''Saddle Creek 50'' is a compilation by
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 Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his ...
in honor of being the label's 50th album release. It was released in 2003 and features one album track and one non-album track by each of the bands then recording for the label.
Track listing
CD version
Disc 1
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The Faint
The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes (band), Brig ...
– "Worked Up So Sexual" from
Blank-Wave Arcade
''Blank-Wave Arcade'' is the second studio album by the new wave band The Faint. It was released on November 2, 1999.
This album is the 28th release of Saddle Creek Records.
Track listing
# "Sex Is Personal" – 3:37
# "Call Call" – 2:26
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The Faint
The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes (band), Brig ...
– "Take Me to the Hospital"
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Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead was an indie rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Andy LeMaster and based in Athens, Georgia. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 1990s, quickly rose from ...
– "Wonderful Scar" from their
self-titled
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Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead was an indie rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Andy LeMaster and based in Athens, Georgia. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 1990s, quickly rose from ...
– "Dark Cycle"
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Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley ( ) is an American indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1998, the band consists of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel.
The group released their debut album '' Take-Offs and Landing ...
– "With Arms Outstretched" from
The Execution of all Things
''The Execution of All Things'' is the second studio album released by Los Angeles-based indie pop band Rilo Kiley in 2002. The album was released by Saddle Creek Records in Omaha, Nebraska, and the aforementioned features show the influence of ...
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Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley ( ) is an American indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1998, the band consists of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel.
The group released their debut album '' Take-Offs and Landing ...
– "Jenny, You’re Barely Alive"
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Cursive
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– "The Martyr" from
Cursive's Domestica
''Domestica'' (also styled as ''Cursive's Domestica'') is the third studio album by the American indie rock band Cursive, released on June 20, 2000. This album was the 31st release by Saddle Creek Records, released on CD as well as both red and ...
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Cursive
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– "Nonsense"
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Son, Ambulance
Son, Ambulance is an American band based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Biography
Singer/songwriter Joe Knapp recorded on albums of other bands, such as '' Fevers and Mirrors'' by Bright Eyes, before releasing Son, Ambulance's debut album—a split with ...
– "A Book Laid on Its Binding" from
Euphemystic
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Son, Ambulance
Son, Ambulance is an American band based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Biography
Singer/songwriter Joe Knapp recorded on albums of other bands, such as '' Fevers and Mirrors'' by Bright Eyes, before releasing Son, Ambulance's debut album—a split with ...
– "The Moral of Rosa, Parolee"
Enhanced CD content: All 45 of Saddle Creek's online weekly movies from 2002.
Disc 2
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Desaparecidos
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– "Man and Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)" from
Read Music/Speak Spanish
''Read Music/Speak Spanish'' is the first studio album by American punk band Desaparecidos. Released in February 2002, the record is the forty-second release of Saddle Creek Records. Reviews were mostly positive upon release.
About
''Read Mu ...
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Desaparecidos
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– "Popn' Off at the F"
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The Good Life – "I am an Island" from
Black Out
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The Good Life – "Aftercrash"
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Azure Ray
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Formed in Athens, Georgia, in 2001, they later moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and became part of the Saddle Creek Records music scene, which also includ ...
– "November" from the
November EP
''November EP'' is an EP by Azure Ray. It was released January 22, 2002, on Saddle Creek Records.
Track listing
# "November"
# "For the Sake of the Song" (Townes Van Zandt
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Azure Ray
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– "Beautiful Things Can Come From the Dark"
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Sorry About Dresden
Sorry About Dresden was an indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band formed in 1997 and was signed to Saddle Creek Records. Sorry About Dresden has released three full-length albums, an EP, and has appeared on several compilatio ...
– "Sick and Soar" from
Let It Rest
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Sorry About Dresden
Sorry About Dresden was an indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band formed in 1997 and was signed to Saddle Creek Records. Sorry About Dresden has released three full-length albums, an EP, and has appeared on several compilatio ...
– "People Have Parties"
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Mayday
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– "Captain" from
Old Blood
''Old Blood'' is an album by Mayday, released May 14, 2002. The album was recorded in May and November 2001 at Presto! Recording Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mayday features the vocals and compositions of Lullaby for the Working Class frontman ...
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Mayday
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– "Pond Love"
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Bright Eyes – "Something Vague" from
Fevers and Mirrors
''Fevers and Mirrors'' is the third studio album by American indie band Bright Eyes, recorded in 1999 and released on May 29, 2000. It was the 32nd release of the Omaha, Nebraska-based record label Saddle Creek Records. The album was released la ...
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Bright Eyes – "One Foot In Front of the Other"
LP version
*Note: Vinyl version only has the 11 new songs – it does not contain the 11 previously released tracks.
Side 1
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The Faint
The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Graham Ulicny, Dapose and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes (band), Brig ...
– "Take Me to the Hospital"
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Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead was an indie rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Andy LeMaster and based in Athens, Georgia. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 1990s, quickly rose from ...
– "Dark Cycle"
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Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley ( ) is an American indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1998, the band consists of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder, and Jason Boesel.
The group released their debut album '' Take-Offs and Landing ...
– "Jenny, You’re Barely Alive"
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Cursive
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– "Nonsense"
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Son, Ambulance
Son, Ambulance is an American band based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Biography
Singer/songwriter Joe Knapp recorded on albums of other bands, such as '' Fevers and Mirrors'' by Bright Eyes, before releasing Son, Ambulance's debut album—a split with ...
– "The Moral of Rosa, Parolee"
Side 2
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Desaparecidos
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a State (polity), state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the i ...
– "Popn' Off at the F"
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The Good Life – "Aftercrash"
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Azure Ray
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Formed in Athens, Georgia, in 2001, they later moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and became part of the Saddle Creek Records music scene, which also includ ...
– "Beautiful Things Can Come From the Dark"
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Sorry About Dresden
Sorry About Dresden was an indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band formed in 1997 and was signed to Saddle Creek Records. Sorry About Dresden has released three full-length albums, an EP, and has appeared on several compilatio ...
– "People Have Parties"
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Mayday
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It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organiz ...
– "Pond Love"
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Bright Eyes – "One Foot In Front of the Other"
See also
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References
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