Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)

Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi) is the first greatest hits album by Australian band, Yothu Yindi. It was released in November 2012 to coincide with the band's ARIA Hall of Fame induction,[2] and it peaked at number 88 on the ARIA Charts.

Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
Greatest hits album by
Released30 November 2012
Recorded1988–2000, 2012
Length74:13
LabelLiberation Music
Yothu Yindi chronology
Garma
(2000)
Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
(2012)
The Genesis Project
(2015)
Singles from Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
  1. "Healing Stone"
    Released: September 2012[1]

Reception

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Carley Hall from The Music AU said "It's difficult to envision a musical landscape here... without the storytelling force of Yothu Yindi. They crossed the cultural divide of the tumultuous social and political landscape of the late-1980s by creating a sound that was both unique and at once accessible to Australian and overseas audiences, and Healing Stone celebrates over two decades and six albums of Yothu Yindi and their contribution to the ongoing process of healing the rift in our modern social and political outlooks. This best of is a succinct summation of the group's output since 1986, yet it covers a requisite number of tracks that facilitated talking points surrounding their powerful message. As the first songs to gain extensive airplay largely using Aboriginal language, 'Treaty', 'Djäpana' and 'Tribal Voice' appear first as the three most commercially successful singles... Yunupingu's spirit-evoking chant on the former is still as enthralling now as it was more than 20 years ago. The years onward are spaced apart with 'Timeless Land', 'One Blood', 'World Turning' and 'Yolngu Boy' aptly representing the band's evolving knack for blending western rock with ancient north-east Arnhem Land song cycles and combining them with traditional instruments and dance performances." Hall concluded saying "This retrospective collection perfectly highlights Yothu Yindi's legacy, with the hope it will continue to reap positive change."[3]

Track listing

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Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
No.Titlefrom the albumLength
1."Treaty" (Radio mix)Tribal Voice3:50
2."Djäpana" (Radio mix)Tribal Voice3:59
3."Tribal Voice"Tribal Voice4:14
4."Mainstream"Homeland Movement4:03
5."Timeless Land"Freedom5:11
6."Macassan Crew"Garma4:16
7."Djatpa"Tribal Voice4:47
8."Yirrmala"Birrkuta – Wild Honey4:43
9."One Blood"One Blood6:19
10."Baywara"Freedom4:49
11."Dots On the Shells"Freedom4:31
12."Maralitja"Tribal Voice4:04
13."World Turning"Freedom4:27
14."Superhighway"Birrkuta – Wild Honey3:35
15."Tears for Law (Garrathiya Run)"Birrkuta – Wild Honey4:27
16."Yolngu Boy"Homeland Movement4:14
17."Healing Stone"new recording3:28
DVD
  1. "Treaty" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Djäpana" (Radio Mix)
  3. "Tribal Voice"
  4. "World Turning" (Rawak Mix)
  5. "Dots on the Shells"
  6. "Timeless Land"
  7. "Superhighway"
  8. "Community Life"
  9. "Ghost Spirits"
  10. "Healing Stone"
  11. "World Turning" (Original Version)
  12. "Mainstream"
  13. "Djäpana" (Original Version)
  14. "Gudurrku"
  15. Tribal Voice Documentary

Charts

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Chart performance for Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 88

Release history

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Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 30 November 2012[5][6][7] CD, CD+DVD, Digital download, streaming Liberation Music LMCD0212

References

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  1. ^ "Yothu Yindi - Healing Stone". YouTube. September 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Yothi Yindi Release Career Spanning Retrospective and Full Length Documentary". Noise11. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Yothu Yindi Healing Stone: The Best Of". The Music AU. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "ARIA Chart Watch 110". auspOp. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi) (DD)". Apple Music. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi) (CD)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi) (CD+DVD)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 29 July 2020.