Babybird
Babybird | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | pop |
founding | 1995 |
resolution | 2012 |
Website | www.babybirdmusic.me |
Founding members | |
Stephen Jones | |
Luke Scott | |
John Pedder | |
Huw Chadbourn | |
Robert Gregory |
Babybird , also known as Baby Bird , was a British band formed by Stephen Jones .
history
Stephen Jones had recorded over 400 songs (in appropriate Lo-Fi quality ) in his one-room apartment from 1993 onwards with a four-track recorder . In 1995 he founded his own record company Baby Bird Recordings and released four albums in a row within just six months , on which only his compositions could be heard. In 1996 he got a recording deal and formed the band Baby Bird. Some tracks from the first four albums and some new recordings appeared in October 1996 on the album Ugly Beautiful . Also on this album is probably the group's best-known song, You're Gorgeous ( UK # 3).
Since 1996 the group name is mostly written in one word.
At the end of 2006, Babybird returned with the album Between My Ears There's Nothing but Music . This was released in Germany in February 2008 by the Popup label (Cargo Records).
Johnny Depp called himself a fan of the band and directed the video for the song Unloveable .
The band Babybird officially broke up in 2012, the farewell concert took place at the Leicester Square Theater and was released on DVD under the title The End Is Here .
Discography
Albums
As a baby bird
- 1995: I Was Born a Man
- 1995: Bad Shave
- 1995: Fatherhood
- 1996: The Happiest Man Alive
- 1997: Dying Happy
- 2012: The Black Album
As a baby bird
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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DE | UK | |||
1996 | Ugly beautiful | - |
UK9
gold
(12 weeks)UK |
|
1998 | There's Something Going On | - |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
More albums as Babybird
- 2000: Bugged
- 2006: Between My Ears There's Nothing nut Music
- 2010: Ex-Maniac
- 2011: The Pleasures of Self Destruction
- 2012: Live at the Electric Ballroom Bootleg 1996 (mp3 album)
- 2013: Outtakes (mp3 album)
Compilations
- 1997: The Greatest Hits (2 CDs)
- 2002: The Original Lo-Fi (box with 5 CDs)
- 2004: The Best of Babybird
- 2012: The Original Lo-Fi Greatest Hits
EPs
- 1997: Candy Girl EP1
- 1997: Candy Girl EP2
- 2000: Double A EP
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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DE | UK | |||
1996 | Goodnight Ugly Beautiful |
- |
UK28 (2 weeks) UK |
|
You're Gorgeous Ugly Beautiful |
DE74 (9 weeks) DE |
UK3
gold
(16 weeks)UK |
||
1997 | Candy Girl Ugly Beautiful |
- |
UK14 (3 weeks) UK |
|
Cornershop Ugly Beautiful |
- |
UK37 (2 weeks) UK |
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1998 | Bad Old Man There's Something Going On |
- |
UK31 (2 weeks) UK |
|
If You'll Be Mine There's Something Going On |
- |
UK28 (4 weeks) UK |
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1999 | Back Together There's Something Going On |
- |
UK22 (3 weeks) UK |
|
2000 | The F-Word Bugged |
- |
UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
|
Out of Sight Bugged |
- |
UK58 (1 week) UK |
More singles
- 1995: Snake Caves / Baby Lemonade
- 1996: Farmer
- 1999: Drunk Car (on Split 1 - limited vinyl 7inch, with East River Pipe)
- 2006: Too Much / Dive
- 2010: Unloveable
- 2010: Maniac
- 2011: Can't Love You Anymore
- 2012: F @ & k You Father Xmas
Promo videos
- 1996: Goodnight (Director: Stuart A. Gosling )
- 1997: You're Gorgeous (Director: Stuart A. Gosling )
- 1998: If You'll Be Mine (Direction: David Slade )
- 2000: The F-Word (Directed by Rob Leggatt & Leigh Marling )
- 2000: Out of Sight (Directed by Rob Leggatt & Leigh Marling )
- 2008: Lighter 'n' Spoon (Director: Philipp Pflüger )
- 2010: Unlovable (Director: Johnny Depp )
swell
- ↑ a b Babybird - The End is Here (DVD booklet)
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums
- ↑ a b UK gold / platinum database
Web links
- Official website
- Babybird at Allmusic (English)
- Babybird at Discogs (English)
- Baby Bird at Discogs (English)
- Babybird at laut.de
- Babybirds new label
- Babybird on Myspace
- Stephen Jones & babybird neighborhood