A Box of Birds

Studio album by The Church

Released

September 21, 1999

Recorded

1999

Crooked Vinyl

The Church chronology

Magician Among the Spirits Plus Some
(1999)

A Box of Birds
(1999)

After Everything Now This
(2002)

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A Box of Birds is a cover album of songs by artists who were an influence on The Church's music, released in 1999.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"The Faith Healer"	A. Harvey, H. McKenna	Alex Harvey	7:35
2.	"It's All Too Much"	G. Harrison	The Beatles	6:10
3.	"Hiroshima Mon Amour"	J. Foxx, B. Currie, W. Cann	Ultravox	4:27
4.	"The Porpoise Song"	G. Goffin, C. King	The Monkees	4:28
5.	"Decadence"	K. Ayers	Kevin Ayers	9:14
6.	"The Endless Sea"	J. Osterberg Jr.	Iggy Pop	4:33
7.	"Friction"	T. Verlaine	Television	5:11
8.	"All the Young Dudes"	D. Bowie	Mott the Hoople	4:10
9.	"Silver Machine"	D. Brock, R. Calvert	Hawkwind	4:57
10.	"Cortez the Killer"	N. Young	Neil Young	11:08

The Church

Steve Kilbey · Peter Koppes · Marty Willson-Piper · Tim Powles Nick Ward · Richard Ploog · Craig Hooper · Jay Dee Daugherty

Studio albums	Of Skins and Heart · The Blurred Crusade · Seance · Heyday · Starfish · Gold Afternoon Fix · Priest=Aura · Sometime Anywhere · Magician Among the Spirits · Hologram of Baal · A Box of Birds · After Everything Now This · Forget Yourself · Jammed · El Momento Descuidado · Back with Two Beasts · Uninvited, Like the Clouds · El Momento Siguiente · Shriek: Excerpts from the Soundtrack · Untitled #23

Extended plays	Too Fast for You · Temperature Drop in Down Town Winterland · Sing Songs · Remote Luxury · Persia · Pangaea · The Coffee Hounds · Operetta · Deadman's Hand

Compilations	Conception · Remote Luxury · Hindsight · Almost Yesterday · Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church · The Best of the Church · Singsongs//Remote Luxury//Persia · Deep in the Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection

Remixes and outtakes	A Quick Smoke at Spot's · Parallel Universe · Beside Yourself

Singles	"She Never Said" · "The Unguarded Moment" · "Too Fast for You" · "Tear It All Away" · "Almost with You" · "When You Were Mine" · "I Am a Rock" / "A Different Man" · "It's No Reason · "Electric Lash" · "Already Yesterday" · "Tantalized" · "Columbus" · "Disenchanted" · "Under the Milky Way" · "Reptile" · "Antenna" · "Destination" · "Metropolis" · "Russian Autumn Heart" · You're Still Beautiful" · "Ripple" · "Feel" · "Two Places At Once" · "Comedown" · "White Star Line" / "Gypsy Stomp" · "Louisiana" · "Numbers" · "Song in Space" · "Block" · "Easy" · "The Coffee Song" / "Hounds of Love" · "Pangaea" · "Operetta" · "Deadman's Hand"

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