Released 21st September 1999 Genres Rock music, Dream pop | Recorded 1999 Release date 21 September 1999 Label Thirsty Ear Recordings | |
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A Box of Birds(1999) After Everything Now This(2002) Similar Magician Among the Spirits, Forget Yourself, Hologram of Baal, Sometime Anywhere, After Everything Now This | ||
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A Box of Birds is the twelfth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in September 1999. It consists of cover versions of tracks by artists who were influential on the group's music.
Contents
- Cortez the killer the church a box of birds
- The endless sea the church a box of birds
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The album was released after the band's decision to abandon an already-complete live album and was recorded and mixed in 10 days. Guitarist Marty Willson-Piper said the band had played several covers in its gigs over the years, including "The Porpoise Song", "It's All Too Much" and "Cortez the Killer" – "and we thought, why not put them on a record. So we came along with our own ideas. Tim wanted to do an Iggy Pop number, Peter wanted "Cortez", Steve wanted Kevin Ayers and I wanted to do Alex Harvey. We had to pick 10 after an initial list of about 40."
The endless sea the church a box of birds
Personnel
Songs
1The Faith Healer7:36
2It's All Too Much6:11
3Hiroshima Mon Amour4:28