Our Home, Our Land is a compilation album released in Australia by CAAMA in 1995. It was released to celebrate the victory in the Mabo case. It focused on the importance of land to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander beliefs.[1] It was nominated for a 1996 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.
| Our Home, Our Land | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Compilation album | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Label | CAAMA |
The CDs featured a mix of new and established artists. The title track was commissioned for this release. Previously recorded tracks were licensed from well known artist and some new tracks were recorded for this album. The new tracks were winners of a song contest for artist that had not been previously recorded.[2]
The album received positive reviews. Jarrod Watt writing in the Age noted that it was "a pretty decent snapshot of the directions indigenous musicians are taking off to while keeping the traditions of the past."[3] Sunday Age's Larry Schwartz states " It is a rich mix of talent that will delight enthusiasts."[4]
In 2000 an illustrated book by Stephen Lalor called Our home, our land : contemporary Aboriginal music education kit was released as a resource about the cds for secondary schools.
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Nomination | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | ARIA Music Awards | Best Indigenous Release[5] | Nominated |
Track listing
edit- Our Home, Our Land – Various
- Mabo – Yothu Yindi
- Land Rights – Sunrize Band
- Forgotten Tribe – Coloured Stone
- Kulha Vaday – Christine Anu
- Solid Rock – Shane Howard
- Respect for Eddie Mabo – Rygela Band
- Stricken Land – Blackfire
- Angerwuy – Raven
- Our Home, Our Land (instrumental)
- Nitmiluk – Blekbala Mujik
- We Shall Cry – Warumpi Band
- This Land's Worth More than Gold and Silver – Phil Moncrieff
- Yolngu – Frances Williams
- Climbing that mountain – Amunda (with Rachel Perkins)
- From Little Things Big Things Grow – Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody with Tiddas
- A Little Drop – Minnie Read
- Big Mountain Wilpena Pound – Artoowarapana Band
- Original Aboriginal – Dave Quinlan
- Tjapwurrung country – Neil Murray
- Koiki, Father Dave and James – Peter Yanada McKenzie
- Mabo – Mills Sisters
- Nakkanya – Paul Kelly
- Our home, our land (Language version) – Buna Lawrie
- Artist appearing on the first track are Lou Bennett, Sally Dastey, Amy Saunders (all from Tiddas), Kev Carmody, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Bart Willoughby, Buna Lawrie, Sammy Butcher, Shane Howard and David Bridie.
References
edit- ^ Dunbar-Hall, Peter; Gibson, Chris (2004). Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868406220.
- ^ Neuenfeldt, Karl; Kathleen, Oien (2000), "'Our home, our land ... something to sing about': an indigenous music recording as identity narrative" (PDF), Aboriginal History, 24: 27–38, ISSN 0314-8769, JSTOR 24046357
- ^ Watt, Jarrod (27 October 1995), "Album Reviews", The Age
- ^ Schwartz, Larry (7 January 1996), "R. P. M", Sunday Age
- ^ "ARIA Awards Best Indigenous Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 April 2017.