Sun Dirt Water
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Sun Dirt Water is the sixth album
and fifth studio album by Australia
n folk rock
band The Waifs
. It was released by Jarrah Records
on 1 September 2007. It debuted at number two in the ARIA Albums Chart
on 10 September.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
and fifth studio album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
band The Waifs
The Waifs
The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...
. It was released by Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records
Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label that releases albums by The Waifs and The John Butler Trio. Jarrah is co-owned by The Waifs and John Butler. Jarrah was founded in July 2002 as John Butler's and The Waifs' record label for the territory of the USA....
on 1 September 2007. It debuted at number two in the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
on 10 September.
Track listing
- "Pony" (Cunningham)
- "Sun Dirt WaterSun Dirt Water (song)"Sun Dirt Water" is the name of a single by the Australian folk-rock band The Waifs, from their album Sun Dirt Water. "Sun Dirt Water" was written by Vikki Thorn.-Chart performance:...
" (Thorn) - "Vermillion" (Simpson)
- "How Many Miles" (Cunningham)
- "Without You" (Cunningham)
- "Sad Sailor Song" (Simpson)
- "Get Me Some" (Cunningham)
- "Eternity" (Cunningham)
- "Sweetest Dream" (Cunningham)
- "Goodbye" (Cunningham)
- "Stay" (Cunningham)
- "Love Let Me Down" (Simpson)
- "Feeling Sentimental" (Cunningham)
Album
| Chart | Provider(s) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/ shipments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Top 100 (Australia) | ARIA Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
2 | Not certified | N/A |
The Waifs
- Josh CunninghamJosh CunninghamJoshua "Josh" Hayden Cunningham is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who is one-third of folk rock band The Waifs. His involvement with The Waifs has resulted in a total of four Australian Recording Industry Association Award wins, all in 2003 for Up All Night and ten further...
- vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, ukelele - Donna Simpson - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Vikki ThornVikki ThornVikki Thorn is an Australian harmonica player, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter and one-third of the Australian folk rock band The Waifs. Her sister Donna Simpson also plays guitar and sings in the band...
- vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar - Ben Franz - electric & double bass
- David Ross Macdonald - drums & percussion
Additional Musicians
- Reese Wynans - hammond b3, piano, wurlitzer
- Dan Dugmore - pedal steel, lap steel
- Jeff CoffinJeff CoffinJeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...
- clarinet - Scat Springs - background vocals
- Erick Jaskowiak - background vocals
- Garry West - hand claps
Credits
- Produced by The WaifsThe WaifsThe Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...
and Garry WestGarry WestGarry West is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange... - Recorded at Compass Sound Studio, NashvilleNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, TNTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... - Engineered by Erick Jaskowiak