Spirit Bird

Spirit Bird is the seventh studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd. It was released on 8 June 2012.^[1]

Spirit Bird
Studio album by Xavier Rudd
Released	8 June 2012
Recorded	Recorded in a big wooden house in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada. "Follow the Sun" recorded at Studios 301 in Byron Bay, Australia.
Length	63:49
Label	Universal Music Australia
Producer	Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd chronology
Koonyum Sun (2010) Spirit Bird (2012) Nanna (2015)
Singles from Spirit Bird
"Follow The Sun"

Recording

Rudd recorded most of the album in Ontario, Canada at a studio in a wooden cottage by a lake.^[2] "Follow The Sun", which features the sound of magpies at the start, was the last track recorded for the album, and the only song recorded outside of Canada, at Studios 301 in Byron Bay.^[3]

Reception

The album debuted at number 36 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 2 on the ARIA album chart.^[4][5] In the album's first week of release it was the biggest selling album in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lioness Eye"	6:37
2.	"Comfortable in My Skin"	3:14
3.	"Spirit Bird"	7:11
4.	"Prosper"	2:11
5.	"Bow Down"	3:34
6.	"Follow the Sun"	4:16
7.	"Butterfly"	2:11
8.	"Culture Bleeding"	4:40
9.	"Paper Thin"	3:52
10.	"Full Circle"	10:18
11.	"Mystery Angel"	4:38
12.	"3 Roads"	6:04
13.	"Creating a Dream"	5:01

All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd.

Personnel

Production

• Xavier Rudd – producer
• Luke Davis – instrument technician and production assistant
• Jordan Power – engineer
• Scott Horscroft – audio mixer
• Steve Smart – mastering

Design

• Dersu Rhodes – art direction and design

Charts

Chart (2012–17)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	119
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	85