Bird Seed (album)

For the Lou Donaldson album, see Birdseed (album).

Bird Seed
Studio album by Whitehouse
Released	13 February 2003
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Power electronics, noise
Length	42:46
Label	Susan Lawly
Producer	William Bennett
Whitehouse chronology
Cruise (2001) Bird Seed (2003) Asceticists 2006 (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Brainwashed	very positive[1]
Stylus Magazine	C[2]

Bird Seed is the seventeenth album by power electronics group Whitehouse released in 2003 by their own record label, Susan Lawly. It was given an "honourable mention" in the digital musics category of Austria's annual Prix Ars Electronica awards.^[3] It was reissued on double vinyl through Very Friendly in July 2009. The title track was recorded by Steve Albini and written by Peter Sotos.

Track listing

All songs written by William Bennett, except for "Bird Seed", written by Peter Sotos

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Why You Never Became a Dancer"	2:50
2.	"Wriggle Like a Fucking Eel"	4:43
3.	"Philosophy"	9:17
4.	"Bird Seed"	14:39
5.	"Cut Hands Has the Solution"	6:12
6.	"Munkisi Munkondi"	5:02

Personnel

• William Bennett – vocals, synthesizer, computer, lyrics, graphic design, production
• Philip Best – vocals, synthesizer
• Peter Sotos – samples (on "Bird Seed")
• Alan Gifford – graphic design
• Denis Blackham – mastering

References

1. Whitney, Jon. "brainwashed ((( Bird Seed > Review )))". Brainwashed. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. Howard, Ed. "stylus magazine ((( Bird Seed > Review )))". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
3. "ARS Electronica". Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

External links

• Bird Seed at Discogs (list of releases)