Oh! The Grandeur

1999 studio album by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

Oh! The Grandeur is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his second with the band Bowl of Fire. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming Tim Robbins film, Cradle Will Rock (though the song did not appear in the film). Another track of note on this album is "Tea & Thorazine," which was inspired by Bird's autistic brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelheim, an early autism researcher.

The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Bird, except where noted

Other appearances

• A live version of "Tea & Thorazine" appears on Fingerlings 2 as "T'n't".
• "The Confession" was later reworked into the song "The Privateers" on the album Noble Beast.

References

1. Phares, Heather. Oh! The Grandeur at AllMusic. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
2. "List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs". Hydrogenaudio. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

External links

• Album information page on artist's official web site (select cover)