Oh! The Grandeur
Studio album by
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999
GenreIndie rock, swing music
Length54:39
LabelRykodisc
ProducerAndrew Bird, Mike Napolitano
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology
Thrills
(1998) 		Oh! The Grandeur
(1999) 		The Swimming Hour
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Oh! The Grandeur is Andrew Bird'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 film, Cradle Will Rock (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 brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelheim, an early autism researcher.

The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Bird, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Candy Shop" 3:42
2."Tea & Thorazine" 4:16
3."Wishing for Contentment" 3:11
4."Wait"Lyrics adapted from the poem Wait by Galway Kinnell4:47
5."The Idiot's Genius" 2:33
6."Vidalia" 2:50
7."Beware" 4:21
8."Dora Goes to Town" 3:03
9."Feetlips" 3:05
10."And So..." 1:24
11."Coney Island Shuffle" 5:00
12."Respiration" 2:10
13."(What's Your) Angle?" 3:28
14."The Confession" 5:04
15."Beware (Reprise)" (+ Bonus track: "A Drinking Song In the Grande Style") 5:45

Other appearances

References

  1. ^ Phares, Heather. Oh! The Grandeur at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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