Tales of the Drift

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Tales of the Drift
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Studio album by
Released1 August 2005
RecordedSound Heaven Studios
Genre Australian hip hop
Label Elefant Traks/Inertia Distribution
Producer Elgusto, Luke Dubs
Hermitude chronology
Alleys to Valleys
(2004)
Tales of the Drift
(2005)
Threads
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Illawarra Mercurypositive [1]
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Tales of the Drift is the second album from Australian hip-hop artists Hermitude. It was released on 1 August 2005. [5]

Contents

The album features Ozi Batla and Urthboy from The Herd on the track "Fallen Giants" [6] and MC Blu on the track "Music from the Mind". [6] Artwork designed by Kaho Cheung (aka Unkle Ho - The Herd) and was released on CD and as a double vinyl album.

Tales of the Drift was recorded and mixed by Hermitude and John Stuart at Sound Heaven Studios in Wentworth Falls. [7]

The first single released was "Fallen Giants" which receiving significant airplay on Triple J, [8] [9] with the song being included on Triple J's compilation album Home & Hosed - Ripe & Ready. [10]

Track listing

All tracks written by Hermitude. [11]

  1. "You Got Soul" - 1:31
  2. "Tapedeck Sound" - 6:05
  3. "Can’t Stop" - 5:37
  4. "Music From The Mind" - 3:15
  5. "Nightfall's Messenger" - 4:36
  6. "Plunge" - 1:50
  7. "Observation Deck" - 5:06
  8. "Zacktor" - 5:08
  9. "Galactic Cadillac" - 3:52
  10. "Fallen Giants" - 4:18
  11. "Dub's Theme" - 4:08
  12. "Madness in G Minor" - 4:22
  13. "Ruffwon" - 5:37
  14. "The Drift" - 4:31
  15. "Mystical Herm's" - 4:02

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References

  1. Illawarra Mercury, 18 August 2005, review by Glen Humphries
  2. The Cairns Post, 4 August 2005, review
  3. The Advertiser, 22 September 2005, review by Glenn Simpson
  4. Sunday Telegraph, 31 July 2005, review by Peter Holmes
  5. "Elefant Traks releases - Tales of the Drift". Elefant Traks. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  6. 1 2 "Music New : Tales of the Drift". inthemix. 23 August 2005. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  7. Sound Heaven Studios
  8. Triple J playlists
  9. playlist | 20 October 2006 | top shelf with robbie buck
  10. Home & Hosed - Ripe & Ready
  11. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA . Retrieved 7 April 2008.