Birdy (Birdy album)

Birdy
Studio album by Birdy
Released 4 November 2011 (2011-11-04)
Genre Folk
Length 36:02 (Standard edition)
51:18 (Deluxe edition)
Label Atlantic, 14th Floor
Producer Rich Costey, Jim Abbiss, James Ford, Alex H.N.Gilbert
Singles from Birdy
  1. "Skinny Love"
    Released: 30 January 2011
  2. "Shelter"
    Released: 3 June 2011
  3. "People Help the People"
    Released: 28 October 2011
  4. "I'll Never Forget You"
    Released: 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The Daily Telegraph [2]
The Guardian [3]
musicOMH [4]
The Tune (2.7/5)[5]

Birdy is the self-titled debut studio album by English folk solo artist Birdy, it was released on 4 November 2011 by 14thFloor Records/Atlantic Records. The album includes the singles "Skinny Love", "Shelter" and "People Help the People".

Contents

Singles

Track listing

The album's official track list is as follows.[6]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer Length
1. "1901"   Thomas Mars   5:11
2. "Skinny Love"   Justin Vernon   3:23
3. "People Help the People"   Simon Aldred   4:16
4. "White Winter Hymnal"   Robin Pecknold   2:17
5. "District Sleeps Alone Tonight"   Ben Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello   4:44
6. "I'll Never Forget You"   Francis Farewell Starlite   3:47
7. "Young Blood"   Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Aaron Short   4:04
8. "Shelter"   Romy Madley Croft   3:44
9. "Fire & Rain"   James Taylor   3:07
10. "Without A Word"   Jasmine van den Bogaerde   4:46
11. "Terrible Love"   Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner   4:43

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[7] 6
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] 22
Dutch Albums Chart [9] 5
Irish Albums Chart[10] 40
Scottish Albums Chart[11] 18
UK Albums Chart[12] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 74
Dutch Albums Chart[14] 42

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Silver 60,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Ireland 4 November 2011 Digital download[16] Atlantic
United Kingdom 7 November 2011 Digital download[17][18]
CD[6]

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/birdy-r2317876
  2. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8867588/Birdy-Birdy-CD-review.html
  3. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/03/birdy-birdy-cd-review?newsfeed=true
  4. ^ http://www.musicomh.com/albums/birdy_1111.htm
  5. ^ "The Tune review". http://www.the-tune.net/quicktune-birdy-birdy/. 
  6. ^ a b "Amazon: Birdy". Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004U5WZG8/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=warnermusicuk-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B004U5WZG8. Retrieved 14 October 2011. 
  7. ^ "Birdy - Birdy (album)". www.ultratop.be/nl/. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Birdy&titel=Birdy&cat=a. 
  8. ^ "Birdy - Birdy (album)". www.ultratop.be/fr/. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Birdy&titel=Birdy&cat=a. 
  9. ^ "Birdy - Birdy (album)". dutchcharts.nl/. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Birdy&titel=Birdy&cat=a. 
  10. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Albums Chart. GfK. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=45. Retrieved 2011-11-11. 
  11. ^ "Archive Chart". Scottish Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/23/2011-11-19/. 
  12. ^ "2011 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". The Official Charts Company. 19 November 2011. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-11-19/. 
  13. ^ "JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011" (in Dutch). http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  14. ^ "JAAROVERZICHTEN - ALBUM 2011". http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2011&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 
  15. ^ "British album certifications – Nickelback – Here and Now". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Here and Now in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  16. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/ie/preorder/birdy/id471080579
  17. ^ Birdy (Deluxe Version) by Birdy iTunes
  18. ^ Birdy by Birdy iTunes
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