The Swimming Hour
2001 studio album by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
The Swimming Hour | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 3, 2001 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 50:27 | |||
Label | Rykodisc | |||
Producer | Andrew Bird, David Boucher | |||
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 link |
The Swimming Hour is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his third and final with the band Bowl of Fire. It comprises a blend of musical styles from the 20th century including jazz, gospel, rock, classical, Latin and folk, often accompanied by thoughtful, playful or haunting vocals and lyrics.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Andrew Bird
No. | Title | Length |
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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" (Mississippi Sheiks cover) | 2:33 |
7. | "Way Out West" | 4:06 |
8. | "Waiting to Talk" | 4:13 |
9. | "Fatal Flower Garden" (Nelstone's Hawaiians cover) | 4:43 |
10. | "Satisfied" | 3:17 |
11. | "Headsoak" | 3:53 |
12. | "How Indiscreet" | 4:34 |
13. | "Dear Old Greenland" | 3:29 |
Other appearances
- Live versions of "Why" and "How Indiscreet" are found on the album Fingerlings.
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Andrew Bird
- Music of Hair (1996)
- Weather Systems (2003)
- Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005)
- Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
- Noble Beast (2009)
- Break It Yourself (2012)
- Hands of Glory (2012)
- Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… (2014)
- Echolocations: Canyon (2015)
- Are You Serious (2016)
- Echolocations: River (2017)
- My Finest Work Yet (2019)
- Hark! (2020)
- Inside Problems (2022)
- Outside Problems (2023)
- Sunday Morning Put-On (2024)
- Thrills (1998)
- Oh! The Grandeur (1999)
- The Swimming Hour (2001)
- Fingerlings (2002)
- Fingerlings 2 (2004)
- Fingerlings 3 (2006)
- Fingerlings 4 (2010)
- The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002)
- Soldier On (2007)
- Fitz and the Dizzy Spells (2009)
- I Want to See Pulaski at Night (2013)
- These 13 (2021)