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Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Studio album by
Yothu Yindi
ReleasedNovember 1996 (1996-11)
Recorded1995
GenreAboriginal rock
Length53:10
LabelYothu Yindi/Mushroom
Producer
Yothu Yindi chronology
Freedom
(1993) 		Birrkuta – Wild Honey
(1996) 		One Blood
(1998)
Singles from Birrkuta – Wild Honey
  1. "Superhighway"
    Released: 1996

Birrkuta – Wild Honey is the fourth studio album by Australian band, Yothu Yindi. It was released in November 1996 via Mushroom Records.[1][2] It was co-produced by Lamar Lowder and Andrew Farriss.[2]

Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, compared it to their previous album, "[it] continued Freedom's move towards a broader musical horizon while retaining a strong commercial appeal."[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the album was nominated for Best Indigenous Release.

Track listing

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  1. "Tears for Law" (Garrathiya Run) (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Daniel Watson)
  2. "Yolngu Woman" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)
  3. "Ngarrpiya" (Octopus) (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  4. "Superhighway" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Andrew Farriss)
  5. "Bapane" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  6. "Djatpa" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  7. "Timor" (Ben Hakalitz, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu)
  8. "Matter of Choice" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
  9. "Stop That" (Stuart Kellaway)
  10. "Lorrpu" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  11. "Spirit of Peace" (Buruka Tau-Matagu, Hakalitz, William Takaku)
  12. "Yirrmala" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  13. "Honey (Birrkuta)" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tau-Matagu, Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
  14. "Cora" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
  15. "Mice and Men" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)

Personnel

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  • Mandawuy Yunupingu – lead vocals, vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, clapsticks
  • Gurrumul Yunupingu – electric guitar, lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, clapsticks, acoustic guitar, didgeridoo, clavinet
  • Makuma Yunupingu – lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, didgeridoo, clapsticks
  • Stuart Kellaway – guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  • Milkayngu Mununggurr – didgeridoo
  • Ben Hakalitz – drums, kundu, backing vocals, bass guitar, flutes
  • Buruka Tau-Matagu – organ, electric piano, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12 string guitar, flutes
  • Jodie Cockatoo Creed – vocals, backing vocals
  • Airi Ingram – percussion
  • Lamar Lowder – percussion
  • Yomunu Yunupingu – didgeridoo
  • Andrew Farriss – keyboards, guitar
  • Galarrwuy Yunupingu – lead vocals, vocals, clapsticks

Charts

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Chart performance for Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 92

Release history

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Release history and formats for Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia November 1996 CD Mushroom D93461

References

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  1. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Yothu Yindi'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Yothu Yindi". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 307.
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