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.
Diskografi
Studiealbums ÅrAlbumdetaljerHitlisteplaceringerCertificeringerUKNZ 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 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 — — 2015The Last Album Released: 8 May 2015 Labels: Self-released — —Back to the Womb Released: 3 July 2015 Labels: Self-released — — 2016Life After Death Released: 8 June 2016 Labels: Self-released — —Take My Air Released: 22 November 2016 Labels: Self-released — — 2017The 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 — — 2018King of Nothing Part Two Released: 4 January 2018 Labels: Self-released — — 2018Selfies Inside The Coffin Released: October 2018 Labels: Self-released — — 2019NOTPOP/Toothpaste For The Soul Released: February 2019 Labels: Self-released — — 2019Photosynthesis 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 AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Goodnight", "Candy Girl", "Cornershop", "Bad Old Man" and "If You'll Be Mine": FRA GER IRE NZ SWE 1995 "Snake Caves" / "Baby Lemonade" (as Baby Bird) — — — — — — — 1996 "Goodnight" 28 — — — — — —Ugly Beautiful "You're Gorgeous" 3 28 46 74 16 22 17 BPI: Gold1997 "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) — — — — — — — 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 Nothing2020 "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])
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