Released 4 October 2004 Release date 4 October 2004 | Length 45:15 | |
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Label Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Similar Hollywood, Confetti, She Will Have Her, Birdy, Fire Within | ||
BigBigLove is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, released in Australia on 4 October 2004. It reached number 5 in the ARIA music charts and was certified gold less than a month after its release. The album was produced by Paul McKercher (You Am I, Eskimo Joe, Augie March) at Big Jesus Burger Studios and mixed at Studios 301.
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Three singles were released from the album; "Beautiful to Me", which reached number 27, "Tonight's the Night", and "Excited", which reached number 44 on the ARIA Singles Charts.
The album was nominated for four ARIA Awards in 2004; Best Breakthrough Artist/Album, Best Rock Album, Best Producer, and Best Engineer. Two tracks from the album reached the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004; "Beautiful to Me" at number 8 and "Tonight's the Night" at number 78.
The album features a more pop-oriented, commercial alternative rock sound than their later records, which experimented with electronic music and folk.
Little birdy come on little heartbreaker
Background
The main thing that I wanted to do with this record was to have as much classic, memorable melody as possible. The songs are all based on feelings and emotion, for each song had a particular vision. It covers all the colours we wanted to show with a first record. BigBigLove is built from that big hole I had inside. It’s amazing how close this band has become and how fast we understand each other now. We have grown a million years in one year.
McKercher was selected to produce after Steele was impressed with his work on Augie March's debut album, Sunset Studies.
We wanted a pretty classic-sounding album; we didn't want to do anything that sounded really now.
Songs
1Excited3:38
2Come on Little Heartbreaker3:48
3Beautiful to Me3:30