Fevers And Mirrors
by Bright Eyes
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Bright Eyes bestography
Fevers And Mirrors is ranked 5th 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 426 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,896.
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Fevers And Mirrors track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fevers And Mirrors rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 36 Music Albums of 2000 | 35/36 | 0 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2000 | 67/84 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 2000 | 64/91 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 23 Music Albums of 2000 | 21/23 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 110 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 293 | |||
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Fevers And Mirrors ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/17/2026 11:23 |  Tamthebam | 23,403 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 13:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,297 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 09:57 | cicadelic | 14,199 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Fevers And Mirrors forum mentions
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adnielsen 02/07/2019 17:09 | #231509 | TOP COMMENT
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Written at ages 18 and 19, Conor Oberst gives us a big taste of what's to come in his future work. Fevers and Mirrors introduces listeners in Conor Oberst's seemingly miserable beginning to college. The album is highly symbolic (some would argue overly so) with many illusions to time. I'm disappointed that many write this album off as sophomoric or immature in comparison to later works like "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning". This album will suck you into Oberst's sadness spiral and will spit you out feeling a deep appreciation for his ability to communicate his emotions and feelings so strong. You will feel the pain he must have felt when we swallowed a fistful of pills in Chicago years back. "Something Vague" is my favourite Bright Eyes with other standouts being "Haligh" and "The Calendar Hung Itself". This is one of the best records of the 2000's.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/08/2014 19:57 | #111209 | TOP COMMENT
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It was at that instant that something broke inside of him and left his soul fractured forever more.
Indie folk really can be unpleasant. Fevers And Mirrors is difficult but undeniably interesting; the overly-repetitive symbolism and imagery is made up for by Oberst's delivery of raw and wavering vocals. He exploits his talents by focusing in on some near-indigestible anxieties through what is largely genius lyric writing. Good album if you want to be depressed and confused, bad album for parties.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2017 06:36 | #203237 | TOP COMMENT
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The great “ I’m Awake It’s Morning “ would be another 5 years away and it shows. I found this album quite rough production wise and nothing special. Skip this one and jump straight into “ I’m Awake “ .
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