| Birdland | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | April 2003 |
| Recorded | 2001–2003 |
| Studio | Mothership, Hollywood, California |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 56:52 |
| Label | Favored Nations |
| Producer | Ken Allardyce |
Birdland is a studio album by the reconstituted English rock group the Yardbirds, which was released in 2003, and the band's fifth studio album overall. Original drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja reformed the group in 1994 and, for the album, the Yardbirds lineup included lead singer and bassist John Idan, lead guitarist Gypie Mayo, and harmonica player Alan Glen. The album features contributions by several guests, including Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Slash, Brian May, and original group guitarist Jeff Beck.
The album contains seven new originals, composed mainly by McCarty or Dreja, and eight remakes of classic Yardbirds songs from the 1960s. The song "An Original Man (A Song for Keith)" was dedicated to Keith Relf, original Yardbirds singer who died in 1976.[1]
Birdland reached number 25 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart in the US[2] and number 67 in Germany.[3]
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- ^ "Suchen Nach 'Yardbirds'". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2021.