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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0767981105826 Label: Fat Possum Records Manufacturer: Fat Possum Records MPN: 1058 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Fat Possum Records Release Date: March 20, 2007 Studio: Fat Possum Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Strip away the music of an Andrew Bird song, and you're left with brilliant prose ("across the great chasms and schisms and the sudden aneurysms"), vignettes about mentally fending off plane crashes, infiltrating characters like the kings of Macedonia and Lou Dobbs, and titles such as "Yawny at the Apocalyspe." It's hard to believe that, really, his music reigns, but when Bird adds understated acoustic guitars, Wurlitzer and Rhodes, and his own mesmerizing pizzicato violin, his songs take on a progressive mood all their own. The Chicago Bird's tenth album (and his debut for extraordinary Mississippi blues label Fat Possum) is perhaps his most diverse, expansive, and resourceful yet, catering to a half-dozen genres of music while exploring storylines that are naïve ("Dark Matter"), candid ("Fiery Crash"), and blatantly comical ("Armchairs"). Making no palpable effort to crack the conventional with overflowing melodies and love songs, Bird instead latches up the intellect to create tiny packages of literature that make always leave you thinking--and snapping your fingers at the same time. --Scott Holter Average Rating:
 Rating:  - amazing grace.......Andrew Bird substantiates his musical evolution with the release of the graceful "Armchair Apocrypha". Mystical, almost cabbalistic at times, the album feels foreign but familiar, in a intriguing sort of way . What makes it all ironic is that "Armchairs" showcases some of the most accessible music Bird has released to date. Full of the "indie-rock" spirit, the songs are mostly upbeat and stimulating. The beautifully moody "Simple X" further animates the collaboration with Minneapolis beat miner ... Read More Rating:  - The wierdness of Andrew BirdIt'll bump everything else out of your head for days at a time. You'll stare at your speakers at first, thinking, "Huh?" You'll push "repeat" and rummage for the lyrics. I ransacked my CD's to find some old Robert Moran, trying to determine if Bird sounded similar to something of Moran's, maybe "Ten Miles Over Albania" or "Open Veins" (he does, on "Plasticities"). Bird whistles--sorry!--like there's a theramin, a ghost, a bat in the dark, just a few inches above your right ear. The images go ... Read More Rating: - Andrew BIrd is AmazingI've had this album for months now and I can't stop listening to it. I love his older work too, but this album is just incredible. Some songs - the ones that start slower like Cataracts and Armchairs - took me a while to get into, but when I finally really listened to them I kept going back to them. The instrumental song at the end of the album is the only one I haven't really been captured by. I can't wait for the next album from Mr. Bird, his talent is overwhelming! Rating: - better than...I'm disappointed that some people review this album, and others by Bird, and dock him a star because they didn't like the album as much as another Bird album they heard. Not fair! Bird's work, in my opinion, is better on his worse day than most artists on their best days. Let's face it, people hold Bird to a very high standard, and that speaks volumes about him as an artist. If this isn't a 5 star album, I don't know what is. Rating: - DifferentThis is a great album...quite different than anything I have heard. Andrew Bird is an excellent song writer and musician. There is a great deal to appreciate from this album. |
