Fevers And Mirrors
by Bright Eyes
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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 417 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,989.
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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).
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| ! | 06/22/2026 13:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,276 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 09:57 | cicadelic | 13,449 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 01:30 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 20:01 | TastyandTemptin | 3,175 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 10:38 |  doombringer | 2,312 | 75/100 |
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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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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.
Brad1770 12/16/2017 06:36 | #203237
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 “ .
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.
meccalecca 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.
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