Babybird

Babybird er et engelsk rockband dannet af sangskriveren og multiinstrumentalisten Stephen Jones, som har udgivet musik siden 1995.^[1] 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.

Babybird
Oprindelse	Sheffield, England
Genre	Alternativ lo-fi indie rock electronic
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

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.^[2]

Diskografi

Studiealbums

År	Albumdetaljer	Hitlisteplaceringer		Certificeringer
		UK [3][4]	NZ [5]
1995	I Was Born a Man (as Baby Bird) Released: July 1995 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	—	—
	Bad Shave (as Baby Bird) Released: 5 October 1995 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	—	—
	Fatherhood (as Baby Bird) Released: December 1995 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	—	—
1996	The Happiest Man Alive (as Baby Bird) Released: 1 April 1996 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	127	—
	Dying Happy (as Baby Bird) Released: 27 May 1996 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	—	—
	Ugly Beautiful Released: 21 October 1996 Labels: Echo	9	15	BPI: Gold[6]
1998	There's Something Going On Released: 24 August 1998 Labels: Echo	28	—
2000	Bugged Released: 12 June 2000 Labels: Echo	104	—
2006	Between My Ears There Is Nothing But Music Released: 25 September 2006 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings	—	—
2010	Ex-Maniac Released: 1 March 2010 Labels: Unison Music	186	—
2011	The Pleasures of Self Destruction Released: 31 October 2011 Labels: Unison Music	—	—
2015	The Last Album Released: 8 May 2015 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	Back to the Womb Released: 3 July 2015 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2016	Life After Death Released: 8 June 2016 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	Take My Air Released: 22 November 2016 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2017	The Wrong Words Released: 25 January 2017 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	I Miss Myself Released: 17 March 2017 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	I Miss Myself 2 Released: 17 March 2017 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	People Do Stupid Things Released: 18 June 2017 Labels: Self-released	—	—
	King of Nothing Part One Released: November 2017 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2018	King of Nothing Part Two Released: 4 January 2018 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2018	Selfies Inside The Coffin Released: October 2018 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2019	NOTPOP/Toothpaste For The Soul Released: February 2019 Labels: Self-released	—	—
2019	Photosynthesis Released: 19 July 2019 Labels: RW/FF Recordings	—	—

Opsamlingsalbum

År	Albumdetaljer
1997	The Greatest Hits (as Baby Bird) Released: 30 August 1997 Labels: Baby Bird Recordings
2002	The Original Lo-Fi (boxset) (as Baby Bird) Released: 18 November 2002 Labels: Sanctuary
2004	Best of Babybird Released: 16 February 2004 Labels: Echo
2012	The Original Lo-Fi Greatest Hits Released: 25 October 2012 Labels: Self-released
2013	Outtakes Released: 10 January 2013 Labels: Self-released
2014	A Personal Lo-Fi Mixtape: Part One (as Baby Bird) Released: 1 July 2014 Labels: Self-released
	A Personal Lo-Fi Mixtape: Part Two (as Baby Bird) Released: 1 July 2014 Labels: Self-released
2015	Roadkiller Released: 17 January 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Roadtripper Released: 23 January 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Roadfiller Released: 23 January 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Road Released: 3 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Missing Lofi Part One Released: 13 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Rehearsal Tapes Released: 15 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Missing Lofi 2 Released: 21 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Missing Lofi 3: Songs Released: 10 April 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Missing Lofi 3: Soundtracks Released: 10 April 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Last Album Outtakes Released: 15 May 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Fatherhood2 (as Baby Bird) Released: 26 June 2015 Labels: Self-released
2016	People Do Stupid Things Released: 1 July 2016 Labels: Self-released
2017	KONpilation Released: 22 December 2017 Labels: Self-released
2019	Happy Stupid Nothing Released: 1 March 2019 Labels: Psycho Mafia Recordings

Livealbum

År	Albumdetaljer
2012	Live at the Electric Ballroom Bootleg 1996 Released: 30 October 2012 Labels: Self-released
2015	Live Sessions 1995–8 Volume One Released: 27 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Live Sessions 1995–8 Volume 2 Released: 27 February 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Cambridge Junction 1998 Released: 29 May 2015 Labels: Self-released
	Babybird Live in Vienna 2000 Released: 16 October 2015 Labels: Self-released
2018	Babybird Live in Koln at the Luxor Released: 24 January 2018 Labels: Self-released

Singler

År	Titel	Højeste hitlisteplaceringer							Certificeringer	Album
		UK [4]	AUS [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	IRE [10]	NZ [5]	SWE [11]
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	BPI: Gold[6]
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"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Opsamlingsnumre

• "Bad Twin" (on The Avengers OST, Atlantic Records, August 1998)

Promovideoer

• "Goodnight" (1996, instrueret af Stuart A. Gosling)
• "You're Gorgeous" (1997, instrueret af Stuart A. Gosling)
• "If You'll Be Mine" (1998, instrueret af David Slade)
• "The F-Word" (2000, instrueret af Rob Leggatt & Leigh Marling)
• "Out of Sight" (2000, instrueret af Rob Leggatt & Leigh Marling)
• "Lighter 'n' Spoon" (2008, instrueret af Philipp Pflüger)
• "Unloveable" (2010, instrueret af Johnny Depp)
• "King Of Nothing" (2019, instrueret af [RW/FF])
• "In Place Of Love" (2019, instrueret af [Stephen Jones])
• "The Greatest Thing" (2019, instrueret af [Stephen Jones and RW/FF])
• "No Cameras" (2019, instrueret af [RW/FF])