Kala (album)

Kala
Studio album by MIA
Publication (s)	August 8, 2007 August 20, 2007 August 21, 2007
Label (s)	XL Recordings Interscope Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Electro-Pop , Alternative Hip-Hop , Dance , Worldbeat
Title (number)	12
running time	47:34
occupation	MIA - vocals
production	MIA , Switch, Timbaland , Diplo
chronology Arular (2005) Kala Maya (2010)
Single releases June 11, 2007 Boyz October 1, 2007 Jimmy February 11, 2008 Paper planes

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Kala   DE 93 09/10/2007 (1 week)   AT 74 07.09.2007 (1 week)   CH 74 09/02/2007 (3 weeks)   UK 39 09/01/2007 (4 weeks)   US 18th 08/02/2008 (45 weeks)

Singles

Jimmy   UK 66 10/13/2007 (1 week) Paper planes   DE 76 11/17/2008 (10 weeks)   AT 51 04/03/2009 (8 weeks)   UK 19th 09/13/2008 (35 weeks)   US 4th 09/27/2008 (20 weeks)

Kala is the second studio album by the Tamil- British singer Mathangi Arulpragasam alias MIA. The album is named after her mother and was released in August 2007 on the XL Recordings label. At Kala , MIA combines hip-hop and electronic dance music with influences from world music .

Track list

1. Bamboo Banga
2. Bird Flu
3. Boyz
4. Jimmy
5. Hussel (ft. Afrikan Boy )
6. Mango Pickle Down River (ft. The Wilcannia Mob )
7. 20 dollars
8. World Town
9. The turn
10. XR2
11. Paper planes
12. Come Around (ft. Timbaland )

Bonus title

1. Far Far (Japanese bonus track)
2. Big Branch (Japanese e iTunes bonus track)
3. What I Got (Japanese bonus track)
4. Bird Flu (Cavemen Remix) (Best Buy bonus track)

Samples

Several of the songs on Kala contain samples .

• Bamboo Banga : "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (1976) and "Kaattukkuyilu" by Ilaiyaraaja from the film Thalapathi (1991).
• Bird Flu : "Thirvizha Na Vantha" by RP Patnaik from the movie Jayam .
• Jimmy : "Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" by Bappi Lahiri from the movie Disco Dancer .
• Mango Pickle Down River : Remix of the original recording "Down River" by Wilcannia Mob .
• $ 20 : “ Where Is My Mind? "From Pixies and" Blue Monday "from New Order .
• World Town : "Hands Up, Thumbs Down" by Blaqstarr .
• Paper Planes : "Straight to Hell" by The Clash .
• What I Got : "Give it away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers .

Reception & Awards

source	rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
The Guardian
New Musical Express
Pitchfork Media
Spin
Laut.de

Kala received almost exclusively very positive reviews. In the New Musical Express it is described by Alex Miller as a "bewildering three dimensional picture of the 21st century and a triumph for its revolutionary creator" (German: "A confusing three-dimensional image of the 21st century and a triumph for its revolutionary creator" ) .

The Single Paper Planes was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 in the Record of the Year category. The song was used in the Oscar-winning soundtrack to the film Slumdog Millionaire ; both in the album version and in the DFA remix . Also coming Paper Planes in the video game Far Cry 3 is used. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 236 of the 500 best songs of all time and number 5 of the 100 best songs of the 2000s. Pitchfork Media placed Paper Planes (Diplo Remix) at No. 3 of the 500 best songs of the decade. The New Musical Express ranks him fourth in the 100 best songs of the 2000s.

The album Kala appears in numerous 2007 annual lists, including a third place on Pitchfork Media , a fourth place in The Guardian and a seventh place in the NME .

Rolling Stone magazine named Kala # 9 of the 100 best albums of the 2000s and # 393 of the 500 best albums of all time . In the New Musical Express selection of the 500 best albums of all time, it ranks 184th. Pitchfork Media ranks Kala 22nd of the 200 best albums of the decade.

The album's metascore is 87 out of 100 possible points.

The album received gold status in the US and silver in the UK. The Single Paper Planes received triple platinum in the US.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kala in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Musicline.de 
2. ↑ Kala in the Austrian charts on Austriancharts.at
3. ↑ Kala in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
4. ↑ MIA in the Official UK Charts (English)
5. ↑ Kala in the US Billboard 200
6. ↑ MIA on Whosampled.com
7. ↑ Review by Andy Kellman on allmusic.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
8. ↑ Review by Robert Christgau on rollingstone.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
9. ↑ Review by Alexis Petridis on theguardian.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
10. ↑ Review by Alex Miller on nme.com (archived) (accessed March 5, 2018)
11. ↑ Review by Mark Pytlik on pitchfork.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
12. ↑ Review by Barry Walters, in: Spin 9/2007, p. 127.
13. ↑ Review by Michael Schuh on laut.de (accessed March 5, 2018)
14. ↑ Alex Miller: Album Reviews: MIA - Kala. In: NME. September 6, 2007, accessed November 12, 2016 . 
15. ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
16. ↑ 100 Best Songs of the 2000s on rollingstone.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
17. ↑ The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s on pitchfork.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
18. ↑ 100 Best Songs Of The 00s on nme.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
19. ↑ pitchfork.com: Top 50 Albums of 2007
20. ↑ guardian.co.uk: 2007's best albums
21. ↑ NME.com: NME Albums Of The Year 2007
22. ↑ 100 Best Albums of the 2000s on rollingstone.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
23. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
24. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time on nme.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
25. ↑ The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s on pitchfork.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
26. ↑ Metascore: Kala on metacritic.com (accessed March 5, 2018)
27. ↑ riaa.com
28. ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry , accessed September 15, 2014 .