Garma (album)

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Garma
YothuYindi Garma.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2000
Recorded2000
Label Mushroom
Producer Andrew Farriss
Yothu Yindi chronology
One Blood
(1998)
Garma
(2000)
Healing Stone (The Best of Yothu Yindi)
(2012)
Singles from Garma
  1. "Community Life"
    Released: July 2000
  2. "Romance at Garma"
    Released: 2000

Garma is the sixth and final studio album by Australian band, Yothu Yindi that was released in August 2000 via Mushroom Records. The album peaked at number 66 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Macassan Crew" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Stuart Kellaway, Jodie Cockatoo Creed, Andrew Farriss)
  2. "Fire" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  3. "Surfin' The Log" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  4. "Community Life" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  5. "Bush" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
  6. "Ghost Spirits" (Kellaway, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Lamar Lowder)
  7. "Romance at Garma" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  8. "Good Medicine" (Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  9. "Calling Every Nation" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  10. "Wirrkul Girl" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
  11. "Lonely Tree" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Cockatoo Creed, Farriss)
  12. "Gone Is The Land" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Farriss)
  13. "Silver Owl" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway)
  14. "Gawulny (Silver Light)" (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Garma
Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 66

Release history

Release history and formats for Garma
CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
AustraliaAugust 2000CD Mushroom MUSH33282-2

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