Useless Creatures
Andrew Bird
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Master Sigh | Andrew Bird | 2:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You Woke Me Up! | Andrew Bird | 7:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nyatiti | Andrew Bird | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Barn Tapes | Andrew Bird | 10:12 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Carrion Suite | Andrew Bird | 9:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Spinney | Andrew Bird | 0:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dissent | Andrew Bird | 3:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hot Math | Andrew Bird | 7:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sigh Master | Andrew Bird | 5:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Songs |
iTunes Review
Initially released as the bonus disc of 2009’s Noble Beast, Useless Creatures is a nine-song instrumental collection from Andrew Bird that shows what an excellent whistler he has become. His main instrument is violin and it’s that rich instrument that comes creaking out of the various modes. “Master Sigh” is an elemental beginning, sparse but with promise of wilder passages. Sure enough, Bird whistles in the wind as the sound of worry hits the air. “You Woke Me Up!” builds the tension for more than seven minutes, whereas the classical-meets-cartoon music vibe leads to the backyard shuffle of “Nyatiti,” and the whistler shows his most carefree side. “The Barn Tapes” plows through the land of Brian Eno. “Carrion Suite” carries a sense of mourning through more than nine minutes. “Spinney” is the pony race that sprints for 45 seconds before hitting the creaking floorboards in the attic for “Dissent.” “Hot Math” strikes up the band for Afro-pop, while “Sigh Master” inverts the beginning passage to end this journey.
Customer Reviews
Perfect Homework Album
Or the most delightful album for driving, walking, thinking, getting ready, whistle-along-to, or for having a little dance in your room because Andrew Bird is so wonderful. It's all so transformative - You feel his spirit light up yours here!!
Hot Math!!
Hot jazz sounds like watered down raga jazz mixed with mbira-like repetitive sounds in the background. The song is truly unique and rich enough to lose myself in. Bird is a musical polyglot and tends to make up his own language in his expression, I wonder what it was like to get lessons from him when he was still teaching at the old town school of folk music. This project as a whole is pure quality
And where are the words?
This is just noise... Cool at times, but wtf I bought this for music not noise. Waste of money in my opinion, should be in a new category of Alternative Orchestra
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 |
- $7.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Adult Alternative
- Released: Oct 26, 2010
- ℗ 2010 Fat Possum Records
