Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs Andrew Bird , and his second album following the disbandment of Bowl of Fire . It was released on February 8, 2005, through Righteous Babe Records . The album art, along with track illustrations in the accompanying booklet were drawn by Jay Ryan . Bird expanded on his earlier work on Weather Systems ; the song "Skin Is, My" is an outgrowth of his earlier song "Skin".
"Fake Palindromes" was listed as the 331st best song of the 2000s by the music website Pitchfork [ 11] Pitchfork also placed the album at number 181 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[ 12]
The album has sold 80,000 copies in the United States by November 2008.[ 13]
The album was rereleased in February 2017.[ 14] [ 15]
Title 1. "Intro" 1:05 2. "Sovay" 4:41 3. "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" 4:59 4. "Fake Palindromes" 2:52 5. "Measuring Cups" 2:51 6. "Banking on a Myth" 4:28 7. "Masterfade" 4:10 8. "Opposite Day" 4:31 9. "Skin Is, My" 3:36 10. "The Naming of Things" 4:57 11. "MX Missiles" 4:21 12. "Opposite Day Reprise" 1:08 13. "Tables and Chairs" 4:44 14. "The Happy Birthday Song" 5:03
Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, glockenspiel, whistles
David Boucher – production
Kevin O'Donnell – drums, percussion, beats
Nora O'Connor – backing vocalsDavid Boucher, Dan Dietrich, Mark Greenberg, Mike Napolitano, Mark Nevers – engineering
David Boucher – mixing
Jim DeMain – mastering
Jason Harvey – layout design
Jay Ryan – artwork, drawing
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