Hark! (Andrew Bird album)

Hark!
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released	October 30, 2020
Genre	Christmas music
Length	43:56
Label	Loma Vista
Producer	Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird chronology
My Finest Work Yet (2019) Hark! (2020) Inside Problems (2022)

Hark! is the 13th solo studio album by Andrew Bird, released on December 11, 2020. It is Bird's first full-length holiday-themed release. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Six songs from the album initially appeared on an EP, also titled Hark!, which was released digitally in November 2019. ^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Beats Per Minute	70/100 [6]
Spectrum Culture	[7]
Sputnikmusic	[8]

Andrea Warner of CBC Music praised Bird's cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas , stating "Bird's innovative and creative cover...is both familiar and jolting, warm and angular, evoking the joy of spinning circles on a frozen lake as the wind gently cuts paths across your cheeks." ^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Bird except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Andalucia"	John Cale	3:32
2.	"Alabaster"		3:12
3.	"Greenwine"	Andrew Bird Brett Sparks Rennie Sparks	3:48
4.	"Christmas In April"		3:31
5.	"Souvenirs"	John Prine	3:29
6.	"Oh Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam	2:17
7.	"Mille Cherubini in Coro"	Franz Schubert	1:49
8.	"Night's Falling"		3:30
9.	"Glad"	Alan Hampton	3:58
10.	"Christmas Is Coming"	Vince Guaraldi	3:21
11.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:14
12.	"Skating"	Vince Guaraldi	3:35
13.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns	4:33

References

1. Uitti, Jacob (October 28, 2020). "Andrew Bird Stays Deep In His Music With 'Hark!'". American Songwriter . Retrieved May 2, 2021.
2. Kaufman, Gil (October 19, 2020). "Andrew Bird Made a Christmas Album For the Rest of Us". Billboard . Retrieved May 2, 2021.
3. "Andrew Bird: Hark!". NPR. December 18, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
4. Strauss, Matthew (September 29, 2020). "Andrew Bird Announces New Christmas Album, Covers John Cale". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 16, 2021.
5. Monger, James Christopher. "Review: Hark!". AllMusic . Retrieved February 15, 2020.
6. Finlayson, Ray (November 5, 2020). "Album review: Andrew Bird - Hark!". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved May 2, 2021.
7. Hazelwood, Holly (November 18, 2020). "Andrew Bird: Hark!". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
8. "Andrew Bird - Hark!". Sputnikmusic. October 31, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
9. Warner, Andrea (November 25, 2019). "Best new holiday songs for 2019: Kathleen Edwards, Bryan Adams, PIQSIQ, more". cbc.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2021.