Fatherhood was the third of five albums of home-made recordings, released by Stephen Jones under the name Baby Bird in 1995. The album includes a version of the song "Goodnight", which was subsequently released as the first single by Jones' band Babybird (written as one word).
It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD box set The Original Lo-Fi.
Critical reception
"...a mixture of whimsy, egotism and madness with a good bit of talent stirred in...his puzzled world-view is unique. He fills the 20 tracks with strangenesses. Weirdly wonderful." – The Guardian
"Fatherhood is another unpredictable and magical journey through the thoughts of Stephen Jones, a man who is clearly in love with sweet melodies and the millions of ways you can fuck them up...you might find the whole experience as cigar-puffingly satisfying as becoming a dad." – The Independent
Track listing All tracks written and composed by Stephen Jones.
"No Children" – 1:08 "Cooling Towers" – 3:14 "Cool & Crazy Things to Do" – 2:41 "Bad Blood" – 3:55 "Neil Armstrong" – 2:21 "I Was Never Here" – 3:53 "Saturday" – 2:29 "Good Night" – 3:26 "I Don't Want to Wake You Up" – 3:27 "Iceberg" – 3:10 "Aluminium Beach" – 4:36 "Goddamn It, You're a Kid" – 3:07 "Daisies" – 2:08 "Failed Old Singer" – 3:34 "Fatherhood" – 2:28 "Dustbin Liner" – 2:53 "Not About a Girl" – 2:32 "Good Weather" – 3:25 "But Love" – 1:58 "May We" – 3:35
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