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2007 EP by Andrew Bird

Soldier On

Released

November 2007

Length

35:08

Grimsey Records
Fargo Records

Armchair Apocrypha
(2007)

Soldier On
(2007)

Noble Beast
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(7.7/10)

Soldier On is an EP by American musician Andrew Bird.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Trees Were Mistaken"		6:29
2.	"Sic of Elephants"		4:45
3.	"The Water Jet Cilice" (Previously released as "Self-Torture" via eMusic)		3:40
4.	"Plasticities" (Alternate Version)		3:52
5.	"Heretics" (Early Version)		3:43
6.	"Sectionate City"		2:46
7.	"How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm"		5:04
8.	"Oh Sister"	Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy	4:49

"The Water Jet Cilice" appears as a bonus track on Armchair Apocrypha with the name "Self-Torture"
A version of "Heretics" also appears on Armchair Apocrypha
"How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm" is a cover of the World War I-era song, How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?. The lyrics are the same, but the melody, chords, and tone have been changed.
"Oh Sister" is a Bob Dylan cover, originally from the album Desire
A live version of "Sic of Elephants" was recorded for 30 Days, 50 Songs

v t e Andrew Bird
Solo albums	Music of Hair (1996) Weather Systems (2003) Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (2005) Armchair Apocrypha (2007) Noble Beast (2009) Break It Yourself (2012) Hands of Glory (2012) Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... (2014) Echolocations: Canyon (2015) Are You Serious (2016) Echolocations: River (2017) My Finest Work Yet (2019) Hark! (2020) Inside Problems (2022) Outside Problems (2023) Sunday Morning Put-On (2024)
Bowl of Fire albums	Thrills (1998) Oh! The Grandeur (1999) The Swimming Hour (2001)
Live albums	Fingerlings (2002) Fingerlings 2 (2004) Fingerlings 3 (2006) Fingerlings 4 (2010)
EPs	The Ballad of the Red Shoes (2002) Soldier On (2007) Fitz and the Dizzy Spells (2009) I Want to See Pulaski at Night (2013)
Collaborative albums	These 13 (2021)
Related bands	The Handsome Family Squirrel Nut Zippers
See also	Martin Dosh Tift Merritt Jeremy Ylvisaker

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