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 Freedoms move towards a broader musical horizon while retaining a strong commercial appeal."
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the album was nominated 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 + Chart performance for Birrkuta – Wild Honey Chart (1996) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 92
Release history + Release history and formats for Birrkuta – Wild Honey Country Date Format Label Catalogue Australia November 1996 CD Mushroom D93461
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