Break It Yourself (studio album) by Andrew Bird

Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-03-05
Overall rank: 3,855th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 117 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2012 (73rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (686th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,855th)
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Andrew Bird bestography

Break It Yourself is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Andrew Bird on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Andrew Bird is Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs which is ranked number 1719 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 990.

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 117 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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90/100
From 01/31/2023 14:05
It may overstay its welcome, but the first ten tracks here would be an AOTY contender. Danse Caribe and Lusitania are particularly stunning.
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85/100
From 07/10/2013 03:44
This is exactly what you’d expect from Andrew Bird at this point. An interesting, well-arranged, well-written album. It’s a mix of folk rock and baroque pop and the marriage between the two is very happy and sounds excellent. Bird has a great voice and the instrumental arrangements on all of the songs are very well done and very interesting to listen to. There’s elements of catchy songs to the album as well as very interesting instrumentals, just a little bit of everything on this album. If you’ve never heard of Andrew Bird before, this wouldn’t be a bad place to start, though there are few of his albums that are.
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65/100
From 01/02/2013 16:16
Andrew Bird returns from portraying the muppets' "whistling caruso" reinvesting in folk (accompanied by a female vocalist who takes the lead in "lusitania"), losing some of the energy i've grown to love from "the mysterious production of eggs" album and on. The songs are pleasant with good melody, but "eyeoneye" is the only track that doesn't sound like an adult contemporary single b-side, and even that track is a bit light in the loafers. This guy has pumped out a huge catalogue of witty indie folk pop for many years and it sounds like he's taking a respite. (Maybe the muppets ruined him?? haha)
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From 12/09/2012 06:02
Close to greatness. A few trite songs keep it from getting there, but it's best moments are dang near transcendant
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85/100
From 11/24/2012 03:47
My first intro to Andrew Bird. Very nice retro-celty singing and songwriting. A sound that never gets old.
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From 11/10/2012 19:18
Solid, as usual.
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From 10/19/2012 20:52
Like a gentle boat ride. Although I'm not sure that is the right thing to write considering one of the songs subjects. It's still gentle though, comes in waves. Doesn't get inside the head but passes through pleasantly.
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From 10/02/2012 10:06
Well, I listened to this album and enough
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From 07/18/2012 03:57
I was pleased with this. It didn't immediately blow my mind, but as I listened and got I into it I really dug the atmosphere. And yeah Hole in the Ocean Floor is great.
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From 04/18/2012 04:22
best 2012 album so far!!
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