A Box of Birds

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A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds (The Church album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
The Church
Released21 September 1999
Recorded1999
GenreAlternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop
LabelFestival, Cooking Vinyl, Thirsty Ear
ProducerDave 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]

Kevin Ayers' song "Decadence" has been described as 'a withering portrait of Nico.'

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[5]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original ArtistLength
1."The Faith Healer"Alex Harvey, Hugh McKennaThe Sensational Alex Harvey Band7:35
2."It's All Too Much"George HarrisonThe Beatles6:10
3."Hiroshima Mon Amour"John Foxx, Billy Currie, Warren CannUltravox!4:27
4."The Porpoise Song"Gerry Goffin, Carole KingThe Monkees4:28
5."Decadence"Kevin AyersKevin Ayers9:14
6."The Endless Sea"Jim Osterberg Jr.Iggy Pop4:33
7."Friction"Tom VerlaineTelevision5:11
8."All the Young Dudes"David BowieMott the Hoople4:10
9."Silver Machine"Dave Brock, Robert CalvertHawkwind4:57
10."Cortez the Killer"Neil YoungNeil Young with Crazy Horse11:08

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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