Album

Break It Yourself

Andrew Bird

2012 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country

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Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird

Break It Yourself is an Alt/Indie album by Andrew Bird, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.

About

Always an astute collaborator, Andrew Bird delivers one of his strongest-ever duets—with St. Vincent’s Annie Clark—on his sixth solo studio album. On “Lusitania,” a stately ballad that equates a troubled relationship with famous nautical disasters, Clark’s husky tones provide the perfect complement for his whistling and crooning. The album’s many beguiling combinations include Bird’s audacious marriage of bluegrass and Afro-Caribbean rhythms on “Danse Caribe” and the captivating blend of ambient murk and symphonic grandeur on “Hole in the Ocean Floor.”

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Desperation Breeds...
  2. A2Polynation
  3. A3Danse Caribe
  4. A4Give It Away

Side B

  1. B1Eyeoneye
  2. B2Lazy Projector
  3. B3Near Death Experience Experience
  4. B4Behind The Barn

Side C

  1. C1Lusitania
  2. C2Orpheo Looks Back
  3. C3Sifters

Side D

  1. D1Fatal Shore
  2. D2Hole In The Ocean Floor
  3. D3Belles

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • warm
  • tender
  • pastoral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Standard 2xLP vinyl edition includes an MP3 download coupon.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve.
Mom + pop • 1140 Broadway, 15th Floor • New York NY 10001 • www.momandpopmusic.com • www.andrewbird.net
Recorded live to 8-track at the barn [...]
Danse Caribe recorded at Metrosonic Studio in Brooklyn, NY
Additional recording [...] in Santa Monica, CA
Mastered [...] at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA

Credits

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Performers

  • Andrew BirdVIOLIN, GUITAR, VOCALS, WHISTLING
  • Jeremy YlvisakerGUITAR, KEYBOARD, VOCALS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
  • Martin DoshDRUMS
  • Michael LewisBASS GUITAR, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BACKING VOCALS BASS, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BACKING VOCALS BASS, TENOR SAXOPHONE, VOCALS
  • Annie ClarkVOCALS
  • JT BatesDRUMS
  • Nora O'ConnorHARMONY VOCALS
  • Simone WhiteHARMONY VOCALS

7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 12 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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