2005 studio album by Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs is the third solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter 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".
Reception
"Fake Palindromes" was listed as the 331st best song of the 2000s by the music website Pitchfork . Pitchfork also placed the album at number 181 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
The album has sold 80,000 copies in the United States by November 2008.
The album was rereleased in February 2017.
Track listing
No. Title Length 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
Other appearances
Personnel
Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, glockenspiel, whistles
David Boucher – production
Kevin O'Donnell – drums, percussion, beats
Nora O'Connor – backing vocals
David 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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