Hark! (Andrew Bird album)

Hark!
Studio album by
Andrew Bird
ReleasedOctober 30, 2020
GenreChristmas music
Length43:56
LabelLoma Vista
ProducerAndrew Bird
Andrew Bird chronology
My Finest Work Yet
(2019) 		Hark!
(2020) 		Inside Problems
(2022)

Hark! is the 13th solo studio album by Andrew Bird, released on December 11, 2020. It is Bird's first full-length holiday-themed release.[1][2][3]

Six songs from the album initially appeared on an EP, also titled Hark!, which was released digitally in November 2019.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Beats Per Minute70/100[6]
Spectrum Culture[7]
Sputnikmusic[8]

Andrea Warner of CBC Music praised Bird's cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas, stating "Bird's innovative and creative cover...is both familiar and jolting, warm and angular, evoking the joy of spinning circles on a frozen lake as the wind gently cuts paths across your cheeks."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Bird except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Andalucia"John Cale3:32
2."Alabaster" 3:12
3."Greenwine"
3:48
4."Christmas In April" 3:31
5."Souvenirs"John Prine3:29
6."Oh Holy Night"Adolphe Adam2:17
7."Mille Cherubini in Coro"Franz Schubert1:49
8."Night's Falling" 3:30
9."Glad"Alan Hampton3:58
10."Christmas Is Coming"Vince Guaraldi3:21
11."White Christmas"Irving Berlin3:14
12."Skating"Vince Guaraldi3:35
13."Auld Lang Syne"Robert Burns4:33

References

  1. ^ Uitti, Jacob (28 October 2020). "Andrew Bird Stays Deep In His Music With 'Hark!'". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Gil (19 October 2020). "Andrew Bird Made a Christmas Album For the Rest of Us". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Andrew Bird: Hark!". NPR. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ Strauss, Matthew (29 September 2020). "Andrew Bird Announces New Christmas Album, Covers John Cale". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Review: Hark!". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ^ Finlayson, Ray (5 November 2020). "Album review: Andrew Bird - Hark!". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ Hazelwood, Holly (18 November 2020). "Andrew Bird: Hark!". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Andrew Bird - Hark!". Sputnikmusic. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  9. ^ Warner, Andrea (November 25, 2019). "Best new holiday songs for 2019: Kathleen Edwards, Bryan Adams, PIQSIQ, more". cbc.ca. Retrieved 15 February 2021.