K (album)
1996 studio album by Kula Shaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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K is the debut album by English psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker, released on 16 September 1996. A concept album, themed on Indian mysticism, it became the fastest selling debut album in Britain since Elastica's debut the previous year,[4] selling over 105,768 copies in the first week.[5] The album reached the number-one position on the UK Albums Chart and number 200 on the US Billboard 200. It was voted number 879 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[6]
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Released | 16 September 1996 | |||
Studio | Eden, RAK, Townhouse, Chipping Norton, Livingston, The Pierce Room, Wessex, Maison Rouge, Eastcote Studios | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, raga rock, Britpop | |||
Length | 48:51 (not including 13:04 silence) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | John Leckie, Shep & Dodge, Crispian Mills | |||
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The Grateful Dead's psychedelic rock style is an influence on Kula Shaker's first and second albums. The hidden track after "Hollow Man" is a recording of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, speaking about his own guru.