Kookaburra | ||||
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Released | 8 March 2024 | |||
Recorded | May 2021 and August 2023 | |||
Length | 48:29 | |||
Label | EGR | |||
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The Whitlams Black Stump chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sancho | ||||
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Kookaburra is the eighth studio album by Australian band the Whitlams, and first under the name the Whitlams Black Stump. It was released on 8 March 2024. [1] The album was supported by the 25-date Kookaburra tour, commencing in March 2024. [1] In May 2024, the tour was extended by an extra 20 days. [2]
About making a country album, lead singer Tim Freedman said "I am a parochial lyric writer, and country music has a strong sense of time and place, so clothing my stories in a country music coat seemed like a natural progression to me, I had to scratch that itch and investigate." [3]
In an album review on Sunburnt Country, Sophie Hamley acknowledged the risk the group took by re-recording their songs into a different style. Hamley said "What is also profoundly clear – in a way that it wasn’t on the earlier recordings – is that Freedman is a really lovely singer." Hamley closed the review saying, "This is an album made by experts and the listener is rewarded accordingly. Freedman's high-stakes gamble has paid off, and old fans will no doubt mingle with new as he takes these songs to people all over the land." [4]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [5] | 54 |
Kookaburra | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 8 March 2024 | |||
Recorded | May 2021 and August 2023 | |||
Length | 48:29 | |||
Label | EGR | |||
Producer |
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The Whitlams Black Stump chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sancho | ||||
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Kookaburra is the eighth studio album by Australian band the Whitlams, and first under the name the Whitlams Black Stump. It was released on 8 March 2024. [1] The album was supported by the 25-date Kookaburra tour, commencing in March 2024. [1] In May 2024, the tour was extended by an extra 20 days. [2]
About making a country album, lead singer Tim Freedman said "I am a parochial lyric writer, and country music has a strong sense of time and place, so clothing my stories in a country music coat seemed like a natural progression to me, I had to scratch that itch and investigate." [3]
In an album review on Sunburnt Country, Sophie Hamley acknowledged the risk the group took by re-recording their songs into a different style. Hamley said "What is also profoundly clear – in a way that it wasn’t on the earlier recordings – is that Freedman is a really lovely singer." Hamley closed the review saying, "This is an album made by experts and the listener is rewarded accordingly. Freedman's high-stakes gamble has paid off, and old fans will no doubt mingle with new as he takes these songs to people all over the land." [4]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [5] | 54 |