My Finest Work Yet
by Andrew Bird
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Mojo
    Mar 20, 2019
    60
    Rufus Wainwright-goes-to-grad-school lushness dominates, though, and despite Bird's Death Of Marat pose on the cover, My Finest Work is not quite revolutionary. [May 2019, p.93]
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. jawii42
    Mar 22, 2019
    9
    This album has all the earmarks of an Andrew Bird album. It has plenty of whistling, soaring melodies, both bowed and pizzicato violin. ItThis album has all the earmarks of an Andrew Bird album. It has plenty of whistling, soaring melodies, both bowed and pizzicato violin. It has words like weather, recalcitrant, abomination, taciturn, disaster, tendril. That being said, it has plenty of other textures that really make for an enjoyable listen.

    The piano seems to be much more present in this album than in recent albums. In some songs it is just as accents, but in others it really drives the songs forward.

    Andrew really had some fun sonically with “Fallorun” which leads to one of the catchiest songs on the album.

    Archipelago borrowed a melody off Down under the Hyperion Bridge off of his instrumental album “Echolocations: River”, but it is still definitely its own song.

    The beginning of Proxy War starts with piano and a violin though some kind of distortion pedal that sounds like a brass section and invokes a 70’s soul groove. It soon pivots into a song more recognizable as an upbeat Bird song.

    I know that Bird uses intentional distortion in many of his songs, but there were a few places on the album where I heard what sounds like unintentional clipping which distracted me, but it was only obvious when I was listening with headphones.

    I have heard interviews where Bird has said that this is not a political album, but more of a reflection of the political environment in which it was written. That being said some, people may be turned off if they consider it too much of a commentary. I personally am usually too caught up in the melodies to pay too much the word play.

    Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this album.    … Full Review »
  2. musicwizard636
    May 7, 2019
    8
    This new record "My Finest Work Yet" finds Andrew Bird channeling his inner Father John Misty with catchy yet bitter songs about life andThis new record "My Finest Work Yet" finds Andrew Bird channeling his inner Father John Misty with catchy yet bitter songs about life and love. Fittingly, it is his finest work yet.… Full Review »
  3. matheusvhs
    Apr 3, 2019
    9
    My Finest Work Here, it was Andrew Bird's first album that I listened to, if it's his finest work here, I don't know. But this is one of theMy Finest Work Here, it was Andrew Bird's first album that I listened to, if it's his finest work here, I don't know. But this is one of the best albums released this year so far, I'm sure!… Full Review »
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