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Break It Yourself

by Andrew Bird

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Polynation 00:45
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Danse Caribe 05:19
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Give It Away 04:28
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Eyeoneye 04:03
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Lusitania 04:03
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Sifters 04:11
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Fatal Shore 05:01
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Belles 02:53

credits

released March 6, 2012

Produced by Andrew Bird
Co-produced by David Boucher and Neal Jensen

Recorded live to 8-track at the barn by Neal Jensen
Danse Caribe recorded at Metrosonic Studio in Brooklyn, NY
Additional recording by David Boucher in Santa Monica, CA

Mixed by David Boucher and Neal Jensen except:
Desperation Breeds... and Fatal Shore mixed by Neal Jensen
Orpheo Looks Back mixed by David Boucher
Assistant engineering by Teruhisa Uchiyama and Pete Mignola
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

Andrew Bird - Violin, guitar, vocals / whistling
Martin Dosh - Drums
Jeremy Ylvisaker - Guitar, keyboards and bgvs
Mike Lewis - Bass, tenor saxophone and bgvs
J.T. Bates - Drums on Danse Caribe

Annie Clark (St Vincent) - Vocals on Lusitania, courtesy of 4AD
Nora O'Connor - Vocal harmonies on Give It Away, Fatal Shore, Near Death Experience
Experience and Lazy Projector
Simone White - Vocal harmony on Desperation Breeds...
Wendy Lewis - Cooking and moral support

Cover & Titles: Damon Locks
Illustration: Jay Ryan
Design: Jason Harvey

Original cover photo by Irma Wegman Bird age 11, Bonnots Mill 1915

To Sam.

Thanks to: Katherine Tsina, Alan & Beth Bird, Richard & Irene Tsina, Andrea Troolin, Justin Becker, Sharon Lanza, Christian & Eileen Bird, Kevin O'Donnell, Jay Ryan, Patrick Durgin, Tom Carlson, Josh Goldsmith, David Burton, Erik Selz @ Red Ryder, James Alderman @ Free Trade, Dave Chatfield @ Handsome, Carla Sacks, Joe Cohen, all @ Mom + Pop, all @ Bella Union, Aaron @ Spunk, Elizabeth Gregory, Doug Mark, David Boyer and all @ FBMM, Wixen Music, Zync, Flanny, Amy Kaplan, Richard Kraft & Laura Engel, Tony Berg, Eleanor Friedberger, Emmett Malloy, Danette Lince, Halden, Alan Hampton, Todd Sickafoose, Dan Dietrich, Ian & Nadine Schneller, Tim & Katie Tuten, Norm Winer, Danny Buch, Jason Toth, Cameron Wittig, Randy Shaw, Alan Hampton, Victoria Roe, Dosh family, Lewis family, Ylvisaker family, Intelligentsia, Line 6, Mono Cases, Radial Engineering, & Specimen Products.

All songs written by Andrew Bird, Wegawam Music Co, BMI administered by Wixen Music Publishing, except Sifters written by Andrew Bird / Sharon Lanza (Projectionists and Detectives, ASCAP) The introduction to Desperation Breeds… contains a musical theme that appeared initially in the score to the film NORMAN. Special thanks to Jonathan Segal.

© (p) 2012 Wegawam Music Co. under exclusive license to Mom + Pop Music Co LLC
Made in the U.S.A. All Rights Reserved

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Andrew Bird Chicago, Illinois

Andrew Bird is an internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, whistler and songwriter who picked up his first violin at the age of four and spent his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen Bird became interested in a variety of styles including early jazz, country blues and folk music, synthesizing them into his unique brand of pop. ... more

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