Fauna (Oh Land album)

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Fauna
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Studio album by
Released10 November 2008 (2008-11-10)
Length44:05
Label Fake Diamond
Producer
Oh Land chronology
Fauna
(2008)
Oh Land
(2011)
Singles from Fauna
  1. "Audition Day"
    Released: 10 November 2008
  2. "Heavy Eyes"
    Released: 23 February 2009

Fauna is the debut studio album by Danish singer Oh Land. It was released in Denmark on 10 November 2008 by Danish independent label Fake Diamond Records. [1] The album received generally positive acclaim in her home country. [1]

Contents

To celebrate 10 years since the release of Fauna, on 10 November 2018, it was released on a 12" limited light blue 180g vinyl, packaged in a gatefold cover and accompanied by a 16-page booklet. The vinyl, including signed versions, was made available via PledgeMusic. [2]

The album's title is a reference to Fauna Groenlandica, a 1780 book written by her great-great-grandfather Otto Fabricius, a missionary and explorer of Greenland. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Oh Land.

Fauna track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Numb"4:38
2."Still Here!"3:16
3."Frostbite"4:49
4."Heavy Eyes"3:47
5."Postpone the Bad"3:23
6."Koo Koo"1:53
7."Audition Day"3:55
8."I Found You"3:27
9."Release Me"4:38
10."Namazu"3:05
11."Alive/Awake"3:42
12."Deep-Sea"3:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Fauna. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oh Land – Fauna". Fake Diamond Records. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. "Fauna 10th Anniversary Vinyl". PledgeMusic.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  3. Jakobsen, Ole (November 2008). "Oh Land – sådan et land hvor man bliver overrasket" (in Danish). DR. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2025. ... min tipoldefar havde skrevet en bog om Grønlands dyreliv, der hed "Fauna Grønlandica".
  4. Fake Diamond Records (2008). Fauna (CD liner notes). Oh Land. Fake Diamond Records. FDRCD003.