Released 1971 Producer Ed Freeman Artist Tim Hardin Label COLUMBIA | Length 36:36 Bird on a Wire
(1971) Painted Head
(1972) Release date 1971 Genre Folk music | |
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Similar Suite for Susan Moore an, Painted Head, This Is Tim Hardin, Simple Songs of Freedom, Tim Hardin 3 Live in Concert | ||
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Bird on a Wire is an album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1971. It was Hardin's second release on Columbia Records. It peaked at No. 189 on the Billboard Pop Album charts and was his last album to make any of the charts.
Contents
History
In contrast to Hardin's previous releases where he had written all his own material, Bird on a Wire includes cover songs four of the ten tracks. By this time, his drug addictions were beginning to take a larger toll on his live performances and songwriting output. It was also his last recording done in the US.
Bird on a Wire was re-issued on CD by Sony in 1989 and Sony Japan in 2005.
Reception
In his review for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote "The singing is exquisite, poignant, and powerful and the production is as tasteful and eloquent as any in Hardin's output. This might not be the place to start listening to Tim Hardin (though there are worse places for that as well) in terms of finding out what he was about, but it's also as essential as anything in his output and a lot closer to the core of who he was than, say, Tim Hardin 4."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tim Hardin; except where indicated
Side one
- "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:29
- "Moonshiner" (Trad.)– 3:15
- "Southern Butterfly" – 2:53
- "A Satisfied Mind" (Joe Hayes, Jack Rhodes) – 2:07
- "Soft Summer Breeze" – 2:59
Side two
- "Hoboin'" (John Lee Hooker, Joe Josea) – 3:28
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:33
- "Andre Johray" – 2:50
- "If I Knew" – 3:55
- "Love Hymn" – 4:37
Personnel
Songs
1Bird on the Wire5:28
2Moonshiner3:14
3Southern Butterfly2:54