| Babybird | |
|---|---|
| Oprindelse | Sheffield, England |
| Genre | |
| Aktive år | 1995–2000, 2005–2013, 2015–nu |
| Pladeselskab | Baby Bird Recordings, Echo, Unison Music, RW/FF Recordings |
| Medlemmer | Stephen Jones Danny Lowe Robert Gregory Luke Scott |
| Tidligere medlemmer | Huw Chadbourn John Pedder Matt Hay |
| Eksterne henvisninger | |
| www.babybird.info | |
Babybird er et engelsk rockband dannet af sangskriveren og multiinstrumentalisten Stephen Jones, som har udgivet musik siden 1995. Mens Jones’ tidlige solomateriale blev udgivet under navnet ”Baby Bird”, blev den ændrede form ”Babybird” først anvendt for at skelne det fulde bandlineup, som har ændret sig ofte gennem årene. I de senere år har Jones dog indspillet mange af Babybirds album på egen hånd, sideløbende med soloudgivelser og indspilninger under forskellige aliasser, herunder Death of the Neighbourhood, Trucker, Black Reindeer, Deluder, Arthritis Kid og andre.
Stephen Jones begyndte at skrive og indspille sange derhjemme, og hans første samling af disse demoer, I Was Born a Man, blev udgivet i juli 1995 under navnet Baby Bird. Han dannede herefter et band for at kunne turnere og promovere udgivelsen. I 1996 skrev Babybird kontrakt med Echo Records, og deres første single udkom i juli 1996. Babybird blev droppet af deres pladeselskab i 2000, efter at deres tredje album, Bugged, havde haft ringe salgstal. Bandet blev derefter opløst. Jones fortsatte på egen hånd, skrev skønlitteratur, udgav solomateriale og skabte musikken til filmen Blessed (2004).
I oktober 2005 blev bandet gendannet med tre medlemmer og indspillede albummet Between My Ears There Is Nothing But Music, som udkom i september 2006. De tog på turné i november 2009 og gik derefter igen i opløsning i 2013. Efter en række Babybird-udgivelser på Bandcamp fra 2015 tog Jones igen bandet på turné i slutningen af 2017 med et nyt lineup. Opsamlingsalbummet Happy Stupid Nothing blev udgivet i 2019 og indeholder et udvalg af Babybird-numre fra 2015 og frem.
| År | Albumdetaljer | Hitlisteplaceringer | Certificeringer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
NZ | |||
| 1995 | I Was Born a Man (as Baby Bird)
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Bad Shave (as Baby Bird)
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Fatherhood (as Baby Bird)
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| 1996 | The Happiest Man Alive (as Baby Bird)
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127 | — | |
Dying Happy (as Baby Bird)
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Ugly Beautiful
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9 | 15 |
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| 1998 | There's Something Going On
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28 | — | |
| 2000 | Bugged
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104 | — | |
| 2006 | Between My Ears There Is Nothing But Music
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| 2010 | Ex-Maniac
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186 | — | |
| 2011 | The Pleasures of Self Destruction
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| 2015 | The Last Album
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Back to the Womb
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| 2016 | Life After Death
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Take My Air
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| 2017 | The Wrong Words
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I Miss Myself
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I Miss Myself 2
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People Do Stupid Things
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King of Nothing Part One
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| 2018 | King of Nothing Part Two
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| 2018 | Selfies Inside The Coffin
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| 2019 | NOTPOP/Toothpaste For The Soul
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| 2019 | Photosynthesis
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| År | Albumdetaljer |
|---|---|
| 1997 | The Greatest Hits (as Baby Bird)
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| 2002 | The Original Lo-Fi (boxset) (as Baby Bird)
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| 2004 | Best of Babybird
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| 2012 | The Original Lo-Fi Greatest Hits
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| 2013 | Outtakes
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| 2014 | A Personal Lo-Fi Mixtape: Part One (as Baby Bird)
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A Personal Lo-Fi Mixtape: Part Two (as Baby Bird)
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| 2015 | Roadkiller
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Roadtripper
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Roadfiller
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Road
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Missing Lofi Part One
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Rehearsal Tapes
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Missing Lofi 2
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Missing Lofi 3: Songs
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Missing Lofi 3: Soundtracks
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Last Album Outtakes
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Fatherhood2 (as Baby Bird)
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| 2016 | People Do Stupid Things
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| 2017 | KONpilation
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| 2019 | Happy Stupid Nothing
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| År | Albumdetaljer |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Live at the Electric Ballroom Bootleg 1996
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| 2015 | Live Sessions 1995–8 Volume One
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Live Sessions 1995–8 Volume 2
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Cambridge Junction 1998
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Babybird Live in Vienna 2000
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| 2018 | Babybird Live in Koln at the Luxor
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| År | Titel | Højeste hitlisteplaceringer | Certificeringer | Album | ||||||
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| UK |
AUS |
FRA |
GER |
IRE |
NZ |
SWE | ||||
| 1995 | "Snake Caves" / "Baby Lemonade" (as Baby Bird) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skabelon:Non-album single | |
| 1996 | "Goodnight" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ugly Beautiful | |
| "You're Gorgeous" | 3 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 16 | 22 | 17 |
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| 1997 | "Candy Girl" | 14 | 184 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cornershop" | 37 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | "Bad Old Man" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | There's Something Going On | |
| "If You'll Be Mine" | 28 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Back Together" | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Split 1 (split single with East River Pipe) (as Baby Bird) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Skabelon:Non-album single | ||
| 2000 | "The F-Word" | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bugged | |
| "Out of Sight" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Double A EP ("Getaway" / "Fireflies") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2006 | "Too Much" / "Dive" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Between My Ears There's Nothing But Music | |
| "Lighter 'n' Spoon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Unloveable" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ex-Maniac | |
| 2019 | "King of Nothing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happy Stupid Nothing | |
| 2020 | "In Place of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
