Kokopelli (album)

Kokopelli is the second album by British band Kosheen released in the UK through Moksha Recordings on 11 August 2003. The album saw the band lean towards the rock music genre.

Kokopelli
Studio album by
Kosheen
Released11 August 2003
Genre
LabelMoksha
Kosheen chronology
Resist
(2001)		 Kokopelli
(2003)		 Damage
(2007)
Singles from Kokopelli
  1. "All in My Head"
    Released: 28 July 2003
  2. "Wasting My Time"
    Released: 20 October 2003
  3. "Avalanche"
    Released: 3 May 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Laut.de[2]
Plattentests.de4/10[3]
Soundi[4]

Band member Darren Beale states they named the album after a Native American deity named Kokopelli.[5] He states that "He was a spiritual character and he used to travel from the all villages and reservations to spread fertility, you know, to make their crops grow. I suppose he was like a witch doctor as well and he used to do some music and dance. We were kind of into American history and culture anyway but then Sian was reading about this guy and we thought we'd link it to that."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Beale, Sian Evans and Markee Substance.

  1. "Wasting My Time" – 5:08
  2. "All in My Head" (radio edit) – 4:06 *
  3. "Crawling" – 3:53
  4. "Avalanche" – 6:16
  5. "Blue Eyed Boy" – 4:50
  6. "Suzy May" – 5:31
  7. "Swamp" – 3:37 (UK bonus track)
  8. "Wish" – 5:10
  9. "Coming Home" – 5:29
  10. "Ages" – 5:48
  11. "Recovery" – 5:39
  12. "Little Boy" – 3:35
  • Despite being listed as a radio edit, a longer version of "All in My Head" was never available (not counting remixes).

UK Internet download

  • "Violence"

The track "Violence" could be downloaded inserting the Kokopelli CD in the computer's CD-ROM drive, and going to a special area of the Kosheen website available only when the CD was in the drive. The track was automatically downloaded to your computer for free, as an 160kbit/s mp3. However, this website no longer exists (Kosheen's site now being a subsite of Moksha Recordings), and "Violence" has not been released elsewhere. The lyrics for "Violence" and the web info remained printed in the UK album booklet even after the website change.

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 67
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[10] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 30
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 7
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[13] 40

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 11 August 2003 Moksha Recordings CD 82876527232
Australia 18 August 2003 82876552042

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. https://www.laut.de/Kosheen/Alben/Kokopelli-5114
  3. https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=1674
  4. https://www.soundi.fi/levyarviot/kosheen-kokopelli/
  5. "Kosheen interview - BBC Southampton 22/09/03" Archived 10 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Kosheen.com. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  6. "ARIA Top 100 Albums - Week Commencing 25 August 2003". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Kosheen – Kokopelli" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Kosheen – Kokopelli" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kosheen – Kokopelli" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. "OLiS: sales for the period 25.08.2003 – 31.08.2003". OLiS.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Kosheen – Kokopelli". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. "Kosheen Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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