Motion Sickness

Very enjoyable live recording

thank you

One of Conor Oberst's best albums. The songs are great but even better live. Wish I'd been there to see the gigs. True Blue is great.

Having released two albums at the same time earlier this year, Bright Eyes returns with some live recordings of his sold out tour which consisted of 150 shows! The tour, as it states in the sleeve notes, was to promote the more folk inspired of the two albums released earlier this year, "Im wide awake its Morning" so therefore its no surprise that most of the best songs from that album appear on "Motion Sickness" in their live form. All the songs are performed very ably and Conor Oberst's voice still retains the endearing hesitance in the live arena that it does on record. Renditions of songs such as "Train Under Water", "We are nowhere and its now" and older songs such as "method acting" are all brilliant but one cant help but be dissappointed by the omission of such great songs such as "The First Day of my Life". Another slight detraction is that because Emmylou Harris is so brilliant in complementing Oberst's voice on "im wide awake, its morning", one wishes that she was there at the live shows to add her magic. However, overall this is a very good live album and well worth getting whether you are already equainted with the genuis that is Conor Oberst, or even if you are just curious to see what all the fuss is about. Either way, you wont be dissappointed.