Oh! The Grandeur

Oh! The Grandeur
Studio album by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Released	August 24, 1999
Genre	Indie rock, swing music
Length	54:39
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Andrew Bird, Mike Napolitano
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology
Thrills (1998) Oh! The Grandeur (1999) The Swimming Hour (2001)

Professional ratings

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Allmusic	[1]

Oh! The Grandeur is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his second with the band Bowl of Fire. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming Tim Robbins film, Cradle Will Rock (though the song did not appear in the film). Another track of note on this album is "Tea & Thorazine," which was inspired by Bird's autistic brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelheim, an early autism researcher.

The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Candy Shop"		3:42
2.	"Tea & Thorazine"		4:16
3.	"Wishing for Contentment"		3:11
4.	"Wait"	Lyrics adapted from the poem Wait by Galway Kinnell	4:47
5.	"The Idiot's Genius"		2:33
6.	"Vidalia"		2:50
7.	"Beware"		4:21
8.	"Dora Goes to Town"		3:03
9.	"Feetlips"		3:05
10.	"And So..."		1:24
11.	"Coney Island Shuffle"		5:00
12.	"Respiration"		2:10
13.	"(What's Your) Angle?"		3:28
14.	"The Confession"		5:04
15.	"Beware (Reprise)" (+ Bonus track: "A Drinking Song In the Grande Style")		5:45

Other appearances

• A live version of "Tea & Thorazine" appears on Fingerlings as "T'n't".
• "The Confession" was later reworked into the song "The Privateers" on the album Noble Beast .

References

1. Phares, Heather. Oh! The Grandeur at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
2. "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

External links

• Album information page on artist's official web site (select cover)