Antony & The Johnsons I Am A Bird Now
Mojo (Publisher): 5 stars out of 5 - "[T]his is tough, honest, uncompromising beauty and the next great voice in music."
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- Released: February 1, 2005
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Secretly Canadian
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - No. 967, p.84
4 stars out of 5 - "[Antony's voice is] an instrument of delicacy and rapture in which Nina Simone, Morrissey and Joni Mitchell seem to inhabit the same breath..."Spin - p.61
Ranked #28 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[His falsetto] resonates with the power of decidedly nonmale vocalists like Nico and Nina Simone..."Spin - p.92
"Scarily intimate and irresistibly beautiful." - Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly - p.143
Ranked #10 in Entertainment Weekly's 'Top Ten Records of the Year' - "The music - equal parts muted cabaret and heavenly modern hymns - flies like the bird of the title."Entertainment Weekly - No. 804/805, p.133
"[A] strings-garnished plunge into the depths of heartbreak (and gender-bending)..." - Grade: B+Uncut - p.105
4 stars out of 5 - "Antony's eloquent tales of alienation an love, played with Bad Seeds vigour by The Johnsons, are precious but palatable, and provoke compelling vocals from seasoned outsiders."The Wire - p.41
Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."The Wire - p.51
"[I]t's Antony's voice that will move you, make you swoon."Mojo (Publisher) - p.56
Ranked #1 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Not just a truly brilliant record, but a record that seemed to promise that the pop music mainstream need never be the same again."Mojo (Publisher) - p.62
Ranked #43 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "[L]onesome tales of heartbreak, longing and loss, finally arriving at some kind of redemption. An essential journey."Mojo (Publisher) - p.88
5 stars out of 5 - "[T]his is tough, honest, uncompromising beauty and the next great voice in music."Tracks:
- 1.Hope There's Someone
- 2.My Lady Story
- 3.For Today I Am a Bouy
- 4.Man Is the Baby
- 5.You Are My Sister
- 6.What Can I Do?
- 7.Fistful of Love
- 8.Spiralling
- 9.Free at Last
- 10.Bird Guhl
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 47,635
- UPC: 656605010519
- Shipping Weight: 0.5/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 2 items
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