''Spirit Bird'' is the seventh
studio album
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by Australian multi-instrumentalist
Xavier Rudd. It was released on 8 June 2012.
Recording
Rudd recorded most of the album in Ontario, Canada at a studio in a wooden cottage by a lake. "Follow The Sun", which features the sound of
magpies at the start, was the last track recorded for the album, and the only song recorded outside of Canada, at
Studios 301 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