Released 1999 Sambanova(1999) Again(2003) Release date 1999 | Length 73:27 Label Peking Duck | |
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Pnau sambanova full album
Sambanova is the debut album by Australian dance music duo, Pnau, it was released in 1999 on the independent Peking Duck label. However, the album was pulled from record stores due to uncleared samples, Warner Music Australasia re-released it in 2000 with a different track listing, and it peaked in the Top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart in June. The album won an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Award for 'Best Dance Release' in 2000.
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Pnau sambanova
Background
Pnau released their debut album Sambanova in 1999 under the small independent Peking Duck label. It was recorded in a bedroom studio and they only expected to sell a few thousand copies. A week before winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release the album Sambanova was pulled from record stores for uncleared samples. In a 2003 interview with The Age newspaper's Andrew Drever, Mayes recalled that they had no understanding of sample clearances due to their naivety in the music business. Mayes claimed that they had no inkling that they would win an ARIA award but that the album's recall did seriously affect their commercial sales. Warner Music Australasia re-released the album in 2000 with a different track listing, and it peaked in the Top 40 on the ARIA Albums Chart in June. Pnau toured nationally for the Big Day Out in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2011.
Awards
Track listing
Three full length versions of Sambanova have been released to the public, one through the label Peking Duck and two through Warner Music Australasia.
Peking Duck version
- "Journey Agent" – 4:21
- "Mellotron" – 6:48
- "Keep on Truckin'" – 4:58
- "Hard Biscuit" – 5:25
- "To Hear Your Love (Jon Hardy's Tinted Mix)" – 5:06
- "Sambanova" – 6:07
- "Need Your Lovin' Baby" – 6:30
- "Direct Drive" – 5:37
- "Discone" – 4:40
- "The Red Tapes" – 5:21
- "Meshes of the Afternoon" – 3:47
- "Arthur's Pizza" – 4:28
- "The Last Track" – 10:19
2000 version
- "Journey Agent"
- "Mellotron"
- "Keep on Truckin'"
- "Hard Biscuit"
- "Sambanova"
- "Need Your Lovin' Baby"
- "Direct Drive"
- "Discone"
- "The Red Tapes"
- "Meshes of the Afternoon"
- "Arthur's Pizza"
- "The Last Track"
2001 version
- "Follow Me"
- "Journey Agent"
- "Mellotron"
- "Keep on Truckin'"
- "Hard Biscuit"
- "Ordinary Day"
- "Sambanova"
- "Need Your Lovin' Baby"
- "Direct Drive"
- "The Red Tapes"
- "Searchin'"
- "Meshes of the Afternoon"
- "The Last Track"
Personnel
Pnau members
Additional musicians
Production details
Art work
2001 version
Songs
1Journey Agent4:19
2Mellotron6:47
3Keep On Truckin'4:58