Birrkuta – Wild Honey Explained

Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yothu Yindi
Cover:	Birrkuta – Wild Honey.jpg
Recorded:	1995
Genre:	Aboriginal rock
Label:	Yothu Yindi/Mushroom
Producer:	Lamar Lowder Andrew Farriss
Prev Title:	Freedom
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	One Blood
Next Year:	1998

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 Freedoms 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 (1996)! scope="col"

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

Notes and References

1. Book: McFarlane, Ian . . http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=800 . Ian McFarlane . . 1999 . Encyclopedia entry for 'Yothu Yindi' . https://web.archive.org/web/20040930230809/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=800 . 1-86448-768-2 . 30 September 2004 . 29 September 2017 .
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020038/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/y/yothuyindi.html . Yothu Yindi . hem.passagen.se . Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . Warnqvist . Stefan . 27 September 2012 . 29 September 2017 .
3. 307.