The Swimming Hour

by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 April 2001
  • Label: Rykodisc
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:32
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Colin Bunn, Kelly Hogan, Gary Shepers, Kevin O'Donnell, Pat Sansone, LeRoy Bach, Andrew Bird, Josh Hirsch, Mike Napolitano, Nora O'Connor

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Departing from the strict vintage jazz and swing revivalism of his earliest work, the virtuosic violinist and songwriter vastly expanded his sonic palette. 'The Swimming Hour' incorporates electric guitars, alt-country twang, and highly sophisticated chamber pop arrangements, signaling the transition into the acclaimed indie-rock style of his later solo career.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, strings, literate, storytelling, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Two Way Action (4:43)
  2. Core and Rind (3:02)
  3. Why (3:31)
  4. 11:11 (3:34)
  5. Case in Point (4:49)
  6. Too Long (2:33)
  7. Way out West (4:06)
  8. Waiting to Talk (4:13)
  9. Fatal Flower Garden (4:43)
  10. Satisfied (3:17)
  11. Headsoak (3:53)
  12. How Indiscreet (4:34)
  13. Dear Old Greenland (3:30)

Credits

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