Weather Systems [ENHANCED]

Andrew Bird

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2003)
• Original Release Date: April 1, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Righteous Babe
• ASIN: B00009IB16
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,080 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

(Mark Guarino, Chicago Daily Herald, 4/3/03)
"...[an] intoxicating album..."

(Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader- 4/4/03)
"...moodier and more atmospheric than his previous work, Bird's serpentine pop remains as elegantly melodic as ever."

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars melodies for solitary moments, September 9, 2003

By	Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I like to listen to this album when I'm washing the dishes. This is good music to have around when sitting on the back porch. Sometimes, I'll play it when I'm boiling eggs for salad or when I'm lying in the front hall after a long day at work.

I'm a huge fan of Bird and his Bowl of Fire. Loved the first two records. The third one, "The Swimming Hour," felt like a shift away from the old fiddle-and-dagger-and-dancehall stuff, a necessary experiment -- and I did dig bits and pieces but most of it shook me off.

"Weather Systems" isn't a return to the old style, and he's put away the Bowl, but it's a firm step in another interesting direction; a better direction, I think. But it still has the same excellent strings, same incredible harmonies, and more chipper, twisted lyrics. It's more contemplative and sometimes I wish Bird would jump back up on the table and dance, but he's still given me a soundtrack for the next couple of months.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Captivating, March 15, 2005

By	elvisfan1956 (Sedalia, MO USA) - See all my reviews

A while back I was attending a show in Columbia, Missouri, to see Vic Chesnutt and Andrew Bird was the opener. I had never heard anything like the music that Andrew offered the audience that night. In fact, I was so blown away by Andrew's performance, that I hardly paid attention to Vic! I purchased the Weather Systems CD from Andrew that evening and have been in love with it ever since. There is an ethereal quality to the music on this CD that has to be heard to be appreciated, any words that I would use here to describe it would not do it any justice at all. A stand out, for me, is the third track, "Lull." The lyrics combined with the completely enchanting music speak to the soul. I highly recommend this CD, you will not be disappointed in the quality of Andrew Bird's amazing talent.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real discovery, April 9, 2004

By	alexliamw (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

Americana isn't always tremedously imaginative, but this is one hell of a groundbreaker in the genre. Andrew Bird is not a singer-guitarist, but a singer-violinist, and he uses violin, played both classically and plucked like a guitar, through this quirky album of beautiful songs. Opener 'First Song' is more traditional alt-country balladeering, but tracks like 'I' display a quirky charm and a flair for offbeat rhythm and instrumental sounds. Meanwhile the title track is the album's centrepiece, a gorgeous epic awash in classical string playing, almost a sonata in its own right. At this stage its tempting to call him a composer, but there's a pop sensibility to these songs and a sort of back-country, American twang to them that places it firmly in an area of its own. With beautiful, swaying vocals, this could beat more conventional singer-songwriters any day, and is really worth investigation.