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- #1
- Posted: 04/21/2014 19:25
- Post subject: User Pick of the Day (#36): I Am a Bird Now [drakonium]
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I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons
Chart: Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by drakonium
Rank on User's Chart: 1
Year: 2006
Rank on BEA Overall: 617
Average Rating: 79/100
Summary Info: The second album by baroque/chamber pop band, Antony and the Johnsons, led by Antony Hegarty. This album garnered considerably more mainstream attention than the first and included guest appearances from Lou Reed, Boy George, Rufus Wainwright, and Devendra Banhart.
Details on the implementation and chart selection process of "User Pick of the Day" can be found here and here, respectively. A chart documenting the previous picks can be found here.
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MrFrogger
Where am I
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Oakland 
- #2
- Posted: 04/21/2014 20:31
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This album is painfully beautiful, so much so that I have to be in a certain state of mind to listen to it. But it's fantastic none the less.
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- #3
- Posted: 04/21/2014 21:15
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No need be in any certain state of mind for anything related to pop music.  Operating machinery... now that's the sort of thing you have to be all there for.
This album should be on my chart. It has some lovely moments you know. Never had it as a favorite so no favorite tracks right now.
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- #4
- Posted: 04/21/2014 22:43
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Listening to this right now, for the first time. It really seems to be great!
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Mercury
Turn your back on the pay-you-back last call
Gender: Male
Location: St. Louis
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- #6
- Posted: 04/22/2014 01:04
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This seems like a really interesting album. It's also drakonium's #1, so this is going right on my listening chart.
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- #7
- Posted: 04/22/2014 01:24
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I love this record, however, "My Lady Story" has to have one of the most irritating idiosyncrasies known to me.
Anything with "My Lady" sounding like "M'Lady" irritates me.
Everything else though, ESPECIALLY the opening track, is beautiful.
This spent time on my Overall, it's due for another listen.
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- #8
- Posted: 04/22/2014 01:27
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| Precedent wrote: | | Anything with "My Lady" sounding like "M'Lady" irritates me. |
Had a good laugh, thanks for that.
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revolver94
professional dilettante
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Location: Washington, D.C.
- #9
- Posted: 04/22/2014 01:28
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| MrFrogger wrote: | | This album is painfully beautiful, so much so that I have to be in a certain state of mind to listen to it. But it's fantastic none the less. |
Absolutely agree. Track pick for me is actually "Fistful of Love", which I can listen to anytime!
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drakonium
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Location: More than one 
- #10
- Posted: 04/22/2014 04:48
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Yeah, Fistful of love is like the Sloop John B. of this album, it can seem a bit out of place, but if you think so ur dumb lol, it's much brighter than the rest and certainly the track I listen to the most on its own.
Not sure what to write etc, but the key point here is the voice. This guy has literally my favorite voice ever. Makes melodramatic sounds natural. And the end is the best, wtf Mercury! The four track suite of Fistful, Spiralling, Free At Last and Bird Gehrl is like the best thing human beings have ever done.
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