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Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
His beginnings as a violinist long behind him, Chicago-born Andrew Bird has been sculpting ever more complex and convincing musical worlds since his first album in 1997. On his fifth release, Bird offers up no answers to the mysteries in the world around us, but does take on the thornier elements with poetic verve. The instrumentation is bracingly inventive, but never for mere shenanigans or showmanship. The songs are each a perfectly formed vignette. And he's a world class whistler; not the loud summoning blast, but the supple and nuanced vibrato-laced melodicism of a master. There is no shortage of utterly riveting songs here. They work their magic on their own believable terms, without a hint of cloying nostalgia or riff-fueled seduction. - David Greenberger
Andrew Bird is a previously unimaginable combination of songwriter, violinist, guitarist, vocalist and whistler. His unfailingly unique and striking music has been dumbfounding us for years. Bird's first studio album in nearly two years, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, is his second on Righteous Babe Records. The album follows Weather Systems, his critically-acclaimed mini-LP, released in spring 2003.
The recording sessions for Mysterious Production saw Bird scrap the album three times and travel between studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and his own home studio on a farm in Northern Illinois. The album took final shape with the production help of David Boucher, whose credits include Paul Westerberg, Lisa Loeb, and Randy Newman. Bird plays most of the instruments on Mysterious Production, and is joined by a handful of special guests complimenting his already lush sonic palette. The results are magnificent, a powerhouse of a record dealing with nothing less than the mysteries of childhood, creativity and modern science - epic in scope and minute in detail.
Equally impressive is Bird's solo live show at which, with the aid of a sampling pedal, the songwriter takes his often dense, orchestrated recordings and rewrites them anew each night, adding hypnotic layers of instruments to his vocals and other-worldly whistling - you have to see it to believe it.
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38 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Masterpiece from beginning to end
Simply unbelievable. You do not need to be an elite fan of indie rock to thoroughly appreciate the genius that is Andrew Bird. I repeat, this goes beyond genres, and can only be defined simply as good music. While all of Andrew Bird's albums are...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
Very good
This is, without question, a very good album. I first heard Bird by listening to Armchair, and had read that this album was better, but I disagree. This album is still very, very good. Definitely worth the purchase.
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
Horrible
A "friend" of mine bought this album for me for my birthday. I will return the favor on her birthday and mail her a stale fruit cake. This is one of the most annoying and irritating albums I've ever heard. The lyrics are laughably bad, but I...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
Finally !
I finally found out the bewitching music to the Resident's Inn commercial..
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
one of my all-time faves
This CD blew my socks off. It is one of my top five of all time, hands down.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 16, 2007 Type: User Review |
Playful and rich
This album really comes alive with repeat listens. Look up "Sovay" and you'll find that it refers to "traditional English folk song about a young woman who dresses as a highwayman in order to test her lover" (Wikipedia). Re-listening to the song...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 02, 2006 Type: User Review |
Such smart music it makes feel lesser.
This album holds such diverse music! It varies from the upbeat sound of "Fake Palindromes" to the slower sound of "Master Fade". I randomly ran across this album at Best Buy and bought it based on the album art. It looked interesting enough and I...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 04, 2006 Type: User Review |
intricate and satisfying
This is an album worth listening to just for the beautiful carefully-orchestrated melodies, and also an album worth just reading for its poetry.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 08, 2006 Type: User Review |
Delights at every turn
It's such a pleasure listening to an album unfold, and to an artist gracefully inventing his own idiom. These songs have an unassuming beauty that makes most pop music (including that of artists I genuinely like) seem cliched or overbearing. The...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 24, 2006 Type: User Review |
Fantastic
My favourite of 2005. Every song is musically complex, layered and interesting - yet so easy on the first listen. The lyrics also appear to be quite simple and whimsical but are actually dense and impenetrable - difficult to fathom without...
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5.00/5 |
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