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NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - Ruby - 25-03-2019
ANDREW BIRD ~ My Finest Work Yet
![[Image: image.jpg?c=96dCwQf2Sm4SNVHjhyULNSpQg_7i...xGXts=&f=5]](https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jpg?c=96dCwQf2Sm4SNVHjhyULNSpQg_7iAU1wjqLgK_xGXts=&f=5)
False modesty is certainly not one of Mr Bird’s faults, lol! One can most certainly depend on him for great strings and this release is no exception – they are lovely as is his finely-honed whistling. His voice is clear, both in register and in enunciation and his lyrics are clever, as always. The album moves along at a smart pace and is engaging, tackling some fairly weighty philosophical questions about the duality of human nature in more of a pop guise than any other format. Maybe alt-pop??
My Finest Work Yet is a helluva statement to make (despite the disclaimer) and given the nature of the cover art, hopefully not the end of it all! Looks a bit like an epitaph of sorts – a marble memorial – all a bit art deco and dramatic – presumably tongue in cheek!! I was reminded of a painting of the 18th century poet Thomas Chatterton – a precociously talented young man who basically burnt himself out at 17 years of age. Nobody else seems to be drawing this comparison so I expect I could be barking up the totally wrong tree!
![[Image: 300px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google...roject.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/300px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
There’s really nothing not to like – it’s an absolutely listenable album and I'll probably give it another hearing, but I preferred his previous instrumental album Echolocations: River – personal taste I guess – I found it much more inventive and magical.
This is the lead track ...
RE: NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-03-2019
love your linked track Ruby...awesome stuff....
im hearing Father John Misty and Jim James in his sound of that one track.
RE: NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - SteveO - 27-03-2019
I am a fan of Bird ! I find that his music is always of high quality somewhat along the lines of Elvis Costello !
RE: NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - Music Head - 09-04-2019
enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #141
courtesy of Spotify
a pleasant surprise for me
was familiar with him but had not listened to an album
love the violin plucking
and most of the album
thanks for the intro Ruby
single
RE: NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-04-2019
love your linked track also MH...
I really need to listen to the whole album
RE: NEW ALBUM: Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet - Jerome - 09-04-2019
(09-04-2019, 12:29)Music Head Wrote: enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #141
courtesy of Spotify
a pleasant surprise for me
was familiar with him but had not listened to an album
love the violin plucking
and most of the album
thanks for the intro Ruby
single
Lovely stuff. Must investigate further. Based on the track above I reckon this will be a purchase.