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Letting Off the Happiness is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

released by Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

n musicians Bright Eyes. The album was released on November 2, 1998. A vinyl re-release of the album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set. Guest musicians include members of Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. The band was noted for its experimental sound, obscure lyrics and eclectic instrumentation....

, Tilly and the Wall

Tilly and the Wall

Tilly and the Wall is an indie pop group from Omaha, Nebraska. Their name originated from a children's book called Tillie and the Wall, written by Leo Lionni...

, and Of Montreal

Of Montreal

Of Montreal is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance with a woman "of Montreal." The band is one of the bands of the Elephant 6 collective...

.

This album is the 23rd release of Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...

Track listing

"If Winter Ends" – 3:25
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production, Keyboards, Sampler
"Padraic My Prince" – 3:48
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production, Atmospheric Noises
- Matt Maginn
  Matt Maginn
  Matt Maginn is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He plays bass guitar in the indie-rock band Cursive and is a frequent contributor on a number of Bright Eyes records...
  
  - Bass.
- Matt Focht
  Matt Focht
  Matt Focht is an American musician originally from Omaha, Nebraska. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the Chicago-based band Head of Femur...
  
  - Drums.
"Contrast and Compare" – 3:57
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Drums, Electric Drums
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production, Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Melodica, Air Organ
- Matt Oberst - Electric Guitar, Solo Electric Guitar, Screams, Noises
- Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jo Jenkins is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska best known for being a singer in the band Tilly and the Wall. She was also a member of the band Park Ave. with Tilly and the Wall bandmate Jamie Pressnall, . Previously, Jenkins sang "Contrast and Compare" and "Pull My Hair" with Bright Eyes on...
  
  - Background Singing
"The City Has Sex" – 2:11
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
  
  - Production, Background Singing, Percussion.
- Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes is an American musician. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of a local businessman. In 1995 he moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University but later dropped out. He joined the band Neutral Milk Hotel in January 1996. The band disbanded in 1998 and Barnes spent time...
  
  - Drums, Percussion.
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Country Guitar, Keyboards.
"The Difference in the Shades" – 4:23
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
  
  - Production, Bass.
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Pedal Steel Guitar
- Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes is an American musician. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of a local businessman. In 1995 he moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University but later dropped out. He joined the band Neutral Milk Hotel in January 1996. The band disbanded in 1998 and Barnes spent time...
  
  - Drums.
- Kevin Barnes
  Kevin Barnes
  Kevin L. Barnes is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the indie rock group Of Montreal, part of the Elephant 6 Collective. Barnes started the band on his own and, although providing several stories as to the origin of the name, is said to have named it after a failed romance...
  
  - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
"Touch" – 3:42
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, 1st Keyboards
- Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
  
  - Production.
- Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes is an American musician. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of a local businessman. In 1995 he moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University but later dropped out. He joined the band Neutral Milk Hotel in January 1996. The band disbanded in 1998 and Barnes spent time...
  
  - Drums, Broken Keyboards
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - 2nd Keyboards.
"June on the West Coast" – 3:34
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production.
"Pull My Hair" – 4:10
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
  
  - Background Singing, Electric Guitar
- Ted Stevens
  Ted Stevens
  Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history...
  
  - Drums.
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production, Electric Drums, Pedal Steel Guitar
- Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jenkins
  Neely Jo Jenkins is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska best known for being a singer in the band Tilly and the Wall. She was also a member of the band Park Ave. with Tilly and the Wall bandmate Jamie Pressnall, . Previously, Jenkins sang "Contrast and Compare" and "Pull My Hair" with Bright Eyes on...
  
  - Background Singing
"Empty Canyon, Empty Canteen" (Japanese bonus track) - 2:47
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
"A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction" – 4:24
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar
- Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster
  Andy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
  
  - Production.
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - Production, Pedal Steel Guitar, Keyboards, Organs
- Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes
  Jeremy Barnes is an American musician. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of a local businessman. In 1995 he moved to Chicago to attend DePaul University but later dropped out. He joined the band Neutral Milk Hotel in January 1996. The band disbanded in 1998 and Barnes spent time...
  
  - Drums, Accordion.
- Kevin Barnes
  Kevin Barnes
  Kevin L. Barnes is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the indie rock group Of Montreal, part of the Elephant 6 Collective. Barnes started the band on his own and, although providing several stories as to the origin of the name, is said to have named it after a failed romance...
  
  - Background Singing
"Tereza and Tomas" – 25:46
- Conor Oberst
  Conor Oberst
  Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer , Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk.-Musical career:Oberst began...
  
  - Singing, Acoustic Guitar, 1st Piano
- Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis
  Mike Mogis is a Nebraskan producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios ....
  
  - 2nd Piano, Chimes, Some Other Stuff
- Matt Focht
  Matt Focht
  Matt Focht is an American musician originally from Omaha, Nebraska. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the Chicago-based band Head of Femur...
  
  - Buckets, Percussion.
- Aaron Druery - Ebow Bass
- Robb Nansel
  Robb Nansel
  Robb Nansel is an Omaha musician and co-founder of Saddle Creek Records . He is also credited as a member of Commander Venus and Bright Eyes.-Album Appearances:*Bright Eyes - Letting off the Happiness...
  
  - Finger Cymbals.
- Eric Medley - Mastering

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