Tribal Voice


Tribal Voice is the second studio album by Yothu Yindi, released in September 1991 on the Mushroom Records label. The album peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and was certified 2x Platinum.
At the 1992 ARIA Awards Yothu Yindi won ARIA Award for Best Cover Art for Tribal Voice by Louise Beach and Mushroom Art with photography by Serge Thomann; ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year for "Maralitja", "Dharpa" and "Tribal Voice" by David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson and Simon Polinski; ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release for Tribal Voice; ARIA Award for Song of the Year and Single for the Year for "Treaty".

Reception

's reviewer, Jonathon Lewis commented "the traditional songs are stunning, and Mandawuy Yunupingu's voice is suited perfectly to these, but it is the rock tracks that are the weak links in this disc. Yunupingu is not a particularly good pop singer, and the music is sometimes insipid" but went on to say "despite this, Tribal Voice is a fine example of both traditional and modern Aboriginal music."

Track listing

  1. "Gapu"
  2. "Treaty"
  3. "Djäpana "
  4. "My Kind of Life"
  5. "Maralitja"
  6. "Dhum Dhum"
  7. "Tribal Voice"
  8. "Mainstream"
  9. "Dharpa"
  10. "Yinydjapana"
  11. "Mätjala"
  12. "Hope"
  13. "Gapirri"
  14. "Beyarrmak"
  15. "Treaty"
  16. "Djäpana"
Tracks 3, 8 and 16 were added to the 1992 reissue of the album and appear on all subsequent reissues. Tracks 3, 6 and 16 were released as a CD single in 1992 and tracks 3 and 8 appear on the band's 1989 debut Homeland Movement.
Track 2 appears in the 1992 film Encino Man.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel