Hands of Glory

Hands of Glory
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released	October 30, 2012
Genre	Indie folk
Length	35:04
Label	Mom + Pop
Andrew Bird chronology
Break It Yourself (2012) Hands of Glory (2012) Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of… (2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Austin Chronicle	[3]
PopMatters	8/10[4]
Filter	84%[5]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[6]
Slant Magazine	[7]
BPM	66%[8]

Hands of Glory is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. It was released in October 2012 through Mom+Pop Records.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Three White Horses"	Andrew Bird	3:13
2.	"When That Helicopter Comes"	Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks	2:53
3.	"Spirograph"	Alpha Consumer, Andrew Bird	4:06
4.	"Railroad Bill"	Traditional	3:26
5.	"Something Biblical"	Andrew Bird	4:34
6.	"If I Needed You"	Townes Van Zandt	3:09
7.	"Orpheo"	Andrew Bird	4:29
8.	"Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses"	Andrew Bird	9:14

Personnel

• Andrew Bird - Violin, Guitar and Vocals.
• Martin Dosh - Drum Kit.
• Alan Hampton - Basses and Backing Vocals.
• Jeremy Ylvislaker - Guitar and Backing Vocals.
• Dan Dorff - Tambourine on "Spirograph".

References

1. "Reviews for Hands of Glory". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
2. Monger, James Christopher. "Hands of Glory - Andrew Bird". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
3. Johnson, Abby (2012-10-12). "Review: Andrew Bird". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
4. Mistich, Dan (2012-10-29). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". PopMatters. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
5. Hughes, Gianna (2012-11-01). "Filter Magazine album review". Filter (magazine). Retrieved 2012-11-04.
6. Deusner, Stephen M. (2012-11-01). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
7. Liedel, Kevin (2012-10-26). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
8. Finlayson, Ray (2012-10-31). "Album Review". Beats Per Minute (website). Retrieved 2012-11-04.