''Summerland'' is the fourth studio album by Australian hip hop band
The Herd and was released on 24 May 2008. The Herd announced its new album in March 2008, in early May of that year the first single from the album, "The King is Dead", received radio airplay, it makes reference to Australia's change in government with
John Howard being replaced after 11 years as Prime Minister by
Kevin Rudd.
The album debuted at #7 on the
ARIA Album charts and reached #2 on the Top 40 Urban Album charts. At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2008
The 22nd annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) took place on 19 October 2008. The nominees for all categories were announced on 10 September, while the winners of ...
, it was also nominated for
ARIA Award for Best Urban Release
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.
At the
AIR Awards of 2008
The AIR Awards of 2008 is the third annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Corner Hotel, in Melbourne, Australia on 24 November 2008 to recognise ...
, the album won Best Independent Urban/Hip Hop Album.
The Mike Daly directed film clip for the second single from the album, "2020", was nominated and won the Best Music Video at the
J Awards of 2008.
Track listing
# "2020" - 3:47
# "Freedom Samba" - 4:27
# "The King is Dead" - 4:11
# "Time to Face the Truth" - 4:37
# "Kids Learn Quick" - 4:13
# "A Few Things" - 4:13
# "Pearl" - 4:25
# "My Home" - 4:15
# "Zug Zug" - 4:20
# "Emergency" - 4:21
# "Toorali" - 3:25
# "Black & Blue" - 4:20
# "When You Escape (Music v. Fashion)" - 4:36
# "The Next Movement" - 4:40
Charts
References
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The Herd (Australian band) albums
2008 albums