Noble Beast

Noble Beast
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released January 20, 2009
Genre Baroque pop
Length 54:17
Label Fat Possum (US)
Bella Union (UK)
Andrew Bird chronology
Soldier On EP
(2007)		 Noble Beast
(2009)		 Break it Yourself
(2012)

Noble Beast is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fifth solo studio album released on January 20, 2009.[1] Two songs from this album were previewed on his webpage, "Oh No" and "Carrion Suite", while the entire album was made available by NPR[2] as a streaming feed. Noble Beast was made available as a standard CD release, a special limited-edition deluxe two-CD package and a double-LP package.

The track "Tenuousness" appears in the closing credits for the 2011 movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. Club(B+)[4]
Drowned in Sound(9/10)[5]
The Guardian[6]
LA Times[7]
Paste(6.7/10)[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
The Skinny[12]
Spin(7/10)[13]
Uncut[14]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andrew Bird, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Oh No"   4:20
2. "Masterswarm"   6:35
3. "Fitz and the Dizzyspells"   3:36
4. "Effigy"   5:06
5. "Tenuousness"   3:51
6. "Nomenclature"   2:54
7. "Ouo"   0:20
8. "Not a Robot, but a Ghost" (Bird, Martin Dosh) 5:37
9. "Unfolding Fans" (Bird, Jeremy Ylvisaker) 0:57
10. "Anonanimal"   4:47
11. "Natural Disaster"   4:18
12. "The Privateers"   3:24
13. "Souverian"   7:18
14. "On Ho!"   1:08

Deluxe edition bonus disc

Deluxe Edition album art, to be used for Noble Beast/Useless Creatures 2-CD set

The limited edition of Noble Beast shipped with a companion disc of instrumental songs, entitled Useless Creatures.[15] This collection was made available on Bird's website in early January, before the album's release. Noble Beast / Useless Creatures was deleted after one initial run, both in the US and the UK, exclusively.

No. Title Length
1. "Master Sigh"   2:17
2. "You Woke Me Up!"   7:24
3. "Nyatiti"   4:01
4. "The Barn Tapes"   10:12
5. "Carrion Suite"   9:39
6. "Spinney"   0:45
7. "Dissent"   3:54
8. "Hot Math"   7:18
9. "Sigh Master"   5:32

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 12
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums 3
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums 54
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 1

References

  1. ↑ Paul Thompson, "Andrew Bird to Unleash Noble Beast on New Album", pitchforkmedia.com, October 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ Exclusive First Listen: Andrew Bird's 'Noble Beast'
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1468944/review
  4. ↑ http://www.avclub.com/articles/andrew-bird-noble-beast,23075/
  5. ↑ Skinner, James (2009-02-02). "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Costa, Maddy (30 January 2009). "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Pop & Hiss". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/01/andrew-bird-noble-beast.html
  9. ↑ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/andrew-bird-noble-beast
  10. ↑ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/148544-andrew-bird-noble-beast/
  11. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25461863/review/25523856/noble_beast
  12. ↑ http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/44596-andrew-bird-noble-beast
  13. ↑ http://www.spin.com/reviews/andrew-bird-noble-beast-fat-possum
  14. ↑ http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/andrew_bird/reviews/12702
  15. ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/andrew-bird/41319
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