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TopTenREVIEWS presents the reviews for I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

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I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

by Bright Eyes

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Overall Rating: 3.2988 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is ranked overall as 3.2988 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.2369 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning has an avg. critic score of 3.2369 out of 4 stars

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Rank 3 Reviews

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Pitchfork
I'm Wide Awake weaves the personal and the political more fluidly than most singers even care to try, and the consummate tunefulness just strengthens those moments where he pinches a nerve. ...more
cokemachineglow
Easily the most cohesive and consistent album of his career, and one of the first great albums of 2005. ...more
Rolling Stone
Nobody can skewer young love with the gauche emotion, mordant wit or rude detail of Conor Oberst. The Bright Eyes maestro is only twenty-four, but he's broken a career's worth of hearts, strumming his acoustic guitar and chronicling his ...more
Junkmedia
Stripped down and folky... there's no denying Oberst's presence as a major artist who continues to evolve and explore his craft with each release. ...more
PopMatters
The sound of an artist finally catching up with his talent. ...more

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The Guardian
Lyrically, he's never been better. ...more
Playlouder
The quality is high throughout. ...more
Billboard
This is an album overflowing with passion and tension. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)
A culmination of Bright Eyes' decade-long habit of reviving folk-rock conventions and social engagement for a generation raised on the celebratory egomania of rap and reality television. ...more
ShakingThrough.net
[Oberst] displays a mastery of material, a reigning in of indulgences that promises stronger work to come. ...more
Prefix Magazine
Someone famous whose name I honestly can’t remember said progress was a process that involved acknowledging the past before stepping into the future. It’s an obvious point when you think about it; how can someone learn from the mistakes ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes
The theatrical tricks -- and they are tricks -- are more interesting this time around. But by and large, it's more of the same. ...more
Drowned In Sound
Hailing from the same home state as one Conor Oberst, I've been able to watch his career trajectory as he's gone from relatively unknown bedroom songwriter to his current indie superstar status. While I can appreciate it, his very early work has ...more
Almost Cool
Hailing from the same home state as one Conor Oberst, I've been able to watch his career trajectory as he's gone from relatively unknown bedroom songwriter to his current indie superstar status. While I can appreciate it, his very early work ...more

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