I Am A Bird Now

I Am a Bird Now is the second studio album by Anohni's band Antony and the Johnsons, released on February 1, 2005, by Secretly Canadian. After it won the 2005 Mercury Prize, the record shot up the UK albums chart from No. 135 to No. 16 in one week, the biggest jump in the history of the prize. As of September 2011, UK sales stood at 220,000 copies. I Am a Bird Now features guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhart, Boy George and Lou Reed. The cover is a photograph by Peter Hujar of Warhol superstar Candy Darling on her deathbed.

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