The Swimming Hour

Studio album by Andrew Bird

Released

April 3, 2001

Genre

Indie rock

Length

50:27

Label

Rykodisc

Producer

Andrew Bird, David Boucher

Andrew Bird chronology

Oh! The Grandeur
(1999)

The Swimming Hour
(2001)

Fingerlings
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	9.0/10 link

The Swimming Hour is Andrew Bird's third album with Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. It comprises a blend of musical styles from the last century including jazz, gospel, rock, classical, Latin and folk, often accompanied by thoughtful, playful or haunting vocals and lyrics.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andrew Bird.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Two Way Action"	4:43
2.	"Core and Rind"	3:02
3.	"Why?"	3:31
4.	"11:11"	3:34
5.	"Case in Point"	4:49
6.	"Too Long" (Mississippi Sheiks cover)	2:33
7.	"Way Out West"	4:06
8.	"Waiting to Talk"	4:13
9.	"Fatal Flower Garden" (Nelstone's Hawaiians cover)	4:43
10.	"Satisfied"	3:17
11.	"Headsoak"	3:53
12.	"How Indiscreet"	4:34
13.	"Dear Old Greenland"	3:29

Andrew Bird

Solo albums	Music of Hair (1996) Weather Systems (2003) The Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) Armchair Apocrypha (2007) Noble Beast (2009) Break it Yourself (2012) Hands Of Glory (2012) Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… (2014) Echolocations: Canyon (2015) Are You Serious (2016)

"Bowl of Fire" albums	Thrills (1998) Oh! The Grandeur (1999) The Swimming Hour (2001)

Live albums	Fingerlings (2002) Fingerlings 2 (2004) Fingerlings 3 (2006) Live at Bonnaroo Music Festival (2006) Live at Austin City Limits Festival (2007) Fingerlings 4 (2010)

EPs and singles	The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002) "Sovay" (2005) Soldier On (2007) Fitz and the Dizzy Spells (2009) I Want to See Pulaski at Night (2013)

Related bands	Squirrel Nut Zippers

Record labels	Rykodisc Righteous Babe Fat Possum Bella Union Mom + Pop

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