Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...

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Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...
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Studio album by
Andrew Bird
ReleasedJune 3, 2014
Genre Indie folk
Length35:32
Label Wegawam Music Co.
Andrew Bird chronology
I Want to See Pulaski at Night
(2013)		Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...
(2014)		 Echolocations: Canyon
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Paste Magazine 8.1/10 [4]
PopMatters 8/10 [5]

Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... is the eighth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. [6] It was released on June 3, 2014, through Wegawam Music Co. [7]

Contents

The album is a collection of covers of the Handsome Family, an American band Bird knows personally and professionally, having toured and collaborated. Previous covers of their songs include an earlier version of "Don't Be Scared," on Weather Systems , "Giant of Illinois" off the compilation album Dark Was the Night , "When the Helicopter Comes," from Hands of Glory , and "Tin Foiled," on Fingerlings 3 . Bird toured with the husband-and-wife duo in 2013. [8]

Reception

The album received a Metacritic score of 76 based on 12 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. [1]

The album debuted at No. 12 on Billboard's Folk Albums chart, [9] selling around 2,000 copies in the first week. It has sold 13,000 copies in the US as of March 2016. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Cathedral In the Dell" (originally called "Cathedrals," from Invisible Hands )3:59
2."Tin Foiled" (originally from Milk and Scissors )3:26
3."Giant of Illinois" (originally from Through the Trees )3:31
4."So Much Wine, Merry Christmas" (originally from In the Air )3:31
5."My Sister's Tiny Hands" (originally from Through the Trees )3:44
6."The Sad Milkman" (originally from In the Air )3:29
7."Don't Be Scared" (originally from Down in the Valley)3:21
8."Frogs Singing" (originally from Wilderness )2:44
9."Drunk By Noon" (originally from Milk and Scissors )3:02
10."Far From Any Road (Be My Hand)" (originally from Singing Bones )4:47

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard) [11] 12

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of..." Metacritic .
  2. ↑ Monger, Timothy (June 10, 2014). "Andrew Bird: Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…". Allmusic . Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ Fink, Matt (June 25, 2014). "Andrew Bird: Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…". American Songwriter . Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Golden, Grant (June 10, 2014). "Andrew Bird: Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…". Paste Magazine . Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Paul, John (June 9, 2014). "Andrew Bird: Things Are Really Great Here, Sort of…". Pop Matters . Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…". Andrew Bird. May 13, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wegawam Music Co. - Amoeba Music". Amoeba.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (May 28, 2014). "Andrew Bird to Release Handsome Family Covers Album, Announces Tour". American Songwriter . Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Folk Albums" . Billboard. June 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Andrew Bird Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
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