''The Bird and the Bee'' is the debut studio album by American

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The Bird and the Bee The Bird and the Bee (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie pop musical duo from Los Angeles, consisting of Inara George ("the bird") and Greg Kurstin ("the bee"). Kurstin is a seven-time Grammy Award–winning producer and multi- ...

, released on January 23, 2007 by

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. Containing three tracks which appeared on the band's 2006 EP ''

Again and Again and Again and Again ''Again and Again and Again and Again'' is the debut EP by American indie pop duo the Bird and the Bee. It was released on October 31, 2006, by Blue Note Records, three months before the duo's first full-length album, ''The Bird and the Bee''. T ...

'', the album received positive reviews from music critics. The first single, " Fucking Boyfriend", was a number-one hit on ''

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chart in December 2006.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''The Bird and the Bee'' adapted from liner notes. ;The Bird and the Bee *

Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and written and produced four songs t ...

– engineer, instrumentation, mixing, producer *

Inara George Inara Maryland George (born July 4, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and ...

– vocals (all tracks);

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(1) ;Additional personnel *

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– photography * Josh Gold –

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* Gordon H. Jee –

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* Keith Karwelies – A&R *

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– artwork * Eli Wolf – A&R * Burton Yount –

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Charts

In Popular Culture

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from

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's 2012 mixtape

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bird And The Bee, The 2007 debut albums Albums produced by Greg Kurstin The Bird and the Bee albums Blue Note Records albums