“Songs of Disappearance” with the singing of endangered birds entered the top five ARIA albums

In the charts of the Australian Association of the Recording Industry – ARIA – the album “Songs of Disappearance” unexpectedly reaches the first place. It is a collection of music mixed with the singing of endangered Australian birds. It is worth considering that not all Australian birds are euphonic – what is one kookaburra worth.

Co-author of the album, wildlife sound engineer David Stewart admits this. Stewart’s collection contains thousands of bird voices, which he recorded over 40 years of his work. His recordings were arranged by Simone Slattery, one of the co-founders of The Bowerbird Collective. Through the efforts of this group of scientists, musicians and conservationists, the album “Songs of Disappearance” was recorded.

The disc will allow you to hear the singing (and not only) of 53 Australian birds from the endangered species. The title track, arranged by Simone Slattery, features singing and other sounds from all 53 endangered species featured on the album. As a result, “Songs of Disappearance” became the first release of its kind to make it to the top five ARIA albums. The album sold over 3,000 copies and topped the charts for Mariah Carey and ABBA.

“Birds are original artists” – said Stephen Garnett, conservation professor and co-author of the album. “They’ve been singing for millions of years … and now they’re going, and there’s a whole lot that we’re not going to have with us if we don’t do something about them.“

The album can be bought both on disc and immediately in FLAC. The digital download will cost AU $ 9.99 (about US $ 7).

“Songs of Disappearance” Track list

1 Songs of Disappearance 02:55
2 Fernwren 00:34
3 Purple-crowned Fairy-wren 00:41
4 Western Heath Whipbird 00:28
5 Kangaroo Island Brown Thornbill 00:16
6 Gang-gang Cockatoo 00:32
7 Golden Bowerbird 00:41
8 Western Boobook 00:22
9 Black-eared Miner 00:33
10 Noisy Scrub-bird 00:26
11 Australian Palm Cockatoo 00:33
12 Carpentarian Grasswren 00:22
13 Australian Eclectus Parrot 00:19
14 Grey-headed Robin 00:28
15 Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo 00:21
16 South-Eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo 00:22
17 Indian Ocean Red-tailed Tropicbird 00:20
18 South-eastern Hooded Robin 00:27
19 Lowland Pilotbird 00:31
20 Scrubtit 00:11
21 Satin Bowerbird 00:32
22 Mallee Emu-wren 00:31
23 Christmas Island Boobook 00:20
24 Australasian Bittern 00:11
25 Christmas Island Frigatebird 00:20
26 Southern Royal Albatross 00:21
27 Malleefowl 00:15
28 Kangaroo Island Glossy Black-Cockatoo 00:27
29 Latham’s Snipe 00:29
30 Far Eastern Curlew 00:21
31 Great Knot 00:19
32 Yakutian Bar-tailed Godwit 00:11
33 Red Goshawk 00:13
34 Southern Barking Owl 00:29
35 Norfolk Island Green Parrot 00:21
36 Southern Squatter Pigeon 00:27
37 Lord Howe Woodhen 00:22
38 Eastern Grey Plover 00:15
39 Regent Honeyeater 00:30
40 Swift Parrot 00:29
41 Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon 00:22
42 Mallee Striated Grasswren 00:32
43 Northern Eastern Bristlebird 00:19
44 Princess Parrot 00:32
45 Western Bristlebird 00:26
46 Plains-wanderer 00:30
47 Mallee Whipbird 00:25
48 Eastern Regent Parrot 00:27
49 Flinders Ranges Thick-billed Grasswren 00:21
50 Western Bassian Thrush 00:28
51 Yellow Chat 00:18
52 Western Ground Parrot 00:52
53 Forty-spotted Pardalote 00:27
54 Night Parrot