Fatherhood (album)
# 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

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |

"...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.

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