K (album)

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K is the debut album by Kula Shaker, released September 16, 1996. When it was released, it became the fastest selling debut album in Britain, since Oasis' Definitely Maybe. The album reached the #1 position in the UK charts, however in America it stalled at #200, in the Billboard charts.

The cover art (by comic-book artist Dave Gibbons) consists of various images related to the letter K, including: John F. Kennedy, Lord Kitchener, Karl Marx, Gene Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Ken Dodd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Krishna, King Kong, 2 Knights (a pair of Keys on one of them), a Kettle, Kali, the Kaiser and Rudyard Kipling's book Kim. The cover art was created by Dave Gibbons.

Track listing

1. "Hey Dude" – 4:10
2. "Knight on the Town" – 3:25
3. "Temple of Everlasting Light" – 2:33
4. "Govinda" – 4:57
5. "Smart Dogs" – 3:16
6. "Magic Theatre" – 2:38
7. "Into The Deep" – 3:49
8. "Sleeping Jiva" – 2:02
9. "Tattva" – 3:46
10. "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" – 5:42
11. "303" – 3:08
12. "Start All Over" – 2:35
13. "Hollow Man Parts 1 & 2" – 6:10 (plus 0:12 hidden track after – 13:04 silence)

The track "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" is a homage to Jerry Garcia and his band The Grateful Dead. The Grateful Dead's psychedelia rock style is an obvious influence on Kula Shaker's first and second albums. The hidden track after "Hollow Man" is a recording of an Indian holy man named A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada speaking about his own guru.