Length 49:45 | Label Mushroom Records | |
Released 6 June 1994 (1994-06-06) Recorded Metropolis Audio and Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Periscope Studios and Studios 301, Sydney Genre Rock
pop
Adult Contemporary
Folk music Producer Paul Kelly
Vika and Linda |
"Vika and Linda" is the debut studio album by Australia vocal duo Vika & Linda Bull. The album was released in May 1994 and debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Australian ARIA Charts in June 1994.
Contents
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album, but lost to Frogstomp by Silverchair.
Critical reception
Ed St John from Rolling Stone Australia said; "It's the simplest of ideas: take two of Australia's best singers, find them a bunch of great original songs, and then put them in the studio with a sympathetic producer and the best band you can muster. Not surprisingly, the results here are frequently exceptional. Beautifully played - with an accent on subtle arrangements and largely acoustic instruments - the album is imbued with a warm inner glow and a genuine musical depth. Perhaps because of the contributions of such a broad diversity of writers - and thanks also to the fact that Vika and Linda Bull possess strikingly different voices - the album moves effortlessly across a spectrum of styles but, for the most part, is a very laid-back, often country-flavoured affair. Still, far from getting bogged down in a single groove, Vika and Linda is a real feast.
It's not the kind of album where singles, or "standout tracks", are easy to pick. Sure, the first single "When Will You Fall For Me" has a terrific rousing chorus. Three of the Paul Kelly songs are killers, including the slow reggae of "We've Started A Fire" and the funky "I Know Where to Go to Feel Good". Also intriguing is "Ninety Nine Years", a song Kelly wrote with the Bull sisters. Utilising eastern tones and a haunting melody, it marks an interesting and very appealing departure for all three artists."
Track listing
- "Hard Love" (Paul Kelly) - 4:40
- "When Will You Fall For Me" (Mark Seymour) - 3:47
- "House Of Love" (Wayne Burt) - 4:12
- "Gone Again" (Nick Barker) - 3:16
- "We've Started A Fire" (Paul Kelly) - 5:06
- "I Didn't Know Love Could Be Mine" (Paul Kelly) - 3:23
- "Sacred Things" (Joe Camilleri) - 3:31
- "Love This Time" (Wayne Burt) - 3:36
- "Ninety Nine Years" (Paul Kelly, Vika and Linda) - 3:56
- "I Know Where To Go To Feel Good" (Paul Kelly) - 5:03
- "These Hands" (Eris O'Brien) - 4:28
- "The Blue Hour" (Chris Abrahams, Stephen Cummings) - 4:55
- "Set On Freedom" - 4:26
- "Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air)" - 2:32
- "Have a Little Faith in Me" - 4:01
- "Saved" - 3:20
- "Many Rivers to Cross" - 5:03