''Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs'' is the third album of
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 musi ...
's career post-
Bowl of Fire, released in 2005, following his ''
Weather Systems
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the tr ...
'' in 2003. The album art, along with track illustrations in the accompanying booklet were drawn by
Jay Ryan. Bird expanded on his earlier work on ''Weather Systems''; the song "Skin Is, My" is an outgrowth of his earlier song "Skin".
Reception
"Fake Palindromes" was listed as the 331st best song of the 2000s by the music website ''
Pitchfork
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''. ''Pitchfork'' also placed the album at number 181 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
The album has sold 80,000 copies in the United States by November 2008.
The album was rereleased in February 2017.
Track listing
Other appearances
* Tracks 3, 5, and 14 are found on ''
Fingerlings 3
''Fingerlings 3'' is the third in Andrew Bird’s series of live albums called Fingerlings. Unlike the previous ''Fingerlings'', ''Fingerlings 3'' contains songs not recorded live in front of an audience; "Dear Dirty" is a studio track and "The Wa ...
''.
Personnel
*Andrew Birdvocals, guitar, violin, glockenspiel, whistles
*David Boucherproduction
*Kevin O'Donnelldrums, percussion, beats
*
Nora O'Connor
Nora O’Connor (born April 2, 1968) is an American, Chicago-based musician. Though primarily known for her vocals, O'Connor also plays guitar and bass. For much of 2013, O'Connor toured internationally as a singer in Iron and Wine. She also reco ...
backing vocals
*David Boucher, Dan Dietrich, Mark Greenberg, Mike Napolitano, Mark Neversengineering
*David Bouchermixing
*Jim DeMainmastering
*Jason Harveylayout design
*
Jay Ryanartwork, drawing
References
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Mysterious Production of Eggs
2005 albums
Righteous Babe Records albums