Bird (B.A.L.L. album) - Misplaced Pages

1988 studio album by B.A.L.L.

Bird

Released

1988

Recorded

Noise New York
(New York City, NY)

B.A.L.L. chronology

Period
(1987)

Bird
(1988)

Bird/Period
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Bird is the second studio album by B.A.L.L., released in 1988 by Shimmy Disc.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Don Fleming, except where noted; all music is composed by B.A.L.L., except where noted

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When Is a Man"		2:07
2.	"Bird"		2:43
3.	"If I Breakdown"		2:54
4.	"Charm"		2:44
5.	"Love Was the End"		2:25
6.	"Long Ago"		1:53
7.	"Burning Wood"		1:22
8.	"Buick McKane" (T. Rex cover)	Marc Bolan	2:34
9.	"Another Straight Line"		2:50
10.	"The Wildest Thing"

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Don't Come Easy" (Ringo Starr cover)	Richard Starkey
2.	"Spit Shine"		1:58
3.	"Just Like the Last Time"		2:10
4.	"Wah-Wah" (George Harrison cover)	George Harrison	1:04
5.	"Drink It On"		2:31
6.	"Shelter"
7.	"The Dylan Side"		2:57
8.	"Swim This Way"		1:53
9.	"Eye"		1:56
10.	"Bangladesh" (George Harrison cover)	George Harrison	1:42
11.	"Scene's Over"		2:11

Adapted from the Bird liner notes.

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1988	Shimmy Disc	LP	shimmy 014
Germany	1988	Shimmy Disc	LP	SDE 8803

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "B.A.L.L.: Bird > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
Kenny, Glenn (2007). "B.A.L.L." Trouser Press. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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Studio albums

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Studio albums	The Guilt Trip The Secret of Comedy Let Me Explain Something to You About Art Songs from the Pink Death The Greenberg Variations The Brill Building
Collaborative albums	Happiness Finally Came to Them Roll Out the Barrel Real Men Who's Afraid? Egomaniacs Hot Day in Waco A Remark Hugh Made Black Power Gunsmoke Hit Men Huge Rubber Hair Reasons in the Sun The Sound of Music
Live albums	Still Alive in '95
Compilation albums	Music for Crying
Shockabilly	Earth vs. Shockabilly Colosseum Vietnam Heaven
Bongwater	Double Bummer Too Much Sleep The Power of Pussy The Big Sell-Out
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Captain Howdy	Tattoo of Blood Money Feeds My Music Machine
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