A Box of Birds

A Box of Birds
Studio album by The Church
Released 21st September 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop
Label Festival, Cooking Vinyl, Thirsty Ear
Producer Dave Trump, Tim Powles
The Church chronology
Hologram of Baal
(1998)		 A Box of Birds
(1999)		 After Everything Now This
(2002)

A Box of Birds is the twelfth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in September 1999.[1] It consists of cover versions of tracks by artists who were influential on the group's music.

The album was released after the band's decision to abandon an already-complete live album[2] and was recorded and mixed in 10 days.[3] Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper said the band had played several covers in its gigs over the years, including "The Porpoise Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Cortez the Killer" – "and we thought, why not put them on a record. So we came along with our own ideas. Tim wanted to do an Iggy Pop number, Peter wanted "Cortez", Steve wanted Kevin Ayers and I wanted to do Alex Harvey. We had to pick 10 after an initial list of about 40."[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original Artist Length
1. "The Faith Healer"  Alex Harvey, Hugh McKennaThe Sensational Alex Harvey Band 7:35
2. "It's All Too Much"  George HarrisonThe Beatles 6:10
3. "Hiroshima Mon Amour"  John Foxx, Billy Currie, Warren CannUltravox! 4:27
4. "The Porpoise Song"  Gerry Goffin, Carole KingThe Monkees 4:28
5. "Decadence"  Kevin AyersKevin Ayers 9:14
6. "The Endless Sea"  Jim Osterberg Jr.Iggy Pop 4:33
7. "Friction"  Tom VerlaineTelevision 5:11
8. "All the Young Dudes"  David BowieMott the Hoople 4:10
9. "Silver Machine"  Dave Brock, Robert CalvertHawkwind 4:57
10. "Cortez the Killer"  Neil YoungNeil Young with Crazy Horse 11:08

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Church". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Scatena, Dino (7 October 1999). "Box of Birds review". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. pp. T21.
  3. ↑ Scatena, Dino (16 March 2000). "The Church resurrection". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. pp. T21.
  4. ↑ Buivids, Amanda (5 March 2000). "One out of the box for Church". Sunday Herald Sun. Melbourne. p. 98.
  5. ↑ A Box of Birds at AllMusic
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