Birrkuta – Wild Honey is the fourth studio album by Australian band, Yothu Yindi. It was released in November 1996 via Mushroom Records. It was co-produced by Lamar Lowder and Andrew Farriss.
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."
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.
Track listing
- "Tears for Law" (Garrathiya Run) (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Daniel Watson)
- "Yolngu Woman" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)
- "Ngarrpiya" (Octopus) (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
- "Superhighway" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Andrew Farriss)
- "Bapane" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
- "Djatpa" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
- "Timor" (Ben Hakalitz, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu)
- "Matter of Choice" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
- "Stop That" (Stuart Kellaway)
- "Lorrpu" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
- "Spirit of Peace" (Buruka Tau-Matagu, Hakalitz, William Takaku)
- "Yirrmala" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
- "Honey (Birrkuta)" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tau-Matagu, Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
- "Cora" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
- "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
Release history
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