Antony And The JohnsonsI Am A Bird Now

Label:

Rough Trade – RTRADCD223

Format:

CD , Album , Deluxe, Blackburn Pressing

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Ballad

Tracklist

1 Hope There's Someone 4:21
2 My Lady Story
Arranged By [Strings]Maxim Moston
Mixed ByEmery Dobyns
ViolaDanielle Farina
3:33
3 For Today I Am A Boy 2:36
4 Man Is The Baby
Arranged By [Strings]Maxim Moston
4:09
5 You Are My Sister
Arranged By [Strings]Julia Kent
DrumsJohn Bollinger
GuitarDevendra Banhart
VocalsBoy George
3:59
6 What Can I Do?
Arranged By [Strings]Maxim Moston
Mixed ByEmery Dobyns
PianoJason Hart
VocalsRufus Wainwright
1:40
7 Fistful Of Love
Arranged By [Horns]Doug Wieselman
BassRainy Orteca
DrumsParker Kindred
Vocals, GuitarLou Reed
5:51
8 Spiralling
Arranged By [Strings]Julia Kent
VocalsDevendra Banhart
4:25
9 Free At Last
Mixed ByEmery Dobyns
ViolaDanielle Farina
VocalsJulia Yasuda
Written-By [Poem]Unknown Artist
1:36
10 Bird Gerhl
Arranged By [Strings]Julia Kent
3:14

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Rebis Music
  • Copyright ©The Estate Of Peter Hujar
  • Licensed ToRough Trade Records
  • Licensed FromSecretly Canadian
  • Glass Mastered AtDeluxe, Blackburn
  • Pressed ByDeluxe, Blackburn

Credits

  • BassJeff Langston
  • CelloJulia Kent
  • DrumsTodd Cohen
  • FluteKeith Bonner
  • HornsSteve Bernstein*
  • Illustration [Drawings]Antony (3)
  • Mixed By, Mastered ByDoug Henderson
  • Other [Make Up Page In Doctor's Chair]Kabuki
  • Photography By [Antony]Don Felix Cervantes
  • Photography By [Cover]Peter Hujar
  • Photography By [Page In Doctor's Chair]Josef Astor
  • SaxophoneDoug Wieselman
  • Tracking ByEmery Dobyns
  • ViolinMaxim Moston
  • Written-By, Producer, Vocals, Piano, OrganAntony (3)

Notes

Issued in a jewel case with 10 fold out and sticker with band logo and album title.
Some copies have "Winner - Nationwide Mercury Prize - album of the year" - sticker on the front cover.

I Am a Bird Now is dedicated to the memory of Page.

Front cover photograph: "Candy Darling on her Deathbed" by Peter Hujar (1974) © The Estate of Peter Hujar, Courtesy Matthew Marko Gallery, NYC.
Title of "Fistful of Love" from a line in Marc Almond's poem "L'esqualita".
Poem "Free At Last" by Anonymous.

All songs © Rebis Music (ASCAP) 2004
Secretly Canadian licensed to Rough Trade Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Sticker): 5 050159 822324
  • Barcode (Sticker (Scanned)): 5050159822324
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L138
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0481
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): deluxe RTRADCD223 03
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0470
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): deluxe RTRADCD223 01
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 04AB
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 04AT
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5 #1): IFPI 0473
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5 #2): IFPI 04AR
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 ): deluxe RTRADCD223 03
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFP 0453
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 Inner Ring Stamp): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 0457
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): deluxe RTRADCD223 01
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8 Inner Ring Stamp): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI 0464
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 9): deluxe RTRADCD223 01 MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI 0470
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 10): deluxe RTRADCD223 03
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 10): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 10): IFPI 04AC
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 11): deluxe RTRADCD223 02 MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 11): IFPI 04AT
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 11): IFPI 0445
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 12): deluxe RTRADCD223 01 MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 12): IFPI L135
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 12): IFPI 0458
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 13): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 13, Mould inscription): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 13): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 13, rim): IFPI 8724
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 13, mould): IFPI 0474
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 14): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 14, Mould inscription): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 14): IFPI 04AS
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 14): IFPI 0475
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 15): deluxe RTRADCD223 02 MADE IN THE UK
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 15): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 15): IFPI 0470
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 16): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 16): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 16 #1): IFPI 0444
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 16 #2): IFPI 04AI
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 17): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 17): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 17, Text on runout): IFPI 04AL
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 17, Text on mould): IFPI 0440
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 18): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 18, Inner Ring Stamp): MADE IN THE UK
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 18, outer ring): IFPI 04AX
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 18, inner mould): IFPI 0476
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 19): deluxe RTRADCD223 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 19): IFPI L136
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 19): IFPI 0482
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 19, Inner Ring Stamp): MADE IN THE UK

Other Versions (5 of 23)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
I Am A Bird Now (CD, Album, Promo) Secretly Canadian sc105 US 2004
Recently Edited
I Am A Bird Now (CD, Album) Secretly Canadian sc105, SC105CD US 2005
I Am A Bird Now (LP, Album) Secretly Canadian SC 105 US 2005
Recently Edited
I Am A Bird Now (LP, Album) Rough Trade RTRADLP 223 UK 2005
New Submission
I Am A Bird Now (CD, Album) Spunk URA145 Australia 2005

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    LauraLeuven
    I removed the barcode sticker after I bought it, hahaha! I had no idea it was an identifier back then. (LauraLeuven)

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