Wolfmother (album)

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Wolfmother
Wolfmother's studio album

Publication
(s)

2005

Label (s) Modular recordings

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Rock , hard rock , heavy metal

Title (number)

12

running time

approx. 51 minutes

occupation Vocals , electric guitar : Andrew Stockdale

Drums : Myles Heskett
E-Bass , Keyboard : Chris Ross

production

Dave Sardy

Studio (s)

Sound City Studios , Los Angeles , California

chronology
- Wolfmother Cosmic Egg
(2009)

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

  1. Colossal - 5:02
  2. Woman - 2:55
  3. White Unicorn - 5:01
  4. Pyramid - 4:28
  5. Mind's Eye - 4:53
  6. Joker & the Thief - 4:39
  7. Dimension - 4:25
  8. Where Eagles Have Been - 5:32
  9. Apple Tree - 3:28
  10. Tales from the Forest of Gnomes - 3:35
  11. Witchcraft - 3:25
  12. Vagabond - 3:47

International version

  1. Dimension - 4:21
  2. White Unicorn - 5:04
  3. Woman - 2:56
  4. Where Eagles Have Been - 5:33
  5. Apple Tree - 3:30
  6. Joker & the Thief - 4:40
  7. Colossal - 5:04
  8. Mind's Eye - 4:54
  9. Pyramid - 4:28
  10. Witchcraft - 3:25
  11. Tales - 3:39
  12. Love Train - 3:03
  13. 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

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 3 (78 weeks) 78
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 50 (10 weeks) 10
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 59 (8 weeks) 8th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 64 (8 weeks) 8th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 22nd (30 weeks) 30th
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 25th (22 weeks) 22nd

Single charts

  • Mind's Eye ( Released in Australia only ): # 29 Australia
  • White Unicorn: # 33 Australia
  • Dimension ( Released in UK only ): # 49 UK
  • Woman: # 34 Australia, # 31 Great Britain
  • Love Train: # 62 Great Britain
  • Joker & the Thief: # 8 Australia, # 64 Great Britain

Awards

year country Award
2006 Great Britain gold
2007 Australia 5 × platinum
2007 Canada gold
2007 United States gold

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfmother wins Grammy award ( Memento from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Vicky Butscher: Energy paired with melodies that won't let you go (Review on Laut.de , )
  3. ↑ Dominique Iten: Wolfmother set out to conquer the world. Anything else would be a waste of time and resources. (Review on CDStarts.de, )
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US AU
  5. ↑ a b c d Wolfmother in the Australian charts on Australian-Charts.com
  6. ↑ a b Wolfmother in the Official UK Charts (English)
  7. ↑ Awards in Australia on ARIA.com