In 2005, Andrew Bird was a previously unimaginable combination of virtuoso violinist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and whistler. With that year's album The Mysterious Production of Eggs, his second on Righteous Babe Records, Bird minted a new sound that continues to be imitated and set down classic songs that still anchor many a live performance. The recording sessions lived up to the name when he recorded and scrapped the album three times, traveling between studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and his own home studio on a farm in Northern Illinois. The mystery was solved with the aid of David Boucher, whose studio credits at the time included Paul Westerberg, Lisa Loeb, and Randy Newman. Bird played most of the instruments on Mysterious Production of Eggs, joined by a handful of special guests complimenting his already lush sonic palette. The result was a powerhouse of a record dealing with nothing less than the mysteries of childhood, creativity and modern science-epic in scope and minute in detail.

Tracklist:

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Sovay
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
Fake Palindromes
Measuring Cups
Banking on a Myth
Masterfade
Opposite Day
Skin Is, My
The Naming of Things
MX Missiles
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Tables and Chairs
The Happy Birthday Song
Sovay (Live in Berlin)
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (Mayfair Studio)
Blood
Measuring Cups (The Barn)
Banking on a Myth (Beech House)
Zeros and Ones (The Barn)
Opposite Day (Beech House)
Skin Is, My (The Barn)
Naming of Things (Mayfair Studio)
MX Missiles (Beech House)
Tables and Chairs (Demo)
The Happy Birthday Song (Beech House)
Capital I
Right on Time (The Barn)
The Happy Birthday Song (The Barn)
Measuring Cups Demo (The Barn)
Knapsack (The Barn)
Fake Palindromes (Orchestral Version)
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (Orchestral Version)
Happy Birthday (Orchestral Version)
Tables and Chairs (Orchestral Version)

UPC: 783970446329
Label: Wegawam Music Co.
Release Date: 4.10.26
Format: Vinyl

Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production Of Eggs (20th Anniversary) (LP)