Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Fiery Crash full track | 4:11 | 134,012 | ||
| 2 |
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Imitosis full track | 4:00 | 152,793 | ||
| 3 | Plasticines | 4:26 | 77 | |||
| 4 |
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Heretics full track | 3:33 | 160,891 | ||
| 5 |
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Armchairs full track | 7:01 | 94,421 | ||
| 6 |
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Darkmatter full track | 5:06 | 47,335 | ||
| 7 |
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Simple X full track | 3:35 | 110,005 | ||
| 8 |
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The Supine full track | 0:58 | 94,409 | ||
| 9 |
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Cataracts full track | 3:11 | 92,759 | ||
| 10 |
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Scythian Empires full track | 4:33 | 64,014 | ||
| 11 |
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Spare-Ohs full track | 4:06 | 84,396 | ||
| 12 |
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Yawny At the Apocalypse full track | 3:38 | 90,703 |
About this album
Armchair Apocrypha is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird’s fourth studio album and his third post-Bowl of Fire album. The album features more electric guitars, a change from the more acoustic-oriented Eggs, though the songs are similar in character if slightly more straightforward.
“Simple X” is a track started by collaborator Dosh, who supplied the drum track on the final version, with Bird adding lyrics. The track “Imitosis” is an expansion of the song “I” (also called “Capital I” live) on his 2003 album Weather Systems. The song “Darkmatter” is also a rehash of the song “Sweetbreads”, which can be found on the live EP Fingerlings 1. Both bonus tracks also evolved from previous songs: “Sick of Elephants” was originally known as “Sycophantitis” and “Self-Torture” adds lyrics and incorporates the melody from the instrumental “The Water Jet Cilice” from Fingerlings 3. Haley Bonar who opened some shows on Andrew’s tour sings background vocals on four songs.
The album debuted at number 76 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week.
“Simple X” is a track started by collaborator Dosh, who supplied the drum track on the final version, with Bird adding lyrics. The track “Imitosis” is an expansion of the song “I” (also called “Capital I” live) on his 2003 album Weather Systems. The song “Darkmatter” is also a rehash of the song “Sweetbreads”, which can be found on the live EP Fingerlings 1. Both bonus tracks also evolved from previous songs: “Sick of Elephants” was originally known as “Sycophantitis” and “Self-Torture” adds lyrics and incorporates the melody from the instrumental “The Water Jet Cilice” from Fingerlings 3. Haley Bonar who opened some shows on Andrew’s tour sings background vocals on four songs.
The album debuted at number 76 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week.
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Shouts
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photon_man62 wrote:
Wtf is that on the cover anyways
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chopstickman11 wrote:
This album is perfect!!
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shirabunny wrote:
Love the album art <3
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Konakuer wrote:
Amazing. The best. Love it<3
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Illumynatuz wrote:
What?
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saintdeuce wrote:
Perfect.
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OuiTisRoz wrote:
I used to think this album was sub-par until about a week ago.
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adarene wrote:
AMAZING
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
i dont think Simple Xis getting enough love.
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rebeccalee494 wrote:
why is cataracts and scythian empire gone? :[
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sandilyon wrote:
me encanta la portada
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benclowney wrote:
Where do i get these live versions from? They are beautiful
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lizvelrene wrote:
Why do all these tracks stream as live versions. Fix this please! http://www.last.fm/group/Wrong+Versions
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mcarey84 wrote:
one of the best albums of 07'.
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hugotron wrote:
Excellent album, I really like it and have listened to it many many times. Scythian Empire is by far my favourite track.
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ncrln81 wrote:
a-mo a capinha :P
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todayntamale wrote:
beautiful
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XylophonePotato wrote:
One darn good album, if I do say.
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licoricepizza wrote:
One of my favorite albums from 2007, when I first started listening to him. (Was pleasantly great in concert also). Along with Jens Lekman, one of my best finds from last year.
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planetpaul wrote:
I absolutley agree with one and all as to this guys talents,,Im also very pleased he has been recognised amongst all you music lovers of the world,,Love it,,,,,PlanetPaul,,
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