Upside Down Mountain is the sixth solo studio album by American musician Conor Oberst, released on May 19, 2014, through Nonesuch Records.
Oberst continued recording in his native Omaha, Nebraska with Andy LeMaster at ARC Studios in late 2013.
[5] The cover art is a painting by Oberst's friend Ian Felice entitled The Creation of the Bulls.
"[9] At The New York Times, Jon Pareles gave a positive review of the album, stating that Oberst's "new songs are focused and aphoristic, earnestly reflecting on life without getting too precious.
"[10] In addition, Pareles writes that Oberst's "empathy, his unassumingly natural melodies, the quavery sincerity in his voice, the plain-spoken but telling lyrics that he’s now careful to deliver clearly.
"[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album four out of five stars, calling it "a conscious step toward maturation, both in its studio sculpture - Oberst has never spent so much time laboring over arrangements as he does here - and compositional construction.