Fire Within (Birdy album)
Birdy collaborated with several producers including Jim Abbiss, Rich Costey, Jake Gosling, John Hill, Ben Lovett, Eric Rosse, Fraser T Smith, Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson and Greg Wells during its recording.Prior to that, several album tracks and live versions of past songs were released as a US-only EP titled Breathe on 24 September 2013.[4] She noted that she began writing songs aged eight, and considers this album "very special" for her."[6] For Fire Within Birdy worked with various musicians during its recording including Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson, Rich Costey, Ben Lovett from the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, Tim Commerford from American rock band Rage Against the Machine, Paul Jackson Jr. and Omar Hakim.[7] Birdy cited the changes of routine and relationships she had after her breakthrough work as a primarily influence for the album.