Better Oblivion Community Center (album)

Better Oblivion Community Center
Studio album by Better Oblivion Community Center
Released	January 24, 2019
Recorded	2018
Studio	Fivestar (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Folk rock soft rock
Length	37:18
Label	Dead Oceans
Producer	Phoebe Bridgers Conor Oberst Andy LeMaster
Conor Oberst chronology
Salutations (2017) Better Oblivion Community Center (2019)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Didn't Know What I Was in For"	Phoebe Bridgers Conor Oberst	4:03
2.	"Sleepwalkin'"	Bridgers Oberst	3:12
3.	"Dylan Thomas"	Bridgers Oberst	3:36
4.	"Service Road"	Bridgers Oberst	3:44
5.	"Exception to the Rule"	Bridgers Oberst	2:51
6.	"Chesapeake"	Bridgers Oberst Christian Lee Hutson	4:04
7.	"My City"	Bridgers Oberst	4:04
8.	"Forest Lawn"	Bridgers Oberst Hutson	3:46
9.	"Big Black Heart"	Bridgers Oberst Adam McIlwee Ben Walsh	3:26
10.	"Dominos"	Taylor Hollingsworth	4:32
Total length:			37:18

Personnel

• Phoebe Bridgers – vocals (1–10), guitar (1–4, 6–8), electric piano (2), baritone guitar (9, 10); production, photography
• Conor Oberst – vocals (1–10), guitar (1, 2, 4, 7–9), baritone guitar (3), piano (4, 10), keyboards (5), Whirly tube (7); production, photography
• Christian Lee Hutson – EBow (1), tambourine (3), guitar (6, 8), pocket piano (6)
• Carla Azar – drums (1, 3, 5, 10), percussion (1,10)
• Andy LeMaster – bass guitar (1), synthesizer (1, 5, 6), programming (5), pocket piano (5), Mellotron (5), samples (10); production, engineering
• Griffin Goldsmith – drums (2, 4, 7, 8, 9), percussion (2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Wylie Gelber – bass guitar (2, 4, 7, 8, 9)
• Nick White – keyboard (2)
• Nick Zinner – guitar (3, 10)
• Anna Butterss – bass guitar (3, 5), upright bass (10)
• John Congleton – synthesizer (3); mixing
• Nathaniel Walcott – synthesizer (6)
• Marshall Vore – percussion (9)
• Taylor Hollingsworth – sampled voice (10)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Nik Freitas – photography
• Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23]	117
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24]	35
UK Albums (OCC) [25]	76
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [26]	2
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [27]	4
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [28]	23
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [29]	18
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [30]	7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [31]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [32]	4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [33]	41
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [34]	5
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [35]	3

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