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In 2005, Andrew Bird was a previously unimaginable combination of virtuoso violinist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and whistler. With that year's album The Mysterious Production of Eggs, his second on Righteous Babe Records, Bird minted a new sound that continues to be imitated and set down classic songs that still anchor many a live performance. The recording sessions lived up to the name when he recorded and scrapped the album three times, traveling between studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and his own home studio on a farm in Northern Illinois. The mystery was solved with the aid of David Boucher, whose studio credits at the time included Paul Westerberg, Lisa Loeb, and Randy Newman. Bird played most of the instruments on Mysterious Production of Eggs, joined by a handful of special guests complimenting his already rich sonic palette. The result was a powerhouse of a record dealing with nothing less than the mysteries of childhood, creativity and modern science-epic in scope and minute in detail. Album Tracks 1. /=/ 2. Sovay 3. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left 4. Fake Palindromes 5. Measuring Cups 6. Banking on a Myth 7. Masterfade 8. Opposite Day 9. Skin Is, My 10. The Naming of Things 11. MX Missiles 12. /=/=/ 13. Tables and Chairs 14. The Happy Birthday Song 15. Sovay (Live in Berlin) 16. A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left (Mayfair Studio) 17. Blood 18. Measuring Cups (The Barn) 19. Banking on a Myth (Beech House) 20. Zeros and Ones (The Barn) 21. Opposite Day (Beech House) 22. Skin Is, My (The Barn) 23. Naming of Things (Mayfair Studio) 24. MX Missiles (Beech House) 25. Tables and Chairs (Demo) 26. The Happy Birthday Song (Beech House) 27. Capital I 28. Right on Time (The Barn) 29. The Happy Birthday Song (The Barn) 30. Measuring Cups Demo (The Barn) 31. Knapsack (The Barn)
