''Oh! The Grandeur'' is
Andrew Bird
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American indie rock multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Since 1996, he has released 16 studio albums, as well as several live albums and EPs, spanning various genres including swing music ...
's second album with the
Bowl of Fire. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film '' The Shawshank Redemption ''(1994), and has won an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards for his rol ...
film, ''
Cradle Will Rock
''Cradle Will Rock'' is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins. The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical ''The Cradle Will Rock'' by Marc Blitzstein; ...
'' (though the song did not appear in the film). Another track of note on this album is "Tea & Thorazine," which was inspired by Bird's
autistic
The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...
brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim (August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the United States. An early writer on autism, Bettelheim's wor ...
, an early autism researcher.
The US release uses
HDCD
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encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.
Track listing
Other appearances
* A live version of "Tea & Thorazine" appears on ''
Fingerlings 2'' as "T'n't".
* "The Confession" was later reworked into the song "The Privateers" on the album ''
Noble Beast''.
References
External links
Album information page on artist's official web site(select cover)
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Andrew Bird albums
1999 albums
Rykodisc albums