Oh! The Grandeur

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Oh! The Grandeur
Oh! The Grandeur cover
Studio album by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Released August 24, 1999
Genre Indie Rock
Length 54:39
Label Rykodisc
Producer Andrew Bird, Mike Napolitano
Professional reviews
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology
Thrills
(1998)		 Oh! The Grandeur
(1999)		 The Swimming Hour
(2001)

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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Candy Shop" – 3:42
  2. "Tea & Thorazine" – 4:16
  3. "Wishing for Contentment" – 3:11
  4. "Wait" – 4:47
  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)" – 5:45

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Andrew Bird
Solo albums
"Bowl of Fire" albums
Thrills (1998) · Oh! The Grandeur (1999) · The Swimming Hour (2001)
Live albums
Fingerlings (2002) · Fingerlings 2 (2004) · Fingerlings 3 (2006)
EPs and singles
The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002) · "Sovay" (2005) · Live at Bonnaroo Music Festival (2006) · Soldier On (2007)
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