Name: Hands of Glory
Brand: Mom & Pop Music
SKU: 30025828
Price: 45.2 USD
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Hands of Glory

Rating

Album: Hands of Glory
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Three White Horses	More Info...	3:10
2)	When That Helicopter Comes	More Info...	2:50
3)	Spirograph	More Info...	4:04
4)	Railroad Bill	More Info...	3:24
5)	Something Biblical	More Info...	4:32
6)	If I Needed You	More Info...	3:07
7)	Orpheo	More Info...	4:26
8)	Beyond The Valley Of The Three White Horses	More Info...	9:11

Album: Hands of Glory
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Three White Horses	More Info...	3:10
2)	When That Helicopter Comes	More Info...	2:50
3)	Spirograph	More Info...	4:04
4)	Railroad Bill	More Info...	3:24
5)	Something Biblical	More Info...	4:32
6)	If I Needed You	More Info...	3:07
7)	Orpheo	More Info...	4:26
8)	Beyond The Valley Of The Three White Horses	More Info...	9:11

Performer Notes

Personnel: Alan Hampton (vocals); Jeremy Ylvisaker (vocals, guitar); Andrew Bird (vocals, guitar, violin); Martin Dosh (drums).
Recording information: La La Land; The Barn; Wall And Studio Victor.
Photographer: Todd Baxter.
In 2010, singer/songwriter, crafty violinist, and unstoppable whistling machine Andrew Bird released Useless Creatures, a nine-track set of instrumentals that were originally paired with the deluxe edition of 2009's Noble Beast. Released in 2012, Hands of Glory follows a similar trajectory, though far less reliant on instrumentals, arriving less than a year after the release of Bird's sixth studio album, the sweet, ornate, and occasionally ramshackle Break It Yourself. The eight-track companion piece includes alternate versions of album cuts like "Orpheo" and "Spirograph," a handful of classic country covers, and one brand-new track.

Professional Reviews

Q (Magazine) (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Bird already has something unique going on -- the classical moments that give his modern, literate pop songs all their sweetness and delicacy."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Recorded around one microphone at Bird's Illinois barn and steeped in deliberate old-world atmosphere, HANDS OF GLORY still sacrifices none of Bird's cerebral elegance..."