Strange Birds is the fifth album by David Usher

David Usher

David Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...

, released on March 20 2007

2007 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

. The album released four singles: "The Music", "Ugly Is Beautiful", "Some People Say", and "So Far Down".

Track listing

All songs written by David Usher, except where noted.
All songs arranged by David Usher, Jonathan Gallivan, Kevin Young, Chris Taylor-Munro, and Byron Wong.

1. "The Music"
2. "Brilliant"
3. "Ugly Is Beautiful"
4. "So Far Down"
5. "Spotlight On"
6. "Science"
7. "White Flag"
8. "Happy Endings"
9. "Life Of Bees"
10. "Blue"
11. "Some People Say" (David Usher, Byron Wong)
12. "Sparkle and Shine" (Bonus Track)

Personnel

• David Usher
  David Usher
  David Usher is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. Formerly the frontman for the alternative rock band Moist, he embarked on a solo career beginning in the late 1990s.-Biography:...
  
   - vocals
• Jonathan Gallivan - electric, acoustic, and bass guitars, backing vocals (track 2), layout and design
• Kevin Young - keyboards, synths, mellotrons, pianos, backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11)
• Chris Taylor-Munro - drums and percussion, backing vocals (tracks 2, 6, 11)
• Julia Galios - bass synth (tracks 8, 9, 10), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Byron Wong
  Byron Wong
  Byron Kent Wong is a Toronto and Los Angeles-based producer, musician, director and entrepreneur.He founded Random Media Core Inc, in 1993, a Canadian company dedicated to music, design, marketing, and new media....
  
  - bass guitar (track 11), glockenspiel (track 2), additional keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 5), piano (tracks 7, 11), backing vocals (track 2), production, mixing (track 11), engineering
• Michelle Laidman - backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 7)
• Brian Malouf - percussion (track 3, additional production, mixing
• Lindsey Hilliard - violin (tracks 6, 9, 10)
• Matt Matteer - percussion (track 11), assistant engineering
• Ruben Huizenga - additional engineering
• Joao - mastering (Joao Carvalho Mastering)
• Raphael Mazzucco - photography