''Spirit Bird'' is the seventh
studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist
Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indig ...
. It was released on 8 June 2012.
Recording
Rudd recorded most of the album in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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at a studio in a wooden cottage by a lake. "Follow The Sun", which features the sound of
magpies
Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures, and is o ...
at the start, was the last track recorded for the album, and the only song recorded outside of Canada, at
Studios 301
Studios 301 is an Australian recording studio and is both the longest-running professional recording studio in the southern hemisphere and the largest studio complex in Australia.
History
The studio was founded in 1926 under the Columbia Gra ...
in Byron Bay.
Reception
The album debuted at number 36 on the
Canadian Albums Chart
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and at number 2 on the
ARIA album chart.
In the album's first week of release it was the biggest selling album in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria.
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Track listing
Personnel
Production
* Xavier Rudd - producer
* Luke Davis - instrument technician and production assistant
* Jordan Power - engineer
* Scott Horscroft - audio mixer
* Steve Smart - mastering
Design
* Dersu Rhodes - art direction and design
Charts
References
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2012 albums
Xavier Rudd albums