Bright Flight

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Bright Flight
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Studio album by
Silver Jews
ReleasedNovember 20, 2001
RecordedHum Depot, Berry Hill, TN
GenreIndie rock
Length35:18
LabelDrag City[1]
Domino Recording Company[2]
ProducerMark Nevers[3]
Silver Jews chronology
American Water
(1998) 		Bright Flight
(2001) 		Tanglewood Numbers
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[4]
Drowned in Sound6/10[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[7]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 stars[8]
Stylus MagazineB[3]

Bright Flight is the fourth studio album by indie-rock group Silver Jews, released in 2001.[5][9]

"Tennessee" was chosen as the title track for an EP that also included "Long Long Gone", "I'm Gonna Love The Hell Out of You", and "Turn Your Guns Around".

Critical reception[]

The Guardian wrote: "Fusing gorgeous, tear-sodden country melodies with lyrics that inspire love and anxiety in equal measure, Bright Flight poetically captures a drunken night spent contemplating suicide while staring at the Nashville skyline."[10] The Stranger wrote that "the stories told and the places visited are rich with radiant imagery--not always happy, but encouraging in their pure, honest existence."[11] Trouser Press wrote that the album "is not, on the whole, as agreeably encompassing as American Water, it is the work of an artist increasingly able to get to the emotional heart of a song without relying on the crutches of irony and overt cleverness."[12]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by David Berman, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Education" 3:07
2."Room Games and Diamond Rain" 4:34
3."Time Will Break the World" 3:17
4."I Remember Me" 5:32
5."Horseleg Swastikas" 3:20
6."Transylvania Blues" 3:03
7."Let's Not and Say We Did" 2:59
8."Tennessee" 4:10
9."Friday Night Fever"
2:44
10."Death of an Heir of Sorrows" 2:35
Total length:35:18

References[]

  1. ^ "Silver Jews - Bright Flight | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.
  2. ^ "Silver Jews - Bright Flight (CD) | Domino Mart". Domino Recording Company.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Silver Jews - Bright Flight - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  4. ^ "Bright Flight - Silver Jews | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. pp. 456–457.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ "Album Review: Silver Jews - Bright Flight". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  7. ^ "Silver Jews: Bright Flight". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 735.
  9. ^ "Silver Jews". www.furious.com.
  10. ^ Aizlewood, Reviews by John; Mulholland, Garry; Simpson, Dave; Sullivan, Caroline; Lynskey, Dorian; Clarke, Betty; Wyse, Pascal (February 22, 2002). "Mississippi belter" – via www.theguardian.com.
  11. ^ Wilson, Kathleen. "The Gift of Travel". The Stranger.
  12. ^ "Silver Jews". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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