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• Artist: Andrew Bird
• Album: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
• Label: Righteous Babe
• Year of Release: 2005
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2005-03-17

Andrew Bird has been fairly consistent in his album delivery. I skipped his last album but fondly remember The Swimming Hour. It was a solid album marking quite the departure from The Squirrel Nut Zippers. The Mysterious Production of Eggs is Bird's second album for Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label. Upon first listen to Eggs I knew something special was happening. It seems as though Andrew is really taking his songwriting serious and this album is an awesome showcase of what he's capable. I am hearing a lot of Rufus Wainwright and Ed Harcourt in his music and it's moving away from the quirkiness swing of his first couple albums. Mysterious Production of Eggs is one of those albums that grows with every listen. Given time it should become a favorite if you like the pop side of the singer/songwriter spectrum. The track "Fake Palindromes" sends shivers down my spine. This one does have some commonalities with Pete Yorn. "Tables and Chairs" is another understated song that deserves mentioning. There are folky elements to a lot of the tracks but he manages to keep the pop fairly upfront. Gone completely is the retro swing style that plagued Andrew's early albums. I think many people had just written Bird off but I think that this album should change a lot of people's views of him. Oh yeah, Bird can whistle better than my dad.

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