Album · Andrew Bird
Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
Noble Beast is an album by Andrew Bird, released in 2009. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Fitz and the Dizzy Spells”, on 14 lists with a best position of #28.
Noble Beast, released January 20, 2009 on Fat Possum and Bella Union, is Andrew Bird's fifth solo studio album and his eighth counting everything before it. Long past his swing days with the Bowl of Fire, Bird had become a one-man orchestra of looped violin, whistling and a curious, word-drunk croon, and this record lets it all spread out: plucked strings piling up, melodies circling back on themselves, songs taking their sweet time.
He previewed "Oh No" and "Carrion Suite" on his website, NPR streamed the whole thing, and it came as a standard CD, a deluxe two-disc set and a double LP. "Tenuousness", one of its most beguiling tracks, later rolled over the closing credits of the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love, while "Fitz and the Dizzy Spells" shows just how nimble his loops can get.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Noble Beast on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitz and the Dizzy Spells | 14 | #28 | – | 2009–2026 | |
| 2 | Oh No | 4 | #20 | – | 2008–2009 | |
| 3 | Tenuousness | 2 | #30 | – | 2009–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.