Cassadaga
by Bright Eyes
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Cassadaga is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Bright Eyes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bright Eyes is I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning which is ranked number 423 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,975.
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Cassadaga track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 03:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,389 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 14:23 | brokenpop | 155 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 01:27 | Devilwoac | 1,403 | 97/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 00:09 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 16:35 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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buzzdainer 06/21/2016 14:45 | #169352 | TOP COMMENT
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In a career marked--and sometimes marred--by extravagant experimentation and wild inconsistency, this indie folk album stands out for its relative artistic coherence. Here the focus is on songwriting and storytelling, and the result is a fantastic collection of songs, perhaps best exemplified by the wistful but not exactly nostalgic "Classic Cars," part homage to Hank Williams and part two-ships-in-the-night romance tale.
Themed after a psychic community in Florida, Cassadaga marks a turn in Conor Oberst's career to a more uplifting / slightly less introspective side. However this album does not sacrifice its lyrical genius in the process. All of the instrumental arrangements throughout this album are a tad more lush than on previous efforts, which ends in a result proving how artists can change their sound and moods while still being geniuine to themselves as musicians. Side note: This was the first vinyl record I bought, and my bank account has never been the same.
ShaneSpear 11/08/2013 23:34 | #91305 | TOP COMMENT
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Middleman is such a classic song with a great intro.
paladisiac 12/14/2011 15:29 | #32936 | TOP COMMENT
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"Cassadaga" follows the feel of "i'm wide awake it's morning" but loses some luster in over-production and the overburden of heavy lyrical wordplay trying to be too smart for his own good. Just spin a good yarn Conor, that's all we really want!
Four Winds was the first song I heard by Bright Eyes. Still the only song I have listened to from this album. The track is well worth a listen but I don't know about the album. Should really give it a listen, you know?
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