Fatherhood (album)

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.


 * 1) "No Children" – 1:08
 * 2) "Cooling Towers" – 3:14
 * 3) "Cool & Crazy Things to Do" – 2:41
 * 4) "Bad Blood" – 3:55
 * 5) "Neil Armstrong" – 2:21
 * 6) "I Was Never Here" – 3:53
 * 7) "Saturday" – 2:29
 * 8) "Good Night" – 3:26
 * 9) "I Don't Want to Wake You Up" – 3:27
 * 10) "Iceberg" – 3:10
 * 11) "Aluminium Beach" – 4:36
 * 12) "Goddamn It, You're a Kid" – 3:07
 * 13) "Daisies" – 2:08
 * 14) "Failed Old Singer" – 3:34
 * 15) "Fatherhood" – 2:28
 * 16) "Dustbin Liner" – 2:53
 * 17) "Not About a Girl" – 2:32
 * 18) "Good Weather" – 3:25
 * 19) "But Love" – 1:58
 * 20) "May We" – 3:35