Music of Hair
1996 studio album by Andrew Bird
Music of Hair | ||||
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Studio album by Andrew Bird | ||||
Released | 1996[1] | |||
Recorded | August 1996 | |||
Studio | Lakeside Studio | |||
Length | 55:44 | |||
Label | Self-released; re-released on Grimsey Records and Wegawam Music | |||
Producer | Andrew Bird | |||
Andrew Bird chronology | ||||
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Music of Hair is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, released in 1996. The tracks featured were written in Bird's early twenties, and the album was released when he was 23.[2] The album features contributions from musicians Colin Bunn, Dave Dieckmann, Kat Eggleston, Al Ehrich, Kevin O'Donnell; and, James "Jimbo" Mathus, Katharine Whalen and Chris Phillips from Squirrel Nut Zippers.
The title of the album is a reference to Galway Kinnell's poem, "Wait". This poem is also used for the lyrics in the song "Wait," on the album Oh! The Grandeur.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Nuthinduan Waltz" | melody: Traditional; lyrics: Andrew Bird | 4:58 |
2. | "Ambivalence Waltz" | 2:27 | |
3. | "Oh So Insistent" | 3:52 | |
4. | "Rhodéàöh" | 4:41 | |
5. | "Two Sisters" | theme: Traditional; music and lyrics: Andrew Bird | 4:17 |
6. | "St. Francis Reel" | 3:08 | |
7. | "Ratitat/Peter's Wolf/Oblivious Reel" | "Ratitat" - Traditional | 5:17 |
8. | "The Greenhorn/Exile of Erin/Glasgow Reel" | "Exile of Erin" and "Glasgow Reel" - Traditional | 4:15 |
9. | "Pathetique" | text: Heinrich Heine; music: Andrew Bird | 4:07 |
10. | "Song of Foot" | "Feet of Mad Shak Dance" - Kevin O'Donnell | 2:55 |
11. | "Minor Beatrice" | "Danse Juba" passage - Traditional; string quartet passage - Maurice Ravel | 9:58 |
12. | "Oh So Sad" | 5:49 |
Other appearances
- Re-recorded versions of the songs "Nuthinduan Waltz" and "Pathetique" are found on the album Thrills.
References
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Andrew Bird
- Music of Hair (1996)
- Weather Systems (2003)
- Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
- Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
- Noble Beast (2009)
- Break It Yourself (2012)
- Hands of Glory (2012)
- Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… (2014)
- Echolocations: Canyon (2015)
- Are You Serious (2016)
- Echolocations: River (2017)
- My Finest Work Yet (2019)
- Hark! (2020)
- Inside Problems (2022)
- Outside Problems (2023)
- Sunday Morning Put-On (2024)
- Thrills (1998)
- Oh! The Grandeur (1999)
- The Swimming Hour (2001)
- Fingerlings (2002)
- Fingerlings 2 (2004)
- Fingerlings 3 (2006)
- Fingerlings 4 (2010)
- The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002)
- Soldier On (2007)
- Fitz and the Dizzy Spells (2009)
- I Want to See Pulaski at Night (2013)
- These 13 (2021)