Bunkka

Bunkka
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Studio album by Paul Oakenfold
Released	June 18, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Big beat, electronica, trip hop, house, trance, tech house
Length	51:45 (US) 58:27 (UK)
Label	Maverick
Producer	Paul Oakenfold, Steve Osborne, Andy Gray, Carmen Rizzo, Jeff Turzo
Paul Oakenfold chronology
Swordfish: The Album (2001) Bunkka (2002) A Lively Mind (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	D[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Bunkka is the debut studio album by the trance artist and DJ Paul Oakenfold. It was released in 2002 under the Maverick label.

It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

In response to how his dance-focused audience would react to the album, Oakenfold said "I hope they realise that in any forms of music you need to push the boundaries. I've been inspired by all kinds of music, from hip-hop to guitars to dance, and hopefully the dance audience will understand that."^[4] The album was released to mixed reviews.

Track listing

1. "Ready Steady Go" (vocals: Asher D) – 4:13
2. "Southern Sun" (vocals: Carla Werner) – 6:57
3. "Time of Your Life" (vocals: Perry Farrell) – 4:17
4. "Hypnotised" (Vocals: Tiff Lacey) – 6:34
5. "Zoo York" - 5:25
6. "Nixon's Spirit" (vocals: Hunter S. Thompson) – 2:48
7. "Hold Your Hand" (vocals: Emilíana Torrini)– 3:39
8. "Starry Eyed Surprise" (vocals: Shifty Shellshock) – 3:48
9. "Get Em Up" (vocals: Ice Cube) – 3:50
10. "Motion" (vocals: Grant-Lee Phillips) – 6:24
11. "The Harder They Come" (vocals: Nelly Furtado and Tricky) – 3:50
12. "Mortal" (UK Bonus Track also available on the "The Harder They Come" single) - 6:42

Personnel

• Paul Oakenfold - Producer, mixing, vocal engineer
• Hunter S. Thompson - vocals, spoken word
• Emiliana Torrini - vocals
• Ice Cube - vocals
• Tiff Lacey - vocals
• Perry Farrell - vocals
• Nelly Furtado - vocals
• Tricky - vocals
• Carla Werner - vocals
• Shifty Shellshock - vocals
• Grant Lee Phillips - vocals, background vocals
• Mark Ralph - guitar
• David Rhodes - guitar
• Emerson Swinford - guitar
• Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
• John Tonks - drums

Additional personnel

• Steve Osborne - producer, programming, mixing, vocal mixing
• Andy Gray - producer, programming, engineer, mixing
• Carmen Rizzo - producer, engineer, vocal engineer
• Jeff Turzo - producer, mixing
• Ed Chadwick - assistant engineer
• Pete Davies - programming, engineer
• Chris Blair - mastering
• Marc Marot - A&R
• Guy Oseary - A&R
• Ricardo Vinas - A&R
• Anton Corbijn - photography

Song appearances

• "Ready, Steady, Go", appears in a number of the films, video games and other media, including: The Bourne Identity, Stormbreaker and Collateral, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, DDR Ultramix Juiced Las Vegas, an ad campaign for Saab and an episode of the TV series ALIAS. Oakenfold produced a Korean style lyrical version of "Ready, Steady, Go" for the film Collateral.
• "Zoo York" (which has a sample of Clint Mansell's Winter: Lux Aeterna) has been used in the trailers for the films Sunshine and Babylon A.D..
• "Starry Eyed Surprise" has been used in television commercials for Diet Coke.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	65
2002	Top Electronic Albums	1

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Hermes, Will (June 21, 2002). "Bunkka: Music Review:Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
3. Rolling Stone review
4. http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Paul-Oakenfold-Biography/887820CD0D81734B48256C3200095A8C

External links

• Bunkka at Metacritic