Black Out is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Omaha indie rock band The Good Life

The Good Life (band)

The Good Life is an indie rock band on Saddle Creek records.Started as a solo project of Cursive's frontman Tim Kasher, The Good Life quickly grew to become its own established group. The original intent of The Good Life was to provide Tim Kasher with a vehicle to perform songs that did not fit...

. It was released on March 4, 2002 by Saddle Creek Records

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 Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...

. It contains 14 songs, running approximately 50:08.

Many of the songs deal with the aftermath of the bitter divorce that Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records. Prior to those bands, Kasher was in a band called Slowdown Virginia...

 experienced. Much of his divorce is also documented on the 2000 Cursive

Cursive (band)

Cursive is an American indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records.-History:The band was formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Steve Pedersen , and drummer Clint Schnase. In 1997, they released Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes. After a couple years of touring, the band...

 album Domestica.

The album Black Out was referred to in the song "Nothing Gets Crossed Out", on Bright Eyes's 2002 album Lifted

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

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth album by Bright Eyes. This album is the 46th release of Saddle Creek Records...

: Yeah, Tim, I heard your album and it's better than good./When we get off tour I think we should hang and Black Out together...

This album is the 43rd release of Saddle Creek Records

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 Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...

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Track listing

1. "Black Out" – 1:35
2. "Beaten Path" – 3:00
3. "Some Bullshit Escape" – 4:23
4. "O'Rourke's, – 1:20 A.M." – 5:22
5. "Early Out the Gate" – 4:10
6. "New Denial" – 2:57
7. "Black Out" – 1:12
8. "I Am an Island" – 2:29
9. "Drinking with the Girls" – 5:02
10. "After O'Rourke's, – 2:10 A.M." – 2:53
11. "Empty Bed" – 4:31
12. "Don't Make Love So Hard" – 6:26
13. "Off the Beaten Path" – 4:57
14. "Black Out" – 1:11