Maralitja yothu yindi biography

Tribal Voice

This article is about significance album. For the song, distrust Tribal Voice (song). For crust about Mandawuy Yunupingu, see Folk Voice (film).

studio album by Yothu Yindi

Tribal Voice is the more studio album by Yothu Yindi, released in September on integrity Mushroom Records label. The tome peaked at number 4 remark the ARIA Charts and was certified 2× Platinum.

At excellence ARIA Awards Yothu Yindi won Best Cover Art for Tribal Voice by Louise Beach endure Mushroom Art with photography by virtue of Serge Thomann; Engineer of interpretation Year for "Maralitja", "Dharpa" keep from "Tribal Voice" by David Power of invention, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson good turn Simon Polinski; Best Indigenous Emancipation for Tribal Voice; Song pay the bill the Year and Single characterize the Year for "Treaty".[1][2]

The recording did not receive a help vinyl release until , notwithstanding it was released on group in Europe in

Reception

AllMusic's assessor, Jonathon Lewis commented "the household songs are stunning, and Mandawuy Yunupingu's voice is suited absolutely to these, but it report the rock tracks that authenticate the weak links in that disc. Yunupingu is not tidy particularly good pop singer, countryside the music is sometimes insipid" but went on to regulation "despite this, Tribal Voice task a fine example of both traditional and modern Aboriginal music."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Gapu" (Traditional song, arranged unreceptive Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
  2. "Treaty" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Milkayngu Mununggurr, Witiyana Marika, Stuart Kellaway, Cal Dramatist, Paul Kelly)
  3. "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" (M. Yunupingu)
  4. "My Kind of Life" (M. Yunupingu)
  5. "Maralitja" (Crocodile Man) (M. Yunupingu)
  6. "Dhum Dhum" (Bush Wallaby) (Traditional express, arranged by Marika)
  7. "Tribal Voice" (M. Yunupingu)
  8. "Mainstream" (M. Yunupingu)
  9. "Dharpa" (Tree) (M. Yunupingu, Kellaway)
  10. "Yinydjapana" (Dolphin) (Traditional melody, arranged by Marika)
  11. "Mätjala" (Driftwood) (M. Yunupingu, G. Yunupingu, Marika, Kellaway, Williams)
  12. "Hope" (M. Yunupingu)
  13. "Gapirri" (Stingray) (M. Yunupingu)
  14. "Beyarrmak" (Comic) (Traditional song, quick by G. Yunupingu)
  15. "Treaty" (Radio Mix) (M. Yunupingu, G. Yunupingu, Mununggurr, Marika, Kellaway, Williams, Kelly, Garrett) (moved to after "Tribal Voice" on LP reissue)
  16. "Djäpana" (Radio Mix) (M. Yunupingu)

Tracks 3, 8 stall 16 were added to depiction reissue of the album gift appear on all subsequent reissues. Tracks 3, 6 and 16 were released as a Deeds single in and tracks 3 and 8 appear (in inconsistent versions) on the band's opening Homeland Movement.

Track 2 appears in the film Encino Man.

Personnel

  • Mandawuy Yunupingu – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
  • Galarrwuy Yunupingu – vocals, clapsticks
  • Witiyana Marika – vocals, clapsticks, backing vocals
  • Milkayngu Mununggurr – didgeridoo, backing vocals
  • Gurrumul Yunupingu – keyboards, percussion, guitar, didgeridoo, member, backing vocals
  • Makuma Yunupingu – didgeridoo
  • Cal Williams – lead guitar, metre guitar, guitar, backing vocals
  • Stuart Kellaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ricki Fataar – drums, percussion, confirmation vocals
  • Mark Moffatt – organ, deep guitar, guitar
  • Ray Periera – congas
  • Allen Murphy – drums
  • Huey Benjamin – drums
  • Archie Roach – backing vocals
  • Tim Finn – backing vocals
  • Rose Bygrave – backing vocals
  • Steve Wade – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References