Rare Birds is the third studio album by American musician and producer Jonathan Wilson. It was released on March 2, 2018, under Bella Union.
Production The album was self-produced by Wilson at his Five Star Studios, with Jeffertitti Moon; in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
Release On December 5, 2017, Jonathan Wilson revealed the new album to be released on Bella Union on March 2, 2018. The album has appearances by Lana Del Rey, Laraaji and Father John Misty. The first single to be released from the album, "Over The Midnight" is directed by Andrea Nakhla.
Critical reception Rare Birds was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74, based on 13 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 74 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews.
Thom Jurek from AllMusic explained that the album "is dizzying in ambition and (mostly) dazzling in execution. It offers hours of enjoyment to anyone who takes it on. It's sprawling at nearly 80 minutes, and lavishly packaged.". Andy Gill from The Independent stated: "The lush opacity becomes claustrophobic over his eighty-minute default track length: though frequently sweet and beautiful, one’s ultimately left like Heliogabalus, drowned in rose petals.".
Accolades +Accolades for Rare Birds Publication Accolade Rank Glide Magazine Glide Magazines Top 20 Albums of 2018 OOR OORs Top 20 Albums of 2018 Uproxx Uproxx Top 50 Albums of 2018 – Mid-Year
Track listing
Personnel Musicians Jonathan Wilson – primary artist Dan Bailey – drums Joey Waronker – drums Jake Blanton – bass Dan Horne – moog bass Pete Jacobsen – cello John Kirby – piano Ziad Rabie – saxophone Tom Lea – violin Derek Stein – cello Greg Leisz – guitar Jessica Wolfe – guest vocals Laraaji – gues vocals Josh Tillman – guest vocals Krystle Warren – guest vocals Holly Laessig – guest vocals Omar Velasco – guest vocals Lana Del Rey – guest vocals Ziad Rabie – saxophone Jeffertitti – co-producer, vocals , piano , mellotron , moog Production Adam Ayan – mastering Dave Cerminara – mixing Drew Erickson – string arrangement Andrea Nakhla – photographer
Charts +Chart performance for Rare Birds Chart (2018) Peakposition
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