The album begins with a recording of a little boy reading Mitchell Is Moving, a book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" includes what is ostensibly an interview with the band's frontman, Conor Oberst. However, Oberst has admitted that the interview was something of a joke, intended to poke fun at the dark tone of the album. Conor's voice is impersonated in the interview by Todd Fink of The Faint and Commander Venus. The man interviewing is Matt Silcock, a former member of Lullaby for the Working Class.[6]
The album was reissued alongside a six-track companion EP by Dead Oceans on May 27, 2022.
The music online magazinePitchfork placed Fevers and Mirrors at number 170 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s,[11] despite a low initial score of 5.4/10. In 2012, Pitchfork's Ian Cohen gave the reissued version of the album a 9.0 out of 10.[9]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace"
6:28
2.
"A Scale, a Mirror and Those Indifferent Clocks"
2:44
3.
"The Calendar Hung Itself..."
3:55
4.
"Something Vague"
3:33
5.
"The Movement of a Hand"
4:02
6.
"Arienette"
3:45
7.
"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass"
2:40
8.
"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh"
4:43
9.
"The Center of the World"
4:43
10.
"Sunrise, Sunset"
4:32
11.
"An Attempt to Tip the Scales"
8:29
12.
"A Song to Pass the Time"
5:30
Total length:
55:10
Japanese edition track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace"
6:28
2.
"A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks"
2:44
3.
"The Calendar Hung Itself..."
3:55
4.
"Something Vague"
3:33
5.
"The Joy in Discovery"
1:06
6.
"The Movement of a Hand"
4:02
7.
"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass"
2:40
8.
"Arienette"
3:45
9.
"Jetsabel Removes the Undesirables"
6:09
10.
"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh"
4:43
11.
"The Center of the World"
4:43
12.
"Sunrise, Sunset"
4:32
13.
"An Attempt to Tip the Scales"
8:29
14.
"A Song to Pass the Time"
5:30
Total length:
62:51
Vinyl box set track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"A Spindle, a Darkness, a Fever, and a Necklace"
6:28
2.
"A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks"
2:44
3.
"The Calendar Hung Itself..."
3:55
4.
"Something Vague"
3:33
5.
"The Joy in Discovery"
1:06
6.
"The Movement of a Hand"
4:02
7.
"Arienette"
3:45
8.
"When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass"
2:40
9.
"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh"
4:43
10.
"The Center of the World"
4:43
11.
"Jetsabel Removes the Undesirables"
6:09
12.
"Sunrise, Sunset"
4:32
13.
"An Attempt to Tip the Scales"
8:29
14.
"A Song to Pass the Time"
5:30
Total length:
62:51
Fevers and Mirrors: A companion
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh" (companion version) (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)
4:38
2.
"A Scale, a Mirror, and Those Indifferent Clocks" (companion version) (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)
