Look out Adele, this bird songs album is flying up the charts
Some homegrown SA voices have debuted at number 5 and are a chance of knocking Adele, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift off the top of the ARIA charts with a different kind of song.
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Look out Adele, the birds are coming for you.
While the UK singer remains at the top of the ARIA charts with her latest release, 30, an unusual rival is gunning for her top spot.
Songs of Disappearance, an album of calls of endangered Australian birds, debuted at No. 5 on the charts this week and its creators have faith that it can claim the coveted Christmas No. 1 position, displacing not only Adele but also superstars Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift and Aussie legen Paul Kelly, who has a new Christmas record.
Released by BirdLife Australia, the album coincides with a report on the impact of climate change on threatened species and features recordings by renowned wildlife documenter David Stewart, among others.
The record’s rise has been, ahem, egged on by a concerted Twitter campaign by bird lovers, and Sportsbet is even offering odds of it going to No. 1 (it’s paying $3, if you fancy a flutter).
“This album is a very special record with some rare recordings of birds that may not survive if we don’t come together to protect them,” BirdLife Australia CEO Paul Sullivan said.
“While this campaign is fun, there’s a serious side to what we’re doing, and it’s been heartening to see bird enthusiasts showing governments and businesses that Australians care about these important birds.”
A number of calls from birds that live in South Australia are featured on the record, including the southeastern red-tailed black-cockatoo, the Kangaroo Island glossy black-cockatoo and the elusive night parrot, which was thought to be extinct for decades.
The release of Songs of Disappearance follows a once-in-a-decade scientific study led by Birdlife Australia and Stephen Garnett of Charles Darwin University, with input from more than 300 bird experts, which discovered that one in six species of birds in Australia is in imminent danger due to climate change.
Songs of Disappearance’ is available on CD and digital download now from songsofdisappearance.com
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