Noble Beast

Noble Beast
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released January 20, 2009
Genre Baroque pop
Length 54:17
Label Fat Possum (US)
Bella Union (UK)
Andrew Bird chronology
Soldier On EP
(2007)		 Noble Beast
(2009)		 Break it Yourself
(2012)

Noble Beast is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fifth solo studio album released on January 20, 2009.[1] Two songs from this album were previewed on his webpage, "Oh No" and "Carrion Suite", while the entire album was made available by NPR[2] as a streaming feed. Noble Beast was made available as a standard CD release, a special limited-edition deluxe two-CD package and a double-LP package.

The track "Tenuousness" appears in the closing credits for the 2011 movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. Club(B+)[5]
Drowned in Sound(9/10)[6]
The Guardian[7]
LA Times[8]
Paste(6.7/10)[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
The Skinny[13]
Spin(7/10)[14]
Uncut[15]

The album received a Metacritic score of 79 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.[3]

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 12, and No. 3 on the Top Rock Albums Albums chart,[16] selling 26,000 copies in the first week.[17] The album has sold 150,000 copies in the United States as of December 2011.[18]

Track listing

All tracks written by Andrew Bird, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Oh No"   4:20
2. "Masterswarm"   6:35
3. "Fitz and the Dizzyspells"   3:36
4. "Effigy"   5:06
5. "Tenuousness"   3:51
6. "Nomenclature"   2:54
7. "Ouo"   0:20
8. "Not a Robot, but a Ghost" (Bird, Martin Dosh) 5:37
9. "Unfolding Fans" (Bird, Jeremy Ylvisaker) 0:57
10. "Anonanimal"   4:47
11. "Natural Disaster"   4:18
12. "The Privateers"   3:24
13. "Souverian"   7:18
14. "On Ho!"   1:08

Deluxe edition bonus disc

Deluxe Edition album art, to be used for Noble Beast/Useless Creatures 2-CD set

The limited edition of Noble Beast shipped with a companion disc of instrumental songs, entitled Useless Creatures.[19] This collection was made available on Bird's website in early January, before the album's release. Noble Beast / Useless Creatures was deleted after one initial run, both in the US and the UK, exclusively.

No. Title Length
1. "Master Sigh"   2:17
2. "You Woke Me Up!"   7:24
3. "Nyatiti"   4:01
4. "The Barn Tapes"   10:12
5. "Carrion Suite"   9:39
6. "Spinney"   0:45
7. "Dissent"   3:54
8. "Hot Math"   7:18
9. "Sigh Master"   5:32

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 77
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 62
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[22] 64
US Billboard 200[23] 12
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[24] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[26] 3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[27] 2

References

  1. ↑ Paul Thompson, "Andrew Bird to Unleash Noble Beast on New Album" Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., pitchforkmedia.com, October 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Exclusive First Listen: Andrew Bird's 'Noble Beast'".
  3. 1 2 "Noble Beast by Andrew Bird". Metacritic.
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1468944/review
  5. ↑ "Andrew Bird: Noble Beast". AV Club. 27 January 2009.
  6. ↑ Skinner, James (2009-02-02). "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Costa, Maddy (30 January 2009). "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ Brown, August (January 20, 2009). "Album review: Andrew Bird's 'Noble Beast'". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ↑ "Andrew Bird: Noble Beast". Past Magazine.
  10. ↑ "Music Review: Andrew Bird - Noble Beast".
  11. ↑ Tangari, Joe (January 22, 2009). "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". Pitchfork.
  12. ↑ Hermes, Will (January 20, 2009). "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
  13. ↑ Watson, Gillian. "Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". The Skinny.
  14. ↑ Suarez, Jessica (27 December 2008). "Andrew Bird, 'Noble Beast' (Fat Possum)". SPIN.
  15. ↑ McKay, Alastair. "Album Review: Andrew Bird - Noble Beast". Uncut. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Top Rock Albums". Billboard. February 7, 2009.
  17. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (March 14, 2012). "Bruce Springsteen Squeaks By Adele, Earns Tenth No. 1 Album". Billboard.
  18. ↑ "ANDREW BIRD to release 'Break It Yourself' in March 2012". Bella Union. December 8, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Andrew Bird new album release moved up". NME. 26 November 2008.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Andrew Bird – Noble Beast" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Andrew Bird – Noble Beast". Hung Medien.
  22. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Andrew Bird – Noble Beast" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  23. ↑ "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Andrew Bird.
  24. ↑ "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Andrew Bird.
  25. ↑ "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Andrew Bird.
  26. ↑ "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Andrew Bird.
  27. ↑ "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Andrew Bird.
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