Wolfmother (album)

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Wolfmother
Wolfmother cover
Studio album by Wolfmother
Released October 31, 2005 (Australia)
April 24, 2006 (UK)
May 2, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded June–September 2005 at Sound City, Sunset Sound Factory and the Pass
Genre Hard rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock
Length 51:17 (original)
54:27 (international)
Label Modular, Interscope, Universal
Producer Dave Sardy
Professional reviews
Wolfmother chronology
Wolfmother EP
(2004)
Wolfmother
(2005)
Dimensions
(2006)
Back cover
Some international printings misspell the word "thief" on the back cover.
Some international printings misspell the word "thief" on the back cover.
Singles from Wolfmother
  1. "Mind's Eye"
    Released: October 16, 2005
  2. "White Unicorn"
    Released: February 26, 2006
  3. "Dimension"
    Released: April 17, 2006
  4. "Woman"
    Released: 2006
  5. "Love Train"
    Released: 2006
  6. "Joker and the Thief"
    Released: 2006

Wolfmother is the first full-length album from the Australian three-piece rock band Wolfmother. All four tracks previously released on the Wolfmother EP ("Woman", "White Unicorn", "Dimension" and "Apple Tree") have been altered slightly from their original versions, re-recorded and released upon this album.

The cover art for this album is taken from The Sea Witch by Frank Frazetta. Other Frazetta work appears as internal album art as well. Because the original cover displayed nudity, the album is sold in Wal-Mart stores with an alternate cover, simply the Wolfmother logo against a black background.

The album was played on high rotation on Triple J whilst also earning the status of feature album of the week.

In 2005, Wolfmother won both the J Award and the listener's choice Album of the Year. A record six of the tracks made it into the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.

The record has been certified 5 times platinum.[1] In the U.S., it has sold over 500,000 copies and has been certified gold by the RIAA.[2] It was certified gold in Canada in February 2007.[3]

The song "Woman" from this album is featured in the video games Guitar Hero II, Tony Hawk's Project 8, MotorStorm, Madden NFL 07, and Major League Baseball 2K7. "Woman" was also used in the commercial for the 2006 version of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. In 2007, it won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. It is featured on the intro for the television show Driving Force on A&E. Also, it was featured in a commercial for the CNBC show, Mad Money, featuring Jim Cramer.

The song "Joker & the Thief" is featured as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band.


Despite previous criticism's of the band, The EG magazine section of The Age newspaper listed the album at number 4 on its list of Top 10 Australian Albums, with each of the selections dubbed the best 'highlights of the decade'[4]


Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross, and Myles Heskett.

[edit] 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" – 5:33
  9. "Apple Tree" – 3:28
  10. "Tales from the Forest of Gnomes" – 3:36
  11. "Witchcraft" – 3:25
  12. "Vagabond" – 3:52

[edit] 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

[edit] B-sides

  • "The Earth's Rotation Around the Sun" – 2:45 (released on the "Mind's Eye" single)
  • "Midnight Lover" (studio version never released, live recording in circulation)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Sales/shipments
Australia 5x Platinum[1] 350,000
Canada Gold[3] 50,000
U.K. Gold[5] 100,000
U.S. Gold[2] 500,000

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
2005 ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart 3
2006 Billboard 200 22

[edit] Singles

Year Single US Mainstream Rock US Modern Rock
2006 "White Unicorn" 29 38
2006 "Woman" 7 10
2006 "Joker & the Thief" 27 31

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ a b RIAA
  3. ^ a b CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for February 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
  4. ^ The EG, in THE AGE, April 18, 2008, pg. 13
  5. ^ ["BPI"] - Britain's Certifying Body