Revival (Katchafire album)
{{short description|2003 album by Katchafire}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Revival
| type = studio
| artist = Katchafire
| cover = Katchafire - Revival.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2003|06|04|df=yes}}
| genre = {{hlist|Roots reggae|Pacific reggae}}
| length = 42:37
| label = Mai Music
| producer =
| recorded =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Slow Burning
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Revival
| type = studio
| single1 = Giddy Up
| single1date = 2002
| single2 = Who You With
| single2date = 2002
| single3 = Get Away
| single3date = 2003
}}
}}
Revival is the debut studio album by New Zealand band Katchafire, released on 4 June 2003. Released after the success of the band's debut single "Giddy Up" (2002), the album was a commercial success, and led to a new wave of popular New Zealand reggae musicians.
Production
Katchafire formed in June 1997, as a Bob Marley tribute band that extensively toured New Zealand in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2002, the band were signed to Mai Music,{{cite web|url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/katchafire |title=Katchafire |first=John |last=Dix |website=AudioCulture |date=31 August 2023 |access-date=4 January 2024}} a newly formed record label established by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as a sister project to urban contemporary radio station Mai FM, as a way to promote Māori musicians.
Revival was recorded at the Mai FM studios in Auckland, and was produced by Chris Macro of the Dubious Brothers, taking inspiration from the Pacific reggae sound of Herbs. All songs on the album were original tracks except for the final track, a cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". Band member Logan Bell felt that Bob Marley resonated with Māori people due to how Marley sung about cultural pride and oppression. The band took inspiration from this, adapting lyrics for their own life experiences as Māori.{{Cite journal| issn = 1474-0095| volume = 27| issue = 2| pages = 271–287| last = Shuker| first = Roy| title = New Zealand popular music, government policy, and cultural identity| journal = Popular Music| date = 2008}}
Release and promotion
The album was preceded by the singles "Giddy Up" and "Who You With" in 2002. "Giddy Up" was a commercial success in New Zealand, becoming the 17th most successful single of 2002 in the country (and the third most successful by a New Zealand artist).{{cite web|title=End of Year Charts 2002|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2002-12-31|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=RMNZ|access-date=4 January 2024}} "Giddy Up" was later added to the soundtrack of the Australian film Blurred (2002).
The album was released on 4 June 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/revival-cd/1531951 |title=Revival |website=Mighty Ape|access-date=4 January 2024}} The bonus edition features three dub remixes: "Colour Me Dub" by Maui Usher and Jah Remnant, "Collie Herb Man / Reactor Dub" by Joost Langveld and Roger Perry, and "Dub Me All Jelly" by Chris Macro of the Dubious Brothers. Some editions of the album omit "Redemption Song". The band toured New Zealand for four months following the album's release.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/chart-success-sparks-reggae-band-katchafire-into-action/XABWGCSJRN265UQCKWUA5AGHH4/ |title=Chart success sparks reggae band Katchafire into action |date=12 June 2003 |website=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=4 January 2024}} In July 2003, the band released "Get Away" as the third single from the album.{{cite news|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0309/S00027/katchafire-joins-nz-music-chart-avalanche.htm?from-mobile=bottom-link-01 |title=Katchafire Joins Nz Music 'Chart Avalanche' |date=4 September 2003 |website=Scoop |access-date=4 January 2024}}
In 2023, the album was re-released on vinyl by Flying Nun Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/products/katchafire-revival |title=Katchafire – Revival |website=Flying Nun|access-date=4 January 2024}}
Commercial reception
Revival debuted at number five in New Zealand, and was certified gold three weeks later.{{cite web|title=Official Top 40 Albums
|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2003-07-04|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=RMNZ|date=6 July 2003|access-date=4 January 2024}} By November, the album had been certified platinum.{{cite web|title=Official Top 40 Albums
|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2003-11-21|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=RMNZ|date=23 November 2003|access-date=4 January 2024}} By 2005, the album had become double platinum certified,{{cite web|title=Official Top 40 Albums
|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2005-05-20|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=RMNZ|date=23 May 2005|access-date=4 January 2024}} The album re-charted on the Official NZ Catalogue Albums in 2023,{{cite web|title=Official Top 20 NZ Albums
|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/aotearoa-albums/2023-04-21|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=RMNZ|date=24 April 2005|access-date=4 January 2024}} and by September had become four times platinum certified.
