Hands of Glory

Hands of Glory is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird. It was released in October 2012 through Mom+Pop Records.

Hands of Glory
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2012
GenreIndie folk
Length35:04
LabelMom + Pop
Andrew Bird chronology
Break It Yourself
(2012)
Hands of Glory
(2012)
I Want to See Pulaski at Night
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Austin Chronicle[3]
PopMatters8/10[4]
Filter84%[5]
Pitchfork7.3/10[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
BPM66%[8]

Track list

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Three White Horses"Andrew Bird3:13
2."When That Helicopter Comes"Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks2:53
3."Spirograph"Alpha Consumer, Andrew Bird4:06
4."Railroad Bill"Traditional3:26
5."Something Biblical"Andrew Bird4:34
6."If I Needed You"Townes Van Zandt3:09
7."Orpheo"Andrew Bird4:29
8."Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses"Andrew Bird9:14

Other appearances

Personnel

  • Andrew Bird – violin, guitar, and vocals
  • Tift Merritt – vocals and guitar
  • Jeremy Ylvislaker – guitar and backing vocals
  • Alan Hampton – bass, backing vocals
  • Martin Dosh – drums
  • Dan Dorff – tambourine on "Spirograph"

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 52
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[10] 23
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[11] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[13] 15
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[14] 14
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[15] 4

References

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