Birrkuta – Wild Honey

Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Studio album by Yothu Yindi
Released	November 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Aboriginal rock
Length	53:10
Label	Yothu Yindi/Mushroom
Producer	Lamar Lowder; Andrew Farriss;
Yothu Yindi chronology
Singles from Birrkuta – Wild Honey
	"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

"Tears for Law" (Garrathiya Run) (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Daniel Watson)
"Yolngu Woman" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)
"Ngarrpiya" (Octopus) (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
"Superhighway" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Andrew Farriss)
"Bapane" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
"Djatpa" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
"Timor" (Ben Hakalitz, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu)
"Matter of Choice" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
"Stop That" (Stuart Kellaway)
"Lorrpu" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
"Spirit of Peace" (Buruka Tau-Matagu, Hakalitz, William Takaku)
"Yirrmala" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
"Honey (Birrkuta)" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tau-Matagu, Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
"Cora" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
"Mice and Men" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)

Personnel

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

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

Release history

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

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 307.

[McFarlane-1] 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.

[Holmgren-2] 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.

[Ryan-3] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 307.

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