Hands of Glory

Hands of Glory
Studio album by Andrew Bird
Released October 30, 2012
Genre Indie folk
Length 35:04
Label Mom + Pop
Andrew Bird chronology
Break It Yourself
(2012)
Hands of Glory
(2012)
Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…
(2014)


Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Austin Chronicle[3]
PopMatters8/10[4]
Filter84%[5]
Pitchfork7.3/10[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
BPM66%[8]

Hands of Glory is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. It was released in October 2012 through Mom+Pop Records.

Track list

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Three White Horses"  Andrew Bird 3:13
2. "When That Helicopter Comes"  Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks 2:53
3. "Spirograph"  Alpha Consumer, Andrew Bird 4:06
4. "Railroad Bill"  Traditional 3:26
5. "Something Biblical"  Andrew Bird 4:34
6. "If I Needed You"  Townes Van Zandt 3:09
7. "Orpheo"  Andrew Bird 4:29
8. "Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses"  Andrew Bird 9:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 52
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[10] 23
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[13] 15
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[14] 14
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[15] 4

References

  1. "Reviews for Hands of Glory". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  2. Monger, James Christopher. "Hands of Glory - Andrew Bird". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  3. Johnson, Abby (2012-10-12). "Review: Andrew Bird". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  4. Mistich, Dan (2012-10-29). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". PopMatters. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  5. Hughes, Gianna (2012-11-01). "Filter Magazine album review". Filter (magazine). Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  6. Deusner, Stephen M. (2012-11-01). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  7. Liedel, Kevin (2012-10-26). "Andrew Bird: Hands of Glory". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  8. Finlayson, Ray (2012-10-31). "Album Review". Beats Per Minute (website). Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  9. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Andrew Bird.
  10. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Andrew Bird.
  11. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Folk Albums for Andrew Bird.
  12. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Andrew Bird.
  13. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Andrew Bird.
  14. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Andrew Bird.
  15. "Andrew Bird – Chart history" Billboard Vinyl Albums for Andrew Bird.
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