Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... Album

Tracklist

1	My Sister's Tiny Hands	3:44
2	Giant Of Illinois	3:31
3	Tin Foiled	3:26
4	Drunk By Noon	3:02
5	So Much Wine, Merry Christmas	3:31
6	Far From Any Road (Be My Hand)	4:47
7	The Sad Milkman	3:29
8	Don't Be Scared	3:21
9	Frogs Singing	2:44
10	Cathedral In The Dell	3:59

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Andrew Bird	Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... ‎(10xFile, AAC, Album, 256)	Wegawam Music Co.	none	2014
wegawam 001	Andrew Bird	Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... ‎(LP, Album)	Wegawam Music	wegawam 001	US	2014

Barcodes

• Barcode: 6 34727 00472 2
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LZ73
• Mould SID Code: IFPI ALK11

Companies

• Copyright (c) – Wegawam Music Co.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wegawam Music Co.

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Album

Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of. is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's eighth solo studio album. It was released on June 3, 2014 through Wegawam Music Co. The album is a collection of covers of The Handsome Family, an American band Bird knows personally and professionally, having toured and collaborated. Previous covers of their songs include an earlier version of Don't Be Scared, on Weather Systems, Giant of Illinois off the compilation album Dark Was the Night, When the Helicopter. Includes unlimited streaming of Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of. via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ships out within 4 days. Purchasable with gift card. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and folk music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. Tin Foiled Andrew BirdBrett SparksRennie Sparks 03. Giant of Illinois Brett SparksRennie Sparks 04. A Room for. Things Are Great Here, Sort Of. marks yet another era of Bird's prolific and ever-evolving career. For one, it's an album of songs by long-tenured Chicago duo the Handsome Family, making this the first of his releases not to contain a single Andrew Bird song. Additionally, it marks a dedicated return to the live, single-mike recording technique he championed on his first two albums with the Bowl of Fire in the late '90s. Альбом 2014 Песен: 10. The beautifully crafted lyrics of Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of are slowly offset by the melancholy implied in the title, at times through the stirring yet mournful violin-caressing and whistling Bird. Read full review. Birds simultaneous engagement with the words and distance from the material free his delivery to keep the album feeling lighter than Ive implied. Andrew Bird. There was a problem playing this in album Andrew Bird - Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of. Andrew Bird - Cathedral In The Dell. Andrew Bird - Tin Foiled. Andrew Bird - Giant Of Illinois. Andrew Bird - So Much Wine, Merry Christmas. A covers album that's actually pretty good. I'd expect nothing less from a musician of Andrew Bird's caliber. Completely focused on the music of the great alternative country band The Handsome Family Bird doesn't do them a disservice. We can cry about it all day on whether some songs are better or worse than the original, but the music presented here is one that is deeply rooted in admiration for the band that penned the music originally, and Bird isn't afraid to throw his own spin on it and. read more. 8mo. An ocasionally beautiful and raw Handsome Family. Released 2014. Show all albums by Andrew Bird