''The Album'' is the debut studio album from Australian comedy group
Aunty Donna
Aunty Donna is an Australian surrealist comedy group formed in Melbourne in 2011. The group consists of performers and writers Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane alongside writer and director Sam Lingham, director Max Miller, and co ...
. It also served as the group's sixth
webseries
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, with music videos being made for eight of the album's 16 tracks and uploaded to the group's
YouTube
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channel. The album features guest appearances from comedians
Demi Lardner
Demi Lardner is an Australian absurdist comedian based in Sydney. In 2013, she won Raw Comedy in Melbourne and went on to win So You Think You're Funny? in Edinburgh for her comedy set. She regularly streams on Twitch, and co-hosts the podc ...
,
Michelle Brasier
Michelle Brasier is a Melbourne-based comedian, singer, writer and actor. She is known for her work with Aunty Donna, her live shows, and performing in comedy duo Double Denim with Laura Frew.
Early life
Brasier grew up in Wagga Wagga. In 200 ...
,
Hamish Blake
Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on tel ...
and
Matt Okine
Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is a stand-up comedian, author and radio presenter from Brisbane, Australia. Okine is of Ghanaian and European descent, born to his father, Mack Okine, and his mother Roslyn, who died of breast cancer when he w ...
; in addition to Australian pop singer
Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne ( ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a liter ...
and
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are ...
guitarist
Joey Walker
Joseph William Quinn Walker is an Australians, Australian musician, singer, and producer who is best known as being the lead guitarist for the band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Walker was previously part of the electronic duo Trumpdisco (n ...
.
The album and accompanying web series were announced with the release of a trailer on 4 February 2018. The first single, "Chuffed (Dad Song)," was released four days later. The final single and video was "(Walking in on Someone) Doin' a Poo," which was released one week after ''The Album'' was released. ''The Album'' debuted at number 30 in the
ARIA Albums Chart
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, as well as number 7 in the Australian Artist Albums chart.
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2018
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, the album was nominated for
ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release
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.
Track listing
Personnel
*Broden Kelly – vocals
*Mark Samual Bonnano – vocals
*Zachary Ruane – vocals
*Tom Armstrong – production, beats
*Alex Pizzol – guitar, bass
*
Michelle Brasier
Michelle Brasier is a Melbourne-based comedian, singer, writer and actor. She is known for her work with Aunty Donna, her live shows, and performing in comedy duo Double Denim with Laura Frew.
Early life
Brasier grew up in Wagga Wagga. In 200 ...
– vocals
*
Demi Lardner
Demi Lardner is an Australian absurdist comedian based in Sydney. In 2013, she won Raw Comedy in Melbourne and went on to win So You Think You're Funny? in Edinburgh for her comedy set. She regularly streams on Twitch, and co-hosts the podc ...
– vocals
*
Sammy J
Samuel Jonathan McMillan (born 2 July 1983) is an Australian musical comedy, musical comedian, satirist, writer and radio presenter who performs under the stage name Sammy J. He embraces a variety of media in his comedy, including the use of vid ...
– vocals
*
Joey Walker
Joseph William Quinn Walker is an Australians, Australian musician, singer, and producer who is best known as being the lead guitarist for the band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Walker was previously part of the electronic duo Trumpdisco (n ...
– guitar
*
Montaigne
Michel Eyquem, Sieur de Montaigne ( ; ; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), also known as the Lord of Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a liter ...
– vocals
*
Matt Okine
Matthew Okine (born 12 April 1985) is a stand-up comedian, author and radio presenter from Brisbane, Australia. Okine is of Ghanaian and European descent, born to his father, Mack Okine, and his mother Roslyn, who died of breast cancer when he w ...
– vocals
*
Hamish Blake
Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on tel ...
– vocals
*SUB-Human – production, beats
*Joe Kosky – vocals
*Klaus Hill – mixing, mastering
Charts
References
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2018 debut albums
Aunty Donna albums