''Australian Frog Calls'' (also referred to as ''Songs of Disappearance: Australian Frog Calls'') is an album of Australian
frog calls, released on 2 December 2022 by the Bowerbird Collective and
Australian Museum
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ARIA Charts
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Background
The album follows ''
Australian Bird Calls'', which was composed of endangered Australian bird calls and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts in February 2022.
Production
''Australian Frog Calls'' was a collaboration between the Bowerbird Collective,
Australian Museum FrogID project, Listening Earth and Mervyn Street of Mangkaja Arts. The album was produced by Anthony Albrecht.
Description and impact
The album is a compilation of frog sounds from both biologist recordings and public submissions.
Calls featured on the album date back to the 1970s from FrogID's database.
The project brings attention to FrogID Week, an annual event where the public are encouraged to download the free FrogID app and record the frogs they hear calling around them. The project also highlights that one in six Australian native frog species are currently threatened, with four already extinct.
In addition to raising awareness, proceeds from the album are donated to the Australian Museum's national FrogID project.
FrogID project coordinator Nadiah Roslan said "Frogs are amongst the most threatened groups of animals on the planet and declining more rapidly than any other animal group... This decline is concerning because we need frogs to be around—they play such an important role in healthy ecosystems and this role can't be filled by any other animal group."
Release and reception
The album was released on 2 December 2022.
It debuted at number 3 on the ARIA Charts,
ARIA Award for Best World Music Album
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at the 2023 ARIA Music Awards
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Reception
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Track listing
Charts
References
External links
Official website
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2022 albums
Animal sounds