An Attempt To Tip The Scales (track)
by Bright Eyes
Year: 2000
From the album Fevers And Mirrors (track #11)
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An Attempt To Tip The Scales appears on the following album(s) by Bright Eyes:
- Fevers And Mirrors (track #11) (this album) (2000)
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| ! | 06/22/2026 13:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,855 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 10:31 |  doombringer | 14,960 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2024 15:47 | davidleewrong | 988 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2024 11:54 |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 21% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 18.2.
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Great song, but the talking skit ruins it.
A two minute song followed by a six minute scripted radio interview, Oberst almost crosses the line to pretentiousness (okay he does cross it, quite a lot actually). Nevertheless, this is him at his best; a disturbingly vivid self-examination that leaves us, like the interviewer, confused, overwhelmed and questioning absolutely everything. The interview underlines the complexity of his mind and the pointlessness of trying to understand him. I like to think that Oberst sees us (his fans) like the interviewer; adoring his work despite having absolutely no idea what he's going on about.
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