Inshalla (Eskimo Joe album)
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Inshalla is the fourth studio album
by Australian rock
band Eskimo Joe
, released on 29 May 2009. The first single from the album is "Foreign Land
", which was released in April 2009. A special limited edition 2CD release of the album contains live versions of songs from their previous album, Black Fingernails, Red Wine
, and is only on sale in the band's home state of Western Australia
. The album debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Charts
.
, lead singer Kav Temperley explained his choice of an Arabic word for the album title.
Inshalla explores a very different sound for Eskimo Joe
. The band have mentioned that they were at a stage where they wanted to do something different musically and also in their personal lives.
In an interview Joel Quartermain
explains
. The band later confirmed that they were only released on the site for a maximum of 24 hours. The songs were titled "Childhood Behaviour" and "Losing My Mind". During a live performance the title of the album was announced and so was the first single.
The band decided not to produce the album themselves, as they had for previous albums, instead engaging Gil Norton
(The Pixies, Foo Fighters
, Gomez
). A producer that the band had always dreamed of one day working with. The album was recorded at Studio 301 in Byron Bay, New South Wales
.
"Foreign Land" was created from an eight-second sample of traditional Turkish music that the band looped and added drum parts to. The album's middle eastern flavour also extends to the title track, "Inshalla", which was written by Temperley while he was travelling around Egypt
with the band's manager.
Inshalla is the first Eskimo Joe album to be released in Europe, as a result of the band's signing with the European arm of Warner Music Group. Whilst the album will also be released in the United States the band intends to concetrate on Europe, after having recently toured there.
.
The band have played a special preview concert coinciding with the album launch on 29 May for fans from their home town in Western Australia
in the Astor Theatre
, tickets were given away by Nova 937
as a competition.
The band has planned a national tour to promote the album, for the second half of 2009.
The album was nominated for the ARIA Album of the Year Award
in 2009.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Australian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
, released on 29 May 2009. The first single from the album is "Foreign Land
Foreign Land (song)
"Foreign Land" is the first single by Eskimo Joe, taken from theirfourth studio album Inshalla. It was released on 3 April 2009 on the Australian iTunes store and was released 17 April 2009 as a digital EP and physical single....
", which was released in April 2009. A special limited edition 2CD release of the album contains live versions of songs from their previous album, Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Black Fingernails, Red Wine is the third studio album by Eskimo Joe, released on 10 June 2006. The album became their first Australian ARIA Albums Chart #1, debuting at that spot on the chart week of 19 June 2006. The album has been certified 4x Platinum in Australia. It is their best selling album...
, and is only on sale in the band's home state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The album debuted at number one on the Australian 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...
.
Background
In an interview with Australian radio station Triple JTriple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
, lead singer Kav Temperley explained his choice of an Arabic word for the album title.
Inshalla explores a very different sound for Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
. The band have mentioned that they were at a stage where they wanted to do something different musically and also in their personal lives.
In an interview Joel Quartermain
Joel Quartermain
Joel Quartermain is the guitarist, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School...
explains
Production
The band has been in the studio since 2008 working on new material. Two early demos during the recording sessions were leaked onto YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. The band later confirmed that they were only released on the site for a maximum of 24 hours. The songs were titled "Childhood Behaviour" and "Losing My Mind". During a live performance the title of the album was announced and so was the first single.
The band decided not to produce the album themselves, as they had for previous albums, instead engaging Gil Norton
Gil Norton
Gil Norton is a British record producer known for his work with such bands as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James, The Feelers, The Beekeepers,...
(The Pixies, Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
, Gomez
Gomez (band)
Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball , Paul "Blackie" Blackburn , Tom Gray , Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock . The band is distinguished for having three singers and four songwriters, employing traditional and electronic instruments...
). A producer that the band had always dreamed of one day working with. The album was recorded at Studio 301 in Byron Bay, New South Wales
Byron Bay, New South Wales
Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At the 2006 Census, the town had a...
.
"Foreign Land" was created from an eight-second sample of traditional Turkish music that the band looped and added drum parts to. The album's middle eastern flavour also extends to the title track, "Inshalla", which was written by Temperley while he was travelling around Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
with the band's manager.