Revival was the 23rd most successful album in New Zealand in 2003, and the 29th in 2004.{{cite web|title=Official Top 40 Albums: End of Year Charts 2003|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2003-12-31|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=3 January 2024}}{{cite web|title=Official Top 40 Albums: End of Year Charts 2004|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2004-12-31|website=NZ Music Charts|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=3 January 2024}} In 2023, the album was the 10th most successful album by a New Zealand artist in the country.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-aotearoa-albums/2023-12-31|title=Official Top 20 NZ Albums: End of Year Charts 2023|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=3 January 2024}}
Critical reception
Graham Reid of The New Zealand Herald gave the album a five-star review, noting the retro feel of reggae music in 2003, and feeling that the album took strong inspiration from Bob Marley and the Wailers. Reid praised the "warm, classic, soul-reggae voices" of Logan Bell and Jamey Ferguson, and felt that the album was filled with "immediately memorable" songs from different reggae genres.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/ikatchafirei-revival/IHBMPH547RQSMOIK7KPV7RPMYM/ |title=Katchafire: Revival |date=6 June 2003 |website=The New Zealand Herald |first1=Graham |last1=Reid |author-link1=Graham Reid (journalist) |access-date=4 January 2024}}
Scott Miller writing for The Niche Cache highly praised the album, feeling this was one of the most essential New Zealand reggae albums that pioneered the modern kiwi reggae sound,{{cite web|url=https://theniche-cache.com/music/2017/10/22/kiwi-classics-katchafires-revival |title=Kiwi Classics: Katchafire's Revival |first=Scott |last=Miller |date=22 October 2017 |access-date=4 January 2024}} a sentiment echoed by music journalist Gareth Shute.{{cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/26-10-2018/israel-starr-second-generation-reggae-star-and-rastaman |title=Israel Starr: Second generation reggae star and rastaman |first=Gareth |last=Shute |website=The Spinoff |date=26 October 2018 |access-date=4 January 2024}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Revival track listing
| title1 = Reggae Revival
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ara Adams Tamatea|Jamey Ferguson|Jordan Bell|Logan Bell|Thompson Hohepa}}
| length1 = 4:14
| title2 = Get Away
| writer2 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Who You With
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ferguson|J. Bell}}
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = Colour Me Life
| writer4 = {{hlist|Ferguson|J. Bell}}
| length4 = 3:23
| title5 = Lose Your Power
| writer5 = {{hlist|Ferguson|J. Bell}}
| length5 = 3:29
| title6 = Collie Herb Man
| writer6 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length6 = 3:11
| title7 = Sensimillia
| writer7 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length7 = 3:10
| title8 = Done Did It
| writer8 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Grenville Bell|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell}}
| length8 = 3:46
| title9 = Seriously
| writer9 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length9 = 3:22
| title10 = Giddy Up
| writer10 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell}}
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Bounce
| writer11 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length11 = 3:26
| title12 = Redemption Song
| writer12 = Bob Marley
| length12 = 3:49
| total_length = 42:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus tracks
| title13 = Colour Me Dub
| writer13 = {{hlist|Ferguson|J. Bell}}
| length13 = 4:57
| title14 = Collie Herb Man / Reactor Dub
| writer14 = {{hlist|Tamatea|Ferguson|J. Bell|L. Bell|Hohepa}}
| length14 = 7:18
| title15 = Dub Me All Jelly
| writer15 =
| length15 = 7:23
| total_length = 62:15
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Revival ! scope="col" | Chart (2003) ! scope="col" | Peak |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Katchafire|album=Revival|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 January 2024|refname="Chart"}} |
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=Year-end charts=
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Revival}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Katchafire|title=Revival|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2003|certyear=2023|domestic=true|id=2023-09-01|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|refname="Certification"}}
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References
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