Spirit Bird

Spirit Bird
Studio album by Xavier Rudd
Released	8 June 2012
Recorded	Ontario, Canada (except "Follow the Sun" recorded at Studios 301 in Byron Bay)
Length	63:49
Label	Salt. X, Universal
Producer	Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd chronology
Koonyum Sun (2010) Spirit Bird (2012) Nanna (2015)

Spirit Bird is the seventh studio album by Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd. It was released on 8 June 2012. ^[1]

Recording

Rudd recorded most of the album in Ontario, Canada at a studio in a wooden cottage by a lake. ^[2] "Follow the Sun", which features the sound of magpies at the start, was the last track recorded for the album, and the only song recorded outside of Canada, at Studios 301 in Byron Bay. ^[3]

Reception

The album debuted at number 36 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 2 on the ARIA album chart. ^{[4] [5]} In the album's first week of release it was the biggest selling album in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria. ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Xavier Rudd.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lioness Eye"	6:37
2.	"Comfortable in My Skin"	3:14
3.	"Spirit Bird"	7:11
4.	"Prosper"	2:11
5.	"Bow Down"	3:34
6.	"Follow the Sun"	4:16
7.	"Butterfly"	2:11
8.	"Culture Bleeding"	4:40
9.	"Paper Thin"	3:52
10.	"Full Circle"	10:18
11.	"Mystery Angel"	4:38
12.	"3 Roads"	6:04
13.	"Creating a Dream"	5:01

Personnel

Production

• Xavier Rudd – producer
• Luke Davis – instrument technician and production assistant
• Jordan Power – engineer
• Scott Horscroft – audio mixer
• Steve Smart – mastering
• Mike Gillies - engineer

Design

• Dersu Rhodes – art direction and design

Charts

Chart (2012–17)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7]	119
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8]	38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9]	85

References

1. "Info – Xavier Rudd". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
2. Hodgson, Peter (23 November 2011). "Xavier Rudd". Archived from the original on 7 April 2012.
3. Goodridge, John (2 February 2015). "The AU interview: Xavier Rudd (VIC) chats about his new album, 'Nanna', and working with new band, the United Nations!". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016.
4. Nielsen SoundScan Charts 6 June, 2012 (for the week ending 13 June, 2012), archived from the original on 26 December 2004
5. Xavier Rudd's 'Spirit Bird' debuts at #2 on the ARIA chart, Vox Magazine, 21 June 2012, archived from the original on 20 March 2015
6. "Australiancharts.com – Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
7. "Ultratop.be – Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 January 2016.