Featuring "Birds"
Featuring "Birds" is the third studio album by the American indie rock band Quasi. It was released in 1998 by record label Up in the US and Domino in the UK.
Several of the album's tracks were first created during sessions for Quasi's previous album, R&B Transmogrification.
Background and recording
Featuring "Birds" was recorded during November 1997 at Jackpot! Recording Studios in Portland, Oregon.Release
Featuring "Birds" was released on April 21, 1998, through the labels Up in the US and Domino in the UK.Critical reception
Featuring "Birds" has been well received by critics.Sean Kennerly of Rolling Stone wrote: " hides gut-wrenching heartache and despair inside sugary vocal harmonies and catchy, succinct songwriting. Bitterness has never sounded so sweet." The album placed at number twenty-five on The Village Voices 1998 end-of-year Pazz & Jop poll.
Track listing
Personnel
- Sam Coomes – vocals, guitar, Roxichord, keyboards
- Janet Weiss – vocals, drums
- Charlie Campbell – orchestral guitar on "Tomorrow You'll Hide", executive producer
- Quasi – production
- Joanna Bolme – executive producer
- Larry Crane – recording engineer, executive producer
- Tony Lash – executive producer, mastering
- Dave Livingston – executive producer
- Kathy Malloy – executive producer
- Chris Slusarenko – executive producer
- Elliott Smith – executive producer
- Chris Takino – executive producer
- Julie Weiss – executive producer