I Am a Bird Now | ||||
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Released | February 1, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Genre | Chamber pop[1] | |||
Length | 35:27 | |||
Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
Producer | Anohni | |||
Antony and the Johnsons chronology | ||||
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Singles from I Am a Bird Now | ||||
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I Am a Bird Now is the second album by American band Antony and the Johnsons, released on February 1, 2005, by Secretly Canadian. After it won the 2005 Mercury Prize, the album shot up the UK albums chart from #135 to #16 in one week, the biggest jump in the history of the prize.[2] As of September 2011, UK sales stood at 220,000 copies.[3]
The album features guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhart, Joan Wasser, and by lead singer Anohni's childhood heroes Boy George and Lou Reed.[4] The cover is a photograph by Peter Hujar of Warhol superstar Candy Darling on her deathbed (aptly titled "Candy Darling on Her Deathbed").[5]
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