The Majority is the first and final full length studio album by Mammal

Mammal (band)

Mammal were an Australian band that formed in March 2006. Mammal rose up the ranks of the Australian music scene very quickly. Their first self titled EP was recorded soon after the band came together. Their debut live album "Vol:1 The Aural Underground" was recorded just 4 months after the band...

. It is however, their second album following their debut Vol 1: The Aural Underground

Vol 1: The Aural Underground

Vol 1: The Aural Underground is the first album by Mammal, which was unconventionally recorded at a live show in contrast to a studio environment. Mammal, known very well for their intense and impressionable live shows, recorded the album live in one take, from start to finish at a sold out gig at...

, which was a live album and also a self-titled studio EP

Mammal (EP)

Mammal is the self-titled debut Extended play , by Australian hard rock band, Mammal from 2006. The band sold the EP independently at their live shows and on their website until early 2007 when they signed with Metropolitan Groove Merchants to distribute it independently. The original version was...

. The album features all new songs, except Burn Out & Hollywood Shrine which are familiar to Mammals fans, being played live for over a year prior. The first single Smash the Piñata was released a month prior to the album. The album while still being true to Mammal's core sound has shown a more diverse and adventurous side to the band musically. Work began on the album on 20 November 2007 and recording commenced on 20 April 2008 with American producer/engineer Eric Sarafin who is known for his work with Ben Harper

Ben Harper

Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...

, Spearhead & Pharcyde.

To help Mammals "No Label" approach to existing, the band enlisted the help of loyal fans by accepting pre-orders before the recording had even started, to fund the recording process. The fans who helped received the Limited Edition version of the album numbered and signed by the band and were also thanked in the liner notes.

The album was launched live on the day of release at an instore at Rare Records, St Kilda. The band performed the entire album to the lucky first 100 people who pre-ordered the album.

When the song "Burn Out" is played live, Mammal have been known to bring artists from other acts on the bill onto stage to sing in duet with Zeke.
Such artists include:

• Kim Benzie (Dead Letter Circus
  Dead Letter Circus
  Dead Letter Circus are an alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, who have been compared to The Mars Volta and Karnivool and have become one of the more popular bands in Australian rock...
  
  ) - Come Together Festival
  Come Together Music Festival
  Come Together is an all-ages Australian music festival performed at Luna Park Sydney. Beginning in 2005, it was originally two separate events, one in April and one in September. In 2006, a two-day festival was held in June , and the festival was again on the same long weekend in 2007...
  
  , Sydney 10.06.2007
• Natalie Marsland (?) - Homebake
  Homebake
  Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...
  
   2007 / Annandale Hotel 06.12.2007
• Eddie Perfect - Annandale Hotel 26.09.2008

Singles

"Smash the Piñata" is the first single taken from The Majority by Mammal. The song was released to radio about a month prior to the album release. A video was also made for the song, directed by Chris Frey

"The Majority" was the second single taken from The Majority. The song was released to coincide with the launch of the host album. A video was also made for the song, directed by Chris Frey

Track listing

1. "The Aural Underground" - 3:27
2. "Smash the Piñata" - 4:16
3. "Bending Rules" - 3:50
4. "The Majority" - 2:32
5. "Mr Devil" - 4:16
6. "Religion" - 5:15
7. "Clear Enough?" - 4:13
8. "Burn Out" - 2:44
9. "Hollywood Shrine" - 5:03
10. "Zero Infinity" - 3:35
11. "Living in Sin" - 7:21

Bonus DVD

"The Majority" was initially released as a CD+DVD Digipak

Digipak

Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...

Limited Edition pressing. Limited copies pre-ordered from JB Hi-Fi also came signed by the band.

AUS Limited Edition MAMMAL004

1. "Smash The Piñata" [Video]
2. "The Majority" [Video]
3. "Nagasaki in Flames" [Video - Live From The HiFi]
4. "Think" [Video - Live From The HiFi]