''Fatherhood'' was the third of five albums of home-made recordings, released by
Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird in 1995. The album includes a version of the song "
Goodnight", which was subsequently released as the first single by Jones' band
Babybird
Babybird are an English rock band formed by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Jones, who has been releasing music since 1995. While Jones' early solo work was released under the "Baby Bird" name, the altered "Babybird" was first us ...
(written as one word).
It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD
box set
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Music
Artists and bands ...
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The Original Lo-Fi''.
Critical reception
"...a mixture of whimsy, egotism and madness with a good bit of talent stirred in...his puzzled world-view is unique. He fills the 20 tracks with strangenesses. Weirdly wonderful." –
The Guardian
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"Fatherhood is another unpredictable and magical journey through the thoughts of Stephen Jones, a man who is clearly in love with sweet melodies and the millions of ways you can fuck them up...you might find the whole experience as cigar-puffingly satisfying as becoming a dad." –
The Independent
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Track listing
All tracks written and composed by
Stephen Jones.
#"No Children" – 1:08
#"Cooling Towers" – 3:14
#"Cool & Crazy Things to Do" – 2:41
#"Bad Blood" – 3:55
#"Neil Armstrong" – 2:21
#"I Was Never Here" – 3:53
#"Saturday" – 2:29
#"
Good Night
Good Night or Goodnight may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Good Night'' (film), a 2008 short film from India
* '' The Good Night'', a 2007 film
* ''Good Night, and Good Luck'', a 2005 film
* ''Good Night'', one of five mini-episodes from th ...
" – 3:26
#"I Don't Want to Wake You Up" – 3:27
#"Iceberg" – 3:10
#"Aluminium Beach" – 4:36
#"Goddamn It, You're a Kid" – 3:07
#"Daisies" – 2:08
#"Failed Old Singer" – 3:34
#"Fatherhood" – 2:28
#"Dustbin Liner" – 2:53
#"Not About a Girl" – 2:32
#"Good Weather" – 3:25
#"But Love" – 1:58
#"May We" – 3:35
References
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1995 albums
Babybird albums