Albums Of The Year 2005 No5 - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

Outstanding singer-songwritery from Connor. This is only marginally better than the also excellent Digital ash in a digital urn. This is possibly the best alt-country album ever! full of classic ballads and upbeat numbers. It has a timeless quality Like the White stripes new album. Emmylou Harris does backing vocals on some songs like what she did for another great singer-songwriter back in the day. Highlights include ‘We are nowhere and its now’, ‘Landlocked blues’, ‘Another travellin’ song’ and ‘Lua’.