- Record Label: Secretly Canadian / Rough Trade
- Release Date: Feb 1, 2005
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 271 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 229 out of 271
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Mixed: 12 out of 271
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Negative: 30 out of 271
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belvederehDec 27, 2005If you can ignore the excruciatingly awful vocals, the songs are quite nice.
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ChazNOct 7, 2005Don't know what everyone is getting excited about?? This idiot is almost as folorn and self indulgent as damien rice!!!!! Can someone tell me what is so good about him??
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WillyPNov 18, 2005Tiny Tim is alive and well, and scraping his nails down a chalkboard! I refuse to believe this music isn't a prank of some kind.
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AaronS.Jul 10, 2005A laughably bad disc. Next to M.I.A., this is the most overrated album of the year! The guy sounds like Tiny Tim. I simply can't believe this is getting good word of mouth. Simply awful.
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ememAug 8, 2005This album is a really kitsch and junk. For the first 2 songs I thought it is a parody. Suprisingly it is not. Really funny, what people are listening...
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ScottYOct 31, 2005Original...perhaps. Disappointing...definitely. Whoa...nothing on this disc jumped out at me. I lasted for 3 songs, my wife made it through 1, and the two friends I lent it to didn't get much farther, either.
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JonnywOct 3, 2005The fact that this bunch of seemingly no-hopers managed not only to make it tothe top but also deprive the excellent kaiser chiefs of the mercury music prize is a fact that i, like many i am sure, will take a very long time to get to grips with. Utter, utter trash!!
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JasonSSep 13, 2005I don't get the love for his voice - sounds like he was kicked in the crotch and someone recorded the crying. Truly awful.
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JLDSep 15, 2005I don't get it... Only like the song with rufus ! Won the Mercury Price ? Come on...
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StevenSep 3, 2005Hugely overrated album. I can't believe people actually listen to this snoozefest.
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LeonardoFSep 7, 2005Mommy, I want to be Nina Simone.
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MichaelRNov 15, 2005Don't submit your ears to unnecessary pain and torture.
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JonathanWOct 20, 2005
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sissyFeb 21, 2005monotonous (emotionally and musically). really dull.
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MatthewWJun 1, 2005
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EBowJun 12, 2005For the life of me I don't understand how anyone can listen to this. This is some of the worst music I have ever heard.
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DeanS.Jun 14, 2005I Am A Turd Now
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EricMAug 2, 2005This disc is as overrated as they come. Aaron S. got it right when he noted this disc and M.I.A. are the worst discs to get good reviews all year. Melancholy vocals aren't always a good thing, folks.
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TomASep 11, 2005It's so whiney and painful to listen... i've never been a bully and in fact i was one of the kids that got picked on in school... but if i heard someone sing this crap, i would want to punch him in the face.
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KristannaPNov 15, 2005Is this what passes for music nowadays?! Antony's singing is whiny, his lyrics are short and stupid, his songs are either cut abruptly or drag on and on. If he wants the damn transexual operation then he should just get it instead of crying to listeners about it! This is nothing but TRASH! I WANT A REFUND!!!
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seanbOct 28, 2005the 3 is for originality! That is all this album is! anyone who wants to work hard to enjoy music give this one a miss!
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D.F.NicholasMar 14, 2005Vastly over-rated. The vocals become anoying about halfway through the first song and by track 3 you want to strangle the usually reliable reviewers who convinced you to buy this lousy CD.
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LennyDMar 27, 2005Shockingly dull and highly overrated. Very reminiscent in style of Mick Hucknall: Simply red.
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BlisterfishCafeSep 13, 2005
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ScottWMay 11, 2006It's not worth spending money for just one good song. Download "Fistful of Love" but don't waste your money on the rest of this crap!
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Awards & Rankings
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Haunting and affecting.
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For what it lacks in consistency, I Am A Bird Now gains in being, even at its most tedious of moments, an interesting and thematically compelling listen.
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Entertainment WeeklyIt could have been mawkish, but the sentiments--and Antony's trembling falsetto--are so honest, you love it despite your jaded self. [4 Feb 2005, p.133]