Wildflower
by The Avalanches
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 July 2016
- Label: Modular, XL, Astralwerks
- Country: Australia
- Length: 1:03:59
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 23 ratings
Artists on this release: Tony Di Blasi, Robbie Chater
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Arriving sixteen years after their landmark debut 'Since I Left You', 'Wildflower' is a densely layered collage of psychedelic pop and hip hop, built upon an extensive foundation of 1960s samples. The album is structured as a conceptual, LSD-fueled road trip and features a wide array of guest collaborators—including Danny Brown, MF DOOM, and David Berman—whose contributions are integrated into the sprawling sonic tapestry. As the result of a famously prolonged production, the record combines its sample-based core with live instrumentation and vocals, evoking the cohesive yet freewheeling feel of a meticulously crafted mixtape.
Genres
Descriptors: sampling, sample-heavy, genre-blending, party, technicolor, rap, experimental, melodic, dance
Tracklist
- The Leaves Were Falling (00:15)
- Because I’m Me (04:12)
- Frankie Sinatra (03:44)
- Subways (03:10)
- Going Home (02:06)
- If I Was A Folkstar (04:33)
- Colours (03:32)
- Zap! (01:58)
- The Noisy Eater (03:14)
- Wildflower (01:14)
- Harmony (03:48)
- Live A Lifetime Love (02:30)
- Park Music (00:54)
- Livin’ Underwater (Is Something Wild) (01:56)
- The Wozard Of Iz (02:59)
- Over The Turnstiles (00:41)
- Sunshine (03:37)
- Light Up (01:34)
- Kaleidoscopic Lovers (03:55)
- Stepkids (04:32)
- Saturday Night Inside Out (05:07)
- Frankie Sinatra - Extended Mix (04:28)
Credits
- Robbie Chater - producer, written-by, mixed-by, art direction, keyboards, mellotron, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, moog synthesizer, melodica, accordion, fm radio
- Tony Di Blasi - co-producer, written-by, keyboards, mellotron, bass, guitar, drums, percussion, moog synthesizer, melodica, accordion, fm radio
- Camp Lo - vocals
- Danny Brown - vocals
- MF DOOM - vocals
- Wilmoth Houdini - vocals
- Jean-Michel Bernard - orchestration, guitar
- Rye Rye - additional vocals
- Kevin Parker - additional drums
- Toro y Moi - vocals, guitar
- Jonti Danilewitz - vocals
- A.Dd+ - vocals
- Biz Markie - vocals
- Jonathan Donahue - vocals, bowed saw
- Warren Ellis - violin, strings
- David Berman - vocals
- Father John Misty - vocals
- Jennifer Herrema - vocals
- Ariel Pink - backing vocals
- Glen Goetze - a&r
- Chris Hopkins (2) - art direction, design, illustration
- Kris Vierra - artwork [quilting & textiles]
- Gen Kay - cover, photography by [inlay]
- Fergadelic - design [logo], logo [butterfly logo]
- Aaron Dobos - engineer [assistant]
- Matthew Neighbour - engineer [assistant]
- Michael O'Connell (6) - engineer [assistant]
- Emi Ueoka - illustration
- Andy Kelly (2) - management
- Nick Dewey - management
- Robert Linney - management
- Joe LaPorta - mastered by
- Tony Espie - mixed by
- David Corio - photography by [biz markie photo]
- Jean-Pierre Laffont - photography by [inner sleeve photo]
- Pat Shannahan - legal [samples cleared by]