Kokopelli (album)
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| Studio album by Kosheen | ||||
| Released | 11 August 2003 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, electronica | |||
| Label | Moksha | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Kokopelli is the second album by British band Kosheen released in the UK through Moksha Recordings on 11 August 2003. The album saw the band lean towards the rock music genre.
Band member Darren Beale states they named the album after a North American Indian named Kokopelli.[2] He states "He was a spiritual character and he used to travel from the all villages and reservations to spread fertility, you know, to make their crops grow. I suppose he was like a witch doctor as well and he used to do some music and dance. We were kind of into American history and culture anyway but then Sian was reading about this guy and we thought we'd link it to that."[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Darren Beale, Sian Evans and Markee Substance.
- "Wasting My Time" – 5:08
- "All In My Head" (Radio Edit) – 4:06 *
- "Crawling" – 3:53
- "Avalanche" – 6:16
- "Blue Eyed Boy" – 4:50
- "Suzy May" – 5:31
- "Swamp" – 3:37 (UK Bonus Track)
- "Wish" – 5:10
- "Coming Home" – 5:29
- "Ages" – 5:48
- "Recovery" – 5:39
- "Little Boy" – 3:35
- Despite being listed as a radio edit, a longer version of "All In My Head" was never available (not counting remixes).
- UK Internet download
- "Violence"
The track "Violence" could be downloaded inserting your Kokopelli CD in the computer's CD-Rom drive, and going to a special area of the Kosheen website available only when the CD was in the drive. The track was automatically downloaded to your computer for free, as an 160kbit/s mp3. However, this website no longer exists (Kosheen's site now being a subsite of Moksha Recordings), and "Violence" has not been released elsewhere. This means that Violence is currently only available via peer to peer networks. The lyrics for "Violence" and the web info remained printed in the UK album booklet even after the website change.
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Albums Chart[3] | 67 |
| Austria Albums Chart[4] | 6 |
| Polish Albums Chart[5] | 31 |
| Switzerland Albums Chart[6] | 30 |
| UK Albums Chart[7] | 7 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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| United Kingdom | 11 August 2003 | Moksha Recordings | CD | 82876527232 |
| Australia | 18 August 2003 | 82876552042 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- 1 2 "Kosheen interview - BBC Southampton 22/09/03". Kosheen.com. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums - Week Commencing 25 August 2003". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ "Kokopelli - Austria chart information". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ "OLiS: sales for the period 25.08.2003 - 31.08.2003". OLiS.
- ↑ "Kokopelli - Switzerland chart information". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ↑ "Chart Log UK 1994–2006 Alex K – Kyuss". zobbel.de. Retrieved 17 February 2009.