Bright Ideas
| Bright Ideas | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 23, 2005 | |||
| Studio | Tiny Telephone, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Mac McCaughan | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Alternative Press | |
| Now | |
| Paste | |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |
| Under the Radar | 6/10 |
Bright Ideas is the fifth studio album by the American indie rock band Portastatic. It was released on Merge Records on August 23, 2005
The album was the first Portastatic album that was completely recorded in a modern studio. Previous albums were either partially or completely recorded on a Portastudio 4-track recorder. The album was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, California and engineered by Tim Mooney.