Birrkuta – Wild Honey

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]

Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Studio album by Yothu Yindi
Released	November 1996 (1996-11)
Recorded	1995
Genre	Aboriginal rock
Length	53:10
Label	Yothu Yindi/Mushroom
Producer	Lamar Lowder Andrew Farriss
Yothu Yindi chronology
Freedom (1993) Birrkuta – Wild Honey (1996) One Blood (1998)
Singles from Birrkuta – Wild Honey
"Superhighway" Released: 1996

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

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

• 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

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