Wolfmother (album)
Wolfmother | ||||
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Wolfmother's studio album | ||||
Publication |
2005 |
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Label (s) | Modular recordings | |||
Format (s) |
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Rock , hard rock , heavy metal |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
approx. 51 minutes |
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occupation |
Vocals , electric guitar : Andrew Stockdale |
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Studio (s) |
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Wolfmother is the first studio album by the Australian rock band Wolfmother . It was released on October 31, 2005. For the song Woman , the band was awarded a 2007 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Track list
Australian version
- Colossal - 5:02
- Woman - 2:55
- White Unicorn - 5:01
- Pyramid - 4:28
- Mind's Eye - 4:53
- Joker & the Thief - 4:39
- Dimension - 4:25
- Where Eagles Have Been - 5:32
- Apple Tree - 3:28
- Tales from the Forest of Gnomes - 3:35
- Witchcraft - 3:25
- Vagabond - 3:47
International version
- Dimension - 4:21
- White Unicorn - 5:04
- Woman - 2:56
- Where Eagles Have Been - 5:33
- Apple Tree - 3:30
- Joker & the Thief - 4:40
- Colossal - 5:04
- Mind's Eye - 4:54
- Pyramid - 4:28
- Witchcraft - 3:25
- Tales - 3:39
- Love Train - 3:03
- Vagabond - 3:50
All lyrics were written by Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett and Chris Ross.
Reviews
The reviews for the debut album have been largely positive. Vicky Butscher from laut.de found that Wolfmother are “energy paired with great, catchy melodies” that “never let go”. Dominique Iten from cdstarts.de said that the whole album works splendidly: “The Aussies start with the opener 'Dimension'. A primal scream. Then rock 'n' roll. And that's good".
useful information
The breakthrough in Australia came with the debut album Wolfmother , but the great success in Europe did not materialize. Only Woman achieved international fame, which was underlined by the 2007 Grammy .
successes
Album charts
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Single charts |
Awards
year | country | Award |
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2006 | Great Britain | gold |
2007 | Australia | 5 × platinum |
2007 | Canada | gold |
2007 | United States | gold |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfmother wins Grammy award ( Memento from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Vicky Butscher: Energy paired with melodies that won't let you go (Review on Laut.de , )
- ↑ Dominique Iten: Wolfmother set out to conquer the world. Anything else would be a waste of time and resources. (Review on CDStarts.de, )
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US AU
- ↑ a b c d Wolfmother in the Australian charts on Australian-Charts.com
- ↑ a b Wolfmother in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Awards in Australia on ARIA.com