BigBigLove
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| Released | 4 October 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock Indie rock | |||
| Length | 45:15 | |||
| Label | Virgin / EMI | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| FasterLouder | (favorable)[1] |
BigBigLove is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, released in Australia on 4 October 2004. It reached number 5 in the ARIA music charts and was certified gold less than a month after its release.[2] The album was produced by Paul McKercher at Big Jesus Burger Studios and mixed at Studios 301.[3]
Three singles were released from the album; "Beautiful to Me", which reached number 27, "Tonight's the Night", and "Excited", which reached number 44 on the ARIA Singles Charts.[4]
The album was nominated for four ARIA Awards in 2004; Best Breakthrough Artist/Album, Best Rock Album, Best Producer, and Best Engineer.[5] Two tracks from the album reached the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004; "Beautiful to Me" at number 8 and "Tonight's the Night" at number 78.[6]
The album features a more pop-oriented, commercial alternative rock sound than their later records, which experimented with electronic music and folk.
The main thing that I wanted to do with this record was to have as much classic, memorable melody as possible. The songs are all based on feelings and emotion, for each song had a particular vision. It covers all the colours we wanted to show with a first record. BigBigLove is built from that big hole I had inside. It’s amazing how close this band has become and how fast we understand each other now. We have grown a million years in one year.
— Katy Steele, November 2004[7]
McKercher was selected to produce after Steele was impressed with his work on Augie March's debut album, Sunset Studies.
We wanted a pretty classic-sounding album; we didn't want to do anything that sounded really now.
— Katy Steele, October 2004[8]
