''Oh! The Grandeur'' is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter

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, and his second with the band

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. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming

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film, ''

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'' (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

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brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as

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, an early autism researcher. The US release uses

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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'' 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
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