Two Birds (album)

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Two Birds
Trixie Mattel - Two Birds.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2, 2017
Genre
Length21:56
Producer Brandon James Gwinn
Trixie Mattel chronology
Greener
(2009)
Two Birds
(2017)
Homemade Christmas
(2017)
Singles from Two Birds
  1. "Mama Don't Make Me Put on the Dress Again"
    Released: April 28, 2017

Two Birds is the debut studio album by American drag queen, actor, and singer Trixie Mattel, released in 2017. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Trixie Mattel

Two Birds track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Mama Don't Make Me Put on the Dress Again"2:58
2."Make Up Your Mind"3:15
3."I Know You All over Again"2:56
4."Seen My Man"3:13
5."I'll Wear Your Ring"4:03
6."Bluegrass"3:58
7."Seen My Man" (Wisconsin demo; live)2:55

Charts

Chart performance for Two Birds
Chart (2017)Peak
position
UK Country Albums (OCC) [5] 5
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 5
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 6
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [10] 68
US Top Current Albums (Billboard) [11] 57

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