Tabaran Explained

Tabaran
Type:	studio
Artist:	Not Drowning, Waving and the Musicians of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea featuring Telek
Cover:	Tabaran CD.png
Released:	1990
Recorded:	July–September 1988
Studio:	Pacific Gold Studios,Papua New Guinea
Label:	WEA
Chronology:	Not Drowning, Waving albums
Prev Title:	Claim
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Proof
Next Year:	1991

Tabaran is a studio album credited to Not Drowning, Waving and the Musicians of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea featuring Telek, released in 1990. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

1. "Tabaran" – 5:02
2. "The Kiap Song" – 4:30
3. "Pila Pila" – 2:21
4. "Sing Sing" – 4:47
5. "Rain" – 3:50
6. "Feast" – 2:30
7. "Boys On the Beach" – 0:54
8. "Blackwater" – 5:50
9. "Abebe" – 2:28
10. "Lapun Man" – 3:20
11. "Up in the Mountains" – 5:19
12. "Azehe" – 2:20
13. "Call Across the Highlands" – 2:21
14. "Funeral Chant" – 3:25

Charts

Chart performance for Tabaran!Chart (1991)!Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	80

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235813/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1992 . Winners by Year 1992 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 26 September 2007 . 4 December 2013 .
2. Web site: Australia 1992 ARIA Awards . ALLdownunder.com . 5 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090223160316/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1992-aria.htm . 23 February 2009 .
3. 205.