Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
| Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs | ||||
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| Released | February 8, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop, indie folk | |||
| Length | 53:24 | |||
| Label | Righteous Babe | |||
| Producer | Andrew Bird, David Boucher | |||
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Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs is the third album of Andrew Bird's career post-Bowl of Fire, released in 2005, following his Weather Systems in 2003. The album art, along with track illustrations in the accompanying booklet were drawn by Jay Ryan. Bird expanded on his earlier work on Weather Systems; the song "Skin Is, My" is an outgrowth of his earlier song "Skin".
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| AllMusic |
 
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| The Boston Phoenix |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Irish Times |
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| Pitchfork | 8.3/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
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| Uncut |
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| The Village Voice | B |
"Fake Palindromes" was listed as the 331st best song of the 2000s by the music website Pitchfork. Pitchfork also placed the album at number 181 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.
The album has sold 80,000 copies in the United States by November 2008.
The album was rereleased in February 2017.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | 1:05 |
| 2. | "Sovay" | 4:41 |
| 3. | "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" | 4:59 |
| 4. | "Fake Palindromes" | 2:52 |
| 5. | "Measuring Cups" | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Banking on a Myth" | 4:28 |
| 7. | "Masterfade" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Opposite Day" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Skin Is, My" | 3:36 |
| 10. | "The Naming of Things" | 4:57 |
| 11. | "MX Missiles" | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Opposite Day Reprise" | 1:08 |
| 13. | "Tables and Chairs" | 4:44 |
| 14. | "The Happy Birthday Song" | 5:03 |
Other appearances
- Tracks 3, 5, and 14 are found on Fingerlings 3.
Personnel
- Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, glockenspiel, whistles
- David Boucher – production
- Kevin O'Donnell – drums, percussion, beats
- Nora O'Connor – backing vocals
- David Boucher, Dan Dietrich, Mark Greenberg, Mike Napolitano, Mark Nevers – engineering
- David Boucher – mixing
- Jim DeMain – mastering
- Jason Harvey – layout design
- Jay Ryan – artwork, drawing