Oh! The Grandeur
| Oh! The Grandeur | ||||
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| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, swing music | |||
| Length | 54:39 | |||
| Label | Rykodisc | |||
| Producer | Andrew Bird, Mike Napolitano | |||
| Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire chronology | ||||
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Oh! The Grandeur is the third studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, and his second with the band Bowl of Fire. The first track, "Candy Shop", was recorded as a demo track for the then-upcoming Tim Robbins film, Cradle Will Rock (though the song did not appear in the film). Another track of note on this album is "Tea & Thorazine," which was inspired by Bird's autistic brother's experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a "Dr. B" and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelheim, an early autism researcher.
The US release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.