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    The Swimming Hour

    Andrew Bird - The Swimming Hour

    04/03/2001 | Rykodisc 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Listening to Swimming Hour is like taking a walking tour through 20th century musical history. Andrew Bird, a major contributor to nouveau-swing band the Squirrel Nut Zippers, mixes numerous styles and genres such as classical, Latin, and gypsy music, among others. The song "Why" feels like a jazz song from a 1950s film noir soundtrack, and "Satisfied" blends gospel with straight-ahead rock & roll. Also impressive is Bird's cover versions of the Mississippi Sheiks' "Too Long" and Nelstone's Hawaiians' "Fatal Flower Garden," a reworked rendition of an old Irish ballad. The vast array of musical styles are united by Bird's haunting vocals as well as lyrics that are both thoughtful and whimsical. While Swimming Hour is clearly an album obsessed with musical history, Bird manages to mix in enough of his own unique style to prevent the album from feeling like a musty old museum piece. ~ Jon Azpiri, All Music Guide

    The Swimming Hour Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Two Way Action
  • 4:43
  • Sound Clip for Two Way Action from The Swimming Hour


  • 2
  • Core and Rind
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for Core and Rind from The Swimming Hour


  • 3
  • Why?
  • 3:31
  • Sound Clip for Why? from The Swimming Hour


  • 4
  • 11:11
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for 11:11 from The Swimming Hour


  • 5
  • Case in Point
  • 4:49
  • Sound Clip for Case in Point from The Swimming Hour


  • 6
  • Too Long
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Too Long from The Swimming Hour


  • 7
  • Way Out West
  • 4:06
  • Sound Clip for Way Out West from The Swimming Hour


  • 8
  • Waiting to Talk
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Waiting to Talk from The Swimming Hour


  • 9
  • Fatal Flower Garden
  • 4:43
  • Sound Clip for Fatal Flower Garden from The Swimming Hour


  • 10
  • Satisfied
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Satisfied from The Swimming Hour


  • 11
  • Headsoak
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for Headsoak from The Swimming Hour


  • 12
  • How Indiscreet
  • 4:34
  • Sound Clip for How Indiscreet from The Swimming Hour


  • 13
  • Dear Old Greenland
  • 3:30
  • Sound Clip for Dear Old Greenland from The Swimming Hour


    • Credits of The Swimming Hour

    • Andrew Bird
    • Violin, Vocals, Main Performer, Mando, Mando-Guitar

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