Editing Birrkuta – Wild Honey

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Birrkuta – Wild Honey
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Yothu Yindi]]
| cover      = Birrkuta – Wild Honey.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|df=y|1996|11|}}
| recorded   = 1995
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Aboriginal rock]]
| length     = {{duration|m=53|s=10}}
| label      = Yothu Yindi/[[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
| producer   =
* Lamar Lowder
* [[Andrew Farriss]]
| prev_title = [[Freedom (Yothu Yindi album)|Freedom]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[One Blood (Yothu Yindi album)|One Blood]]
| next_year  = 1998
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Birrkuta – Wild Honey
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Superhighway
 | single1date = 1996
}}}}
'''''Birrkuta – Wild Honey''''' is the fourth studio album by Australian band, [[Yothu Yindi]]. It was released in November 1996 via [[Mushroom Records]].<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=800 | last = McFarlane | first = Ian | author-link = Ian McFarlane | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | year = 1999 | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Yothu Yindi' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040930230809/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=800 | isbn = 1-86448-768-2 | archive-date = 30 September 2004 | access-date = 29 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020038/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/y/yothuyindi.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/y/yothuyindi.html | title = Yothu Yindi | work = hem.passagen.se | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]]. (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Warnqvist | first2 = Stefan | archive-date = 27 September 2012 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 29 September 2017 }}</ref> It was co-produced by Lamar Lowder and [[Andrew Farriss]].<ref name="Holmgren"/>

Australian musicologist, [[Ian McFarlane]], compared it to their previous album, "[it] continued ''Freedom''{{'}}s move towards a broader musical horizon while retaining a strong commercial appeal."<ref name="McFarlane"/>

At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1997]], the album was nominated for [[ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release|Best Indigenous Release]].

==Track listing==
#"Tears for Law" (Garrathiya Run) (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Daniel Watson)
#"Yolngu Woman" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)
#"Ngarrpiya" (Octopus) (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
#"Superhighway" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Andrew Farriss)
#"Bapane" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
#"Djatpa" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
#"Timor" (Ben Hakalitz, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu)
#"Matter of Choice" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
#"Stop That" (Stuart Kellaway)
#"Lorrpu" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
#"Spirit of Peace" (Buruka Tau-Matagu, Hakalitz, William Takaku)
#"Yirrmala" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
#"Honey (Birrkuta)" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tau-Matagu, Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
#"Cora" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
#"Mice and Men" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)

==Personnel==
* [[Mandawuy Yunupingu]] – lead vocals, vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, clapsticks
* [[Gurrumul Yunupingu]] – electric guitar, lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, clapsticks, acoustic guitar, didgeridoo, clavinet
* Makuma Yunupingu – lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, didgeridoo, clapsticks
* Stuart Kellaway – guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
* Milkayngu Mununggurr – didgeridoo
* Ben Hakalitz – drums, kundu, backing vocals, bass guitar, flutes
* Buruka Tau-Matagu – organ, electric piano, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12 string guitar, flutes
* Jodie Cockatoo Creed – vocals, backing vocals
* [[Airi Ingram]] – percussion
* Lamar Lowder – percussion
* Yomunu Yunupingu – didgeridoo
* [[Andrew Farriss]] – keyboards, guitar
* [[Galarrwuy Yunupingu]] – lead vocals, vocals, clapsticks

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Birrkuta – Wild Honey''
! scope="col"| Chart (1996)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="Ryan">{{cite Ryan|page=307}}</ref>
| 92
|}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history and formats for ''Birrkuta – Wild Honey'' 
! Country 
! Date 
! Format
! Label
! Catalogue 
|- 
! scope="row"| Australia 
| November 1996
| CD
| [[Mushroom Records|Mushroom]]
| D93461
|}

== References ==
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