Oh! The Grandeur is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his second with the band Bowl of Fire. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming Tim Robbins film, Cradle Will Rock (though the song did not appear in the film). Another track of note on this album is "Tea & Thorazine," which was inspired by Bird's autistic brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelheim, an early autism researcher.
| Oh! The Grandeur | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, swing music | |||
| Length | 54:39 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc | |||
| Producer | Andrew Bird, Mike Napolitano | |||
| Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Andrew Bird, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Candy Shop" | 3:42 | |
| 2. | "Tea & Thorazine" | 4:16 | |
| 3. | "Wishing for Contentment" | 3:11 | |
| 4. | "Wait" | Lyrics adapted from the poem Wait by Galway Kinnell | 4:47 |
| 5. | "The Idiot's Genius" | 2:33 | |
| 6. | "Vidalia" | 2:50 | |
| 7. | "Beware" | 4:21 | |
| 8. | "Dora Goes to Town" | 3:03 | |
| 9. | "Feetlips" | 3:05 | |
| 10. | "And So..." | 1:24 | |
| 11. | "Coney Island Shuffle" | 5:00 | |
| 12. | "Respiration" | 2:10 | |
| 13. | "(What's Your) Angle?" | 3:28 | |
| 14. | "The Confession" | 5:04 | |
| 15. | "Beware (Reprise)" (+ Bonus track: "A Drinking Song In the Grande Style") | 5:45 |
Other appearances
edit- A live version of "Tea & Thorazine" appears on Fingerlings 2 as "T'n't".
- "The Confession" was later reworked into the song "The Privateers" on the album Noble Beast.
References
edit- ^ Phares, Heather. Oh! The Grandeur at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
edit- Album information page on artist's official web site (select cover)