Bright Size Life is the debut album by Pat Metheny, recorded in December 1975 and released on ECM March the following year.

[1] The songs for Bright Size Life were written when Metheny was living in Boston and teaching at the Berklee School of Music.

[2] Metheny has described the album as being "moderately successful" when it was released, selling around 900 copies, but that it wasn't until 10–15 years later that it received wider recognition.

[3] In 2005, the first track was included on the Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar compilation on Columbia Records.

[10] In 2020, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.