Inshalla is the first Eskimo Joe album to be released in Europe, as a result of the band's signing with the European arm of Warner Music Group. Whilst the album will also be released in the United States the band intends to concetrate on Europe, after having recently toured there.
Promotion
During the week of the album release, Eskimo Joe played a limited-access 30-minute set for only 200 fans in Sydney's George Street Apple Store as part of the iTunes Live from Sydney series. The performance will be available to purchase as a downloadable EP through the iTunes StoreITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
.
The band have played a special preview concert coinciding with the album launch on 29 May for fans from their home town in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
in the Astor Theatre
Astor Cinema
Astor Cinema is located at 659 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, Western Australia. It comprises a single, two and three-storey masonry Inter-war Art Deco style theatre and retail building.-History:...
, tickets were given away by Nova 937
Nova 937
Nova 93.7 is a commercial radio station in Perth, Western Australia. Owned by DMG Radio Australia, it was established in the Perth market on Wednesday December 5, 2002...
as a competition.
The band has planned a national tour to promote the album, for the second half of 2009.
The album was nominated for the ARIA Album of the Year Award
ARIA Music Awards of 2009
The 23rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 26 November 2009 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. The ceremony was telecast on the Nine Network at 8:30pm that night...
in 2009.
Track listing
Chart performance
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ARIA Australian Album 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... |
1 |
Certification
The album achieved gold sales in only its first week in the charts.| Country | Certification | Shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Gold | 35,000+ |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 29 May 2009 | Warner Warner Music Australasia Warner Music Australasia is the Australian division of the Warner Music Group. The company's operations also include distribution to New Zealand.-History:In 1969, Warner Bros... |
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| CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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| Canada | Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:... |
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| United States | 14 July 2009 | Rykodisc Rykodisc Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.-Company history:... |
10987 | |
| Australia | 11 December 2009 | Warner Warner Music Australasia Warner Music Australasia is the Australian division of the Warner Music Group. The company's operations also include distribution to New Zealand.-History:In 1969, Warner Bros... |
12" Vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
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Eskimo Joe
- Kavyen Temperley — vocals, bass, keyboards
- Stuart MacLeodStuart MacLeod (musician)Stuart MacLeod from Scottish/English heritage is the guitarist and backup singer of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He lives in South Fremantle, Western Australia. When he was seven he lived next door to Kavyen Temperley and they have been best friends for years. Temperley and MacLeod both...
— guitar, vocals - Joel QuartermainJoel QuartermainJoel Quartermain is the guitarist, back-up singer, recording drummer and pianist of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He spent a lot of his childhood focused on radio and tapes. In 1989, he moved to Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School...
— guitar, drums, vocals
Additional musicians
- Anne-Louise Comerford — strings ("Childhood Behaviour")
- Phillip Hartl — strings ("Childhood Behaviour")
- Andrew Hines — strings ("Childhood Behaviour")
- Hugh Jennings — accordion ("Please Elise")
- Lee Jones — guitar ("Please Elise")
- Andy Lawson — vocals ("Plese Don't Let Me Down")
- Paul Millard — horns ("Losing My Mind")
- Steve ParkinSteve Parkin (musician)Stephen R Parkin is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. Originally from United Kingdom he was raised in Perth. He has been in various bands including Autopilot and Basement Birds. He co-wrote material for Eskimo Joe's 2009 album Inshalla, which peaked at number one on the Australian...
— vocals ("Losing Friends Over Love", "Don't Let Me Down", "Losing My Mind", "Please Elise") - Shaun Luke Sibbes — percussion ("Losing My Mind"), whistling ("Morning Light")
- Mark Underwood — horns ("Losing My Mind")
- Claire White — whistling ("Morning Light")
Credits
- Dave Bascombe — mixer
- Andy Lawson — post-production engineer
- Bob Ludwig — mastering
- Jimi Maroudas — engineer
- Mathematics — design
- Adrian Mesko — photography
- Gil NortonGil NortonGil Norton is a British record producer known for his work with such bands as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James, The Feelers, The Beekeepers,...
— producer, mixer - Pablo Verduga — assistant engineer