Music of Hair

Music of Hair
Music of Hair
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released	1996
Recorded	August 1996
Studio	Lakeside Studio
Length	55:44
Label	Self-released; re-released on Grimsey Records and Wegawam Music
Producer	Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird chronology

Released1996^[1]

RecordedAugust 1996

StudioLakeside Studio

Length55:44

Music of Hair is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, released in 1996. The tracks featured were written in Bird's early twenties, and the album was released when he was 23.^[2] The album features contributions from musicians Colin Bunn, Dave Dieckmann, Kat Eggleston, Al Ehrich, Kevin O'Donnell; and, James "Jimbo" Mathus, Katharine Whalen and Chris Phillips from Squirrel Nut Zippers.

The title of the album is a reference to Galway Kinnell's poem, "Wait". This poem is also used for the lyrics in the song "Wait," on the album Oh! The Grandeur.^[3]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nuthinduan Waltz"	melody: Traditional; lyrics: Andrew Bird	4:58
2.	"Ambivalence Waltz"		2:27
3.	"Oh So Insistent"		3:52
4.	"Rhodéàöh"		4:41
5.	"Two Sisters"	theme: Traditional; music and lyrics: Andrew Bird	4:17
6.	"St. Francis Reel"		3:08
7.	"Ratitat/Peter's Wolf/Oblivious Reel"	"Ratitat" - Traditional	5:17
8.	"The Greenhorn/Exile of Erin/Glasgow Reel"	"Exile of Erin" and "Glasgow Reel" - Traditional	4:15
9.	"Pathetique"	text: "Ich Grolle Nicht" - Heinrich Heine; music: Andrew Bird	4:07
10.	"Song of Foot"	"Feet of Mad Shak Dance" - Kevin O'Donnell	2:55
11.	"Minor Beatrice"	"Danse Juba" passage - Traditional; string quartet passage - Maurice Ravel	9:58
12.	"Oh So Sad"		5:49

v t e Andrew Bird
Solo albums	Music of Hair (1996) Weather Systems (2003) Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) Armchair Apocrypha (2007) Noble Beast (2009) Norman (soundtrack) (2011) 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)
Bowl of Fire albums	Thrills (1998) Oh! The Grandeur (1999) The Swimming Hour (2001)
Live albums	Fingerlings (2002) Fingerlings 2 (2004) Fingerlings 3 (2006) Fingerlings 4 (2010)
EPs	The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002) Soldier On (2007) Fitz and the Dizzy Spells (2009) I Want to See Pulaski at Night (2013)
Collaborative albums	These 13 (2021) Sunday Morning Put-On (2024) Cunningham Bird (2024)
Related bands	The Handsome Family Squirrel Nut Zippers
See also	Martin Dosh Tift Merritt Jeremy Ylvisaker

Music of Hair

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