''The Mutton Birds'' is the first album by the
New Zealand band
The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a year later. Four of their albums reached the top 10 on the New Zealand Albums Chart ...
. Released in 1992, it remained on the New Zealand album charts for more than a year and was named Best Album at the
1993 New Zealand Music Awards. It was among the records selected by the author Nick Bollinger for his 2009 book, ''100 Essential New Zealand albums''.
A single, a version of "
Nature", the 1968 song by the
Fourmyula, reached No.4 on the New Zealand singles chart. Three other singles from the album also entered the charts in New Zealand: "
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" (No.31), "Giant Friend" (No.20) and "Your Window" (No 19).
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Track listing
(All songs by Don McGlashan
Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...
except where noted)
#"Dominion Road
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" – 3.55
#"Your Window" – 4.39
#"She's Like a City" – 3.56
#"No Plans for Later" – 2.31
#"Before the Breakthrough" – 4.32
#"White Valiant" – 5.12
#"Giant Friend" – 3.15
#"Big Fish" – 4.33
#"A Thing Well Made" – 4.39
#" Nature" (Wayne Mason) – 3.39
Personnel
*Don McGlashan
Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...
– guitars, voice, euphonium
*Ross Burge
Ross Elliott Burge is a New Zealand musician, who started playing drums with the Nelson College rock band Mandias in 1973. He decided that this was to be the life for him, and called the NZPO to ensure back-up.
He has since played drums for bands ...
– drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
* Alan Gregg – bass guitar, voice
* David Long – guitars
Additional personnel
*Jan Hellriegel
Jan Hellriegel is a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Her first recorded appearances were in Dunedin band Working With Walt in the mid-1980s when Jan studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin. She then formed all-woman ban ...
- backing vocals on "Nature"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
The Mutton Birds albums
1992 albums
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