Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

Infobox Album
Name = The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Type = studio
Artist = Andrew Bird


Released = February 8, 2005
Genre = Baroque pop
Length = 53:24
Label = Righteous Babe
Producer = Andrew Bird, David Boucher
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qj9fs36ea3bg~T1 link]
*Pitchfork (8.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15451/Andrew_Bird_Andrew_Bird_and_the_Mysterious_Production_of_Eggs 11 Mar 05]
*PopMatters (8/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/b/birdandrew-mysterious.shtml 14 Feb 05]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Andrew+Bird link]
*"Stylus Magazine" (B+) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2793 3 Mar 05]
Last album = "Weather Systems"
(2003)
This album = "Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs"
(2005)
Next album = "Armchair Apocrypha"
(2007)

"The Mysterious Production of Eggs" is the second album of Andrew Bird's career post-Bowl of Fire, released in 2005, following his "Weather Systems" in 2003. The album art, along with track illustrations in the accompanying booklet were drawn by Jay Ryan. Bird expanded on his earlier work on "Weather Systems"; the song "Skin Is, My" is an outgrowth of his earlier song "Skin".

Track listing

#"√" – 1:05
#"Sovay" – 4:41
#"A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left" – 4:59
#"Fake Palindromes" – 2:52
#"Measuring Cups" – 2:51
#"Banking on a Myth" – 4:28
#"Masterfade" – 4:10
#"Opposite Day" – 4:31
#"Skin Is, My" – 3:36
#"The Naming of Things" – 4:57
#"MX Missiles" – 4:21
#"~" – 1:08
#"Tables and Chairs" – 4:44
#"The Happy Birthday Song" – 5:03

Personnel

*Andrew Bird, David Boucher – production
*David Boucher, Dan Dietrich, Mark Greenberg, Mike Napolitano, Mark Nevers – engineering
*David Boucher – mixing
*Jim DeMain – mastering
*Jason Harvey – layout design
*Jay Ryan – artwork, drawing