''Sun Dirt Water'' is the fifth studio album by iconic Australian

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers s ...

band

The Waifs The Waifs (originally styled as The WAiFS) are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals) as well as Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals). Their tour and recor ...

. It was released by

Jarrah Records Jarrah Records is an independent Australian record label which releases material by Western Australian-formed bands, John Butler Trio and The Waifs, and their members. In July 2002 the label was founded and co-owned by John Butler; The Waifs' ...

on 1 September 2007. It debuted at number two in the

ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

on 10 September. It was certified platinum, for shipment of 70000 units, in 2010.

Track listing

#"Pony" (Cunningham) #" Sun Dirt Water" (Thorn) #"Vermillion" (Simpson) #"How Many Miles" (Cunningham) #"Without You" (Cunningham) #"Sad Sailor Song" (Simpson) #"Get Me Some" (Cunningham) #"Eternity" (Cunningham) #"Sweetest Dream" (Cunningham) #"Goodbye" (Cunningham) #"Stay" (Cunningham) #"Love Let Me Down" (Simpson) #"Feeling Sentimental" (Cunningham)

Personnel

The Waifs

Josh Cunningham Joshua Hayden Cunningham is an Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter who is one-third of folk rock band the Waifs. Note: nlineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition ...

- vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, ukulele * Donna Simpson - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion *

Vikki Thorn Vikki Elizabeth Thorn (née Simpson, born c. 1974) is an Australian harmonica player, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter and one-third of the Australian folk rock band the Waifs. Her elder sister, Donna Simpson (musician), Donna Simpson, also p ...

- vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar *Ben Franz - electric & double bass *David Ross Macdonald - drums & percussion

Additional Musicians

*Reese Wynans - hammond b3, piano, wurlitzer *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

- pedal steel, lap steel *

Jeff Coffin Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin began t ...

- clarinet *Scat Springs - background vocals *Erick Jaskowiak - background vocals *Garry West - hand claps

Credits

*Produced by

and Garry West *Recorded at Compass Sound Studio, Nashville, TN *Engineered by Erick Jaskowiak

Track listing

Personnel

The Waifs

Additional Musicians

Credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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