Australian Frog Calls (also referred to as Songs of Disappearance: Australian Frog Calls) is an album of Australian frog calls, released on 2 December 2022 by the Bowerbird Collective and Australian Museum, it compiles frog sounds from both biologist recordings and public submissions.[2] The album debuted at number 3 on the ARIA Charts.[3][1]
| Australian Frog Calls | ||||
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| Released | 2 December 2022 | |||
| Genre | Frog calls | |||
| Length | 53:00 | |||
| Label | Bowerbird Collective | |||
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Australian Frog Calls was a collaboration between the Bowerbird Collective, Australian Museum FrogID project, Listening Earth and Mervyn Street of Mangkaja Arts.[1] The project brings attention to FrogID Week, an annual event where the public are encouraged to download the free FrogID app and record the frogs they hear calling around them. The project also highlights that one in six Australian native frog species are currently threatened, with four already extinct.[4]
Calls featured on the album date back to the 1970s from FrogID's database.[1] In addition to raising awareness, proceeds from the album will go towards the Australian Museum's national FrogID project.[4][2]
FrogID project coordinator Nadiah Roslan said "Frogs are amongst the most threatened groups of animals on the planet and declining more rapidly than any other animal group... This decline is concerning because we need frogs to be around—they play such an important role in healthy ecosystems and this role can't be filled by any other animal group."[2]
The album follows Australian Bird Calls, which was composed of endangered Australian bird calls and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts in February 2022.[3]
At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the soundtrack was nominated for ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.[5]
Reception
editA staff writer at The Music posted a review consisting entirely of frog noises.[6]
The album debuted at number 3 on the ARIA charts behind Paul Kelly's Christmas Train and Taylor Swift's Midnights.[3][1]
Track listing
editCharts
edit| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 3 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Songs of Disappearance, an album of frog calls, debuts at third behind Paul Kelly and Taylor Swift on the ARIA charts". ABC News. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022 – via MSN.
- ^ a b c Disalvo, Tom (30 November 2022). "An album of frog calls hopes to challenge Taylor Swift on the Australian charts". NME. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "ARIA Albums: Paul Kelly's Christmas Train Is The No 1 Album in Australia". Noise11. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Songs of Disappearance: The campaign trying to get endangered Australian frogs to top the ARIA charts". Beat Magazine. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Nominees Announced for 2023 ARIA Awards". Music Feeds. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Album Review: Songs of Disappearance - Australian Frog Calls". The Music. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.