Bunkka

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Bunkka
Bunkka cover
Studio album by Paul Oakenfold
Released June 18, 2002
Recorded ???
Genre Electronica
Length 51:45
Label Maverick
Producer Paul Oakenfold, Steve Osborne, Andy Gray, Carmen Rizzo, Jeff Turzo
Professional reviews
Paul Oakenfold chronology
Swordfish: The Album
(2001)
Bunkka
(2002)
Perfecto Presents Great Wall
(2004)

Bunkka is the title of an album by electronica artist and DJ Paul Oakenfold. It was released in 2002 under the Maverick label.

The first track of the album, "Ready, Steady, Go", appears in the film The Bourne Identity, when Jason Bourne is attempting to elude the French police as they are chasing him in their vehicles. It also appears in Collateral, in the club Fever scene though this is a reproduced version with Korean lyrics and vocals. It appears in the popular video game series Dance Dance Revolution in DDR Ultramix for the Xbox. It appears in a commercial for Saab, and is featured on the soundtrack for the EA Sports video game Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003. It also appears in the film Stormbreaker, the film based on Anthony Horowitz's novel of the same name, and in the TV show Alias, when Sydney and Noah attempt to steal a hard drive, and a sample of the song is played through Marshall's stereo. The eighth track on the album, "Starry Eyed Surprise" was featured in a diet Coke commercial.

It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales largely exceeding 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ready Steady Go" (featuring Asher D) – 4:13
  2. "Southern Sun" (featuring Carla Werner) – 6:57
  3. "Time of Your Life" (featuring Perry Farrell and Grant-Lee Phillips) – 4:17
  4. "Hypnotised" (featuring Tiff Lacey) – 6:34
  5. "Zoo York" – (featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) - 5:25
  6. "Nixon's Spirit" (featuring Hunter S. Thompson) – 2:48
  7. "Hold Your Hand" (featuring Emilíana Torrini)– 3:39
  8. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (featuring Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town) – 3:48
  9. "Get Em Up" (featuring Ice Cube) – 3:50
  10. "Motion" (featuring Grant-Lee Phillips) – 6:24
  11. "The Harder They Come" (featuring Nelly Furtado and Tricky) – 3:50

[edit] Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Steve Osborne - Producer, Programming, Mixing, Vocal Mixing
  • Andy Gray - Producer, Programming, Engineer, Mixing
  • Carmen Rizzo - Producer, Engineer, Vocal Engineer
  • Jeff Turzo - Producer, Mixing
  • Ed Chadwick - Assistant Engineer
  • Pete Davies - Programming, Engineer
  • Chris Blair - Mastering
  • Marc Marot - A&R
  • Guy Oseary - A&R
  • Ricardo Vinas - A&R
  • Anton Corbijn - Photography

[edit] Trivia

The Track "Zoo York" has a sample of Clint Mansell's Winter: Lux Aeterna (also referred to "Requiem For A Tower") from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. It has also been used in the trailer of the 2007 film Sunshine (starring Chris Evans).

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2002 The Billboard 200 65
2002 Top Electronic Albums 1
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