Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

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Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
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Studio album by
Bright Eyes
ReleasedAugust 13, 2002
RecordedDecember 2001 – January 2002
StudioPresto!, Lincoln, Nebraska
Genre
Length73:08
Label Saddle Creek (US)
LBJ-46
Producer Mike Mogis
Bright Eyes chronology
There Is No Beginning to the Story
(2002)		Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
(2002)		 A Christmas Album
(2002)
Singles from Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
No.TitleLength
1."The Big Picture"8:42
2."Method Acting"3:42
3."False Advertising"5:52
4."You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will."3:25
5."Lover I Don't Have to Love"4:00
6."Bowl of Oranges"4:48
7."Don't Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come"6:31
8."Nothing Gets Crossed Out"4:34
9."Make War"6:16
10."Waste of Paint"6:29
11."From a Balance Beam"3:40
12."Laura Laurent"4:56
13."Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)"10:07
Total length:73:08
Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A Companion
No.TitleLength
1."The Big Picture" (Companion version) 
2."You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." (Companion version)3:51
3."Laura Laurent" (Companion version) 
4."Nothing Gets Crossed Out" (Companion version) 
5."November" 
6."Waste of Paint" (Companion version) 

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 131
US Billboard 200 [19] 161
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [20] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] 11

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