of Bright Eyes present themselves here. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.110]

Q Magazine

Those familiar with Oberst's method... will find much to admire in the direct ranting on display. [Jan 2006, p.127]

cokemachineglow

Motion Sickness is an unnecessary document that is almost disquieting in its puppet-like manipulation of the facts. It’s a live album masquerading as a bunch of inferior studio cuts.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

eliezer c gave it a1:
io quero receber novas musicas

giulia gave it an8:
i m not very fond of live albums, but i must say i like it a lot, its of course not like the real experience (i ve been to the one in zurich, which was nice, though the digital ash one in ulm was better...), but there are some nice songs, the feist cover is not his best, but funny.

elyse gave it a9:
i love this cd. it includes some great bright eyes songs, live, which makes it that much better. the cover of feist's mushaboom and elliot smith's the biggest lie are amazing, and not available from any other album.

David T gave it a9:
motion sickness captures conor's emotions on stage. if you're a bright eyes fan, pick it up

kayla e gave it a9:
i love him for his genius mind and sentimental feelings expressed in his one-of-a-kind and amazing songs. I love conor for who he is, not what Rolling Stone tells us to like him for. take that bitches. true fans know all his cds and music, not just for the last 2 new releases.

Willy P gave it a4:
Dude can't sing!