Kokopelli (album)

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Kokopelli
Kosheen Kokopelli.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 August 2003
Genre
Label Moksha
Kosheen chronology
Resist
(2001)
Kokopelli
(2003)
Damage
(2007)
Singles from Kokopelli
  1. "All in My Head"
    Released: 28 July 2003
  2. "Wasting My Time"
    Released: 20 October 2003
  3. "Avalanche"
    Released: 3 May 2004
Professional ratings
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Plattentests.de  [ de ]4/10 [4]
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Kokopelli is the second album by British band Kosheen released in the UK through Moksha Recordings on 11 August 2003. The album saw the band lean towards the rock music genre.

Contents

Band member Darren Beale states they named the album after a Native American deity named Kokopelli. [6] He states that "He was a spiritual character and he used to travel from the all villages and reservations to spread fertility, you know, to make their crops grow. I suppose he was like a witch doctor as well and he used to do some music and dance. We were kind of into American history and culture anyway but then Sian was reading about this guy and we thought we'd link it to that." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Beale, Sian Evans and Markee Substance.

  1. "Wasting My Time" – 5:08
  2. "All in My Head" (radio edit) – 4:06 *
  3. "Crawling" – 3:53
  4. "Avalanche" – 6:16
  5. "Blue Eyed Boy" – 4:50
  6. "Suzy May" – 5:31
  7. "Swamp" – 3:37 (UK bonus track)
  8. "Wish" – 5:10
  9. "Coming Home" – 5:29
  10. "Ages" – 5:48
  11. "Recovery" – 5:39
  12. "Little Boy" – 3:35

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 67
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [11] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 30
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 7
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [14] 40

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
United Kingdom11 August 2003Moksha Recordings CD 82876527232
Australia18 August 200382876552042

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