The Swimming Hour
Andrew Bird
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Two Way Action | Andrew Bird | 4:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Core and Rind | Andrew Bird | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Why | Andrew Bird | 3:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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11:11 | Andrew Bird | 3:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Case In Point | Andrew Bird | 4:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Too Long | Andrew Bird | 2:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Way Out West | Andrew Bird | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Waiting to Talk | Andrew Bird | 4:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fatal Flower Garden | Andrew Bird | 4:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Satisfied | Andrew Bird | 3:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Headsoak | Andrew Bird | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How Indiscreet | Andrew Bird | 4:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dear Old Greenland | Andrew Bird | 3:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Songs |
Album Review
Listening to Swimming Hour is like taking a walking tour through 20th century musical history. Andrew Bird, a major contributor to nouveau-swing band the Squirrel Nut Zippers, mixes numerous styles and genres such as classical, Latin, and gypsy music, among others. The song "Why" feels like a jazz song from a 1950s film noir soundtrack, and "Satisfied" blends gospel with straight-ahead rock & roll. Also impressive is Bird's cover versions of the Mississippi Sheiks' "Too Long" and Nelstone's Hawaiians' "Fatal Flower Garden," a reworked rendition of an old Irish ballad. The vast array of musical styles are united by Bird's haunting vocals as well as lyrics that are both thoughtful and whimsical. While Swimming Hour is clearly an album obsessed with musical history, Bird manages to mix in enough of his own unique style to prevent the album from feeling like a musty old museum piece.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant!!
Oh Andrew Bird is amazing alright! I thought I loved him when I heard mysterious production of eggs but then I discovered his other stuff. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire is rather different from his solo albums but equally unique, beautiful, and fun to listen to. I got this CD a few days ago and haven't been able to stop listening to it since. Case in Point is one of my new favorite songs of all time and I also quite enjoy Two Way Action, Why, Fatal Flower Garden... oh never mind I love all of them. Do give this a listen, it's different (not my usual sort of music) but it pulls you in and entrances you with all of it's splendiferous melodies.
a new experience
andrew bird's solo stuff isn't really too much like this, but that's not to say i don't like it, infact the opposite. most of the songs on this album are extremely listenable and catchy, and just because a song is simple doesn't condem it to mediocraty. i'm glad that in this album he branched out more, straying away from the swing music shown on the other two albums. songs like how indescrete and two way action are unlike most andrew bird songs, and i love them.
el genio.
Seriously, the fact that this album has 3.5 stars collectively just makes me want to hit the clown who rated it a mere ONE STAR! over the head. Disliking a genre does not mean that albums in that particular genre are not well done... and besides, this album is so diverse you couldn't really even stick it into any set genre. It an incredible, eclectic mix of purely artistic enjoyment! Please, if you are any fan of Andrew Bird, not to mention his Bowl of Fire, give it a go. I would consider this cd a merging of his newer work with that of the older BOF offerings... perhaps a transition of sorts. Brilliant! I'm tell you, brilliant!
Biography
Born: July 11, 1973 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Andrew Bird
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Oh No | Noble Beast | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tenuousness | Noble Beast | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fitz and the Dizzyspells | Noble Beast | 3:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Imitosis | Armchair Apocrypha | 4:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Oh Sister | Soldier On | 4:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Anonanimal | Noble Beast | 4:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Water Jet Cilice | Soldier On | 3:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Eyeoneye | Break It Yourself | 4:06 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm | Soldier On | 5:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Giant of Illinois | Dark Was the Night | 4:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: Apr 03, 2001
- ℗ 2001 Rykodisc, manufactured & marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
