| A Box of Birds | ||||
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| Released | 21 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, dream pop | |||
| Label | Festival, Cooking Vinyl, Thirsty Ear | |||
| Producer | Dave Trump, Tim Powles | |||
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A Box of Birds is the twelfth album by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, released in September 1999.[1] It consists of cover versions of tracks by artists who were influential on the group's music.
The album was released after the band's decision to abandon an already-complete live album[2] and was recorded and mixed in 10 days.[3] 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."[4]
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| AllMusic |   [5] |
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Church". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Scatena, Dino (7 October 1999). "Box of Birds review". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. pp. T21.
- ^ Scatena, Dino (16 March 2000). "The Church resurrection". Daily Telegraph. Sydney. pp. T21.
- ^ Buivids, Amanda (5 March 2000). "One out of the box for Church". Sunday Herald Sun. Melbourne. p. 98.
- ^ A Box of Birds at AllMusic