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This article is about a music album. For other uses, see Moonfire.
Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Drowned in Sound(5/10)[2]
musicOMH[3]
NME(4/10)[4]
The Fly[5]
The Independent[6]

Moonfire is the debut studio album by the Australian indie rock band Boy & Bear. It was released on 5 August 2011 in the band's home country, with later release dates elsewhere. Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with producer Joe Chiccarelli,[7] the record garnered comparisons to other indie folk bands such as Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons.

Track listing

  1. "Lordy May" – 3:33
  2. "Feeding Line" – 4:28
  3. "Milk & Sticks" – 4:42
  4. "Part Time Believer" – 4:12
  5. "My Only One" – 5:48
  6. "Percy Warner Park" – 1:03
  7. "Golden Jubilee" – 3:17
  8. "House & Farm" – 3:12
  9. "The Village" – 1:35
  10. "Beach" – 6:11
  11. "Big Man" – 4:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 91

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums Chart[10] 23
Australian Artist Albums Chart[11] 5
Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums Chart[12] 45
Australian Artist Albums Chart[13] 17

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] 2× Platinum 140,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Jon O'Brien. "Moonfire - Boy & Bear". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ^ Robert Cooke (12 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. ^ Andy Baber (13 February 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". musicOMH. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  4. ^ Simon Jay Catling (13 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - 'Moonfire'". NME. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  5. ^ David Renshaw (13 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". The Fly. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. ^ Andy Gill (13 January 2012). "Album: Boy Bear, Moonfire (V2)". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. ^ Guy Morrow (June 2012). "Creative Conflict in a Nashville Studio: A Case of Boy & Bear". Journal on the Art of Record Production. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Boy & Bear – Moonfire". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Boy & Bear – Moonfire" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  10. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  12. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  13. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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