Bright Ideas

Not to be confused with Bright Idea.

Bright Ideas
Studio album by Portastatic
Released	August 23, 2005
Studio	Tiny Telephone, San Francisco
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Merge
Producer	Mac McCaughan
Portastatic chronology
Summer of the Shark (2003) Bright Ideas (2005) Be Still Please (2006)

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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.

Track listing

1. "Bright Ideas"
2. "Through With People"
3. "White Wave"
4. "I Wanna Know Girls"
5. "Little Fern"
6. "Truckstop Cassettes"
7. "The Soft Rewind"
8. "Registered Ghost"
9. "Center of the World"
10. "Full of Stars"