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Product Identifiers

Record LabelCo-Operative / Universal

EAN0602517950504

eBay Product ID (ePID)71402387

Product Key Features

Era2000s

Run Time3234 Sec

Release Year2009

FormatCD

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock

TypeAlbum

ArtistAndrew Bird

Release TitleNoble Beast

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

DistributionUniversal Distribution

Number of Tracks14

Additional InformationNOBLE BEAST finds singer/violinist/guitarist Andrew Bird further refining his elegant, erudite brand of indie-pop.

Reviews4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Debut single 'Oh No' combines gently picked acoustic guitar, delicate beats and Bird's signature whistling to create a lush soundscape for the musician's literary lyrics to play upon.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "His trademark whistling and twilight violin lend a blissful sense of romantic resignation to the folky 'Masterswarm' and the gypsy-tinged 'Tenuousness'...", "Andrew Bird's latest offering plays out like a weird dream sequence. The multi-instrumentalist uses his skill to great effect...", 4 stars out of 5 -- 'The unhurried 'Natural Disaster' is as elegiac as pop music can be and, once it gets going, 'The Privateers' is proof that he can do thumping pop too.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "This beast takes care and feeding, but its purring tongue has hints to drop about our changing times.", "Here, Bird's arrangements are uncharacteristically subtle. Trademark orchestral swells take the backburner to confident vocals, easy melodies, guitar plucking and -- yes -- freakishly good whistling.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's Bird's impressionistic lyrics that carry the emotional payload. 'Nomenclature' is a sweet ballad that explodes unexpectedly.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "With his SAT-acing vocabulary, Bird still rocks some of the best rhymes in the game....Bird's phlegmatic voice has a way of softening tragedies and soothing beasts -- natural, noble, or otherwise."