Noble Beast
| Noble Beast | ||||
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| Studio album by Andrew Bird | ||||
| Released | January 20, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||
| Length | 54:17 | |||
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Fat Possum (US) Bella Union (UK) |
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| Andrew Bird chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (B+) |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10) |
| The Guardian | |
| LA Times | |
| Paste | (6.7/10) |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |    |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.5/10) |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| The Skinny | |
| Spin | (7/10) |
| Uncut | |
Noble Beast is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird's fifth solo studio album released on January 20, 2009. Two songs from this album were previewed on his webpage, "Oh No" and "Carrion Suite", while the entire album was made available by NPR as a streaming feed. Noble Beast was made available as a standard CD release, a special limited-edition deluxe two-CD package and a double-LP package.
The track "Tenuousness" appears in the closing credits for the 2011 movie Crazy, Stupid, Love.
The album received a Metacritic score of 79 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 12, and No. 3 on the Top Rock Albums Albums chart, selling 26,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 150,000 copies in the United States as of December 2011.
All tracks written by Andrew Bird, except where noted.
The limited edition of Noble Beast shipped with a companion disc of instrumental songs, entitled Useless Creatures. This collection was made available on Bird's website in early January, before the album's release. Noble Beast / Useless Creatures was deleted after one initial run, both in the US and the UK, exclusively.
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