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{{Infobox album
| name       = Rrakala
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]
| cover      = Rrakala_(album_cover).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{flagicon|Australia}} 15 April 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/rrakala/id426110922 |title=iTunes - Music - Rrakala by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2011-04-15 |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| recorded   = New York
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Folk, [[World music|world]], Aboriginal
| length     = 64:23
| label      = Skinnyfish Music
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Live in Darwin, Australia]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[His Life and Music]]
| next_year  = 2013
}}
'''''Rrakala''''' is the second album from [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]. It is performed in [[Yolngu Matha|Yolngu]]. Gurrumul plays piano, drums, nylon-string acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic guitars.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Marie |first=Anne |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/04/18/3194306.htm |title=Rrakala by Gurrumul is new Album of the Week - ABC Darwin - Australian Broadcasting Corporation |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2011-04-18 |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
It reached number three on the ARIA charts.<ref name="Steffen Hung">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gurrumul&titel=Rrakala&cat=a |title=Gurrumul - Rrakala |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2011|2011 ARIA awards]], ''Rrakala'' won the award for Best World Music Album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2011 |title=Winners By Year - 27th ARIA Awards 2013 |publisher=Ariaawards.com.au |date= |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref> It was also nominated for [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|album of the year]], [[ARIA Award for Best Male Artist|Best Male Artist]], Best Independent Release and Best Cover Artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.take40.com/news/26418/2011-aria-nominations-announced---full-list-here! |title=2011 ARIA Nominations Announced - Full List Here! |publisher=Take 40 |date=2011-10-12 |accessdate=2014-01-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015154044/http://www.take40.com/news/26418/2011-aria-nominations-announced---full-list-here! |archivedate=2011-10-15 }}</ref>
Gurrumul performed a version of "Warwu" with [[Missy Higgins]] at the award ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8376795/missy-higgins-returns-for-arias|title=Missy Higgins returns for ARIAs|publisher=[[Ninemsn]] ([[Nine Entertainment Co.]] & [[Microsoft]])|date=20 November 2011|accessdate=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730190802/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8376795/missy-higgins-returns-for-arias|archivedate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
==Reception==
The ABC reviewed the album, judging: "While Gurrumul won the hearts of the world with his debut album ''[[Gurrumul (album)|Gurrumul]]'' back in 2008, in his latest full-length ''Rrakala'' he cements his place in the world as a unique voice, gifted, and arguably, one of the most important Indigenous Australians of our time."<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Iain Shedden of ''[[The Australian]]'' gave the album 4 of out 5 stars, saying "Central to all 12 tracks is Gurrumul's astonishing voice. It's an instrument of rare power and beauty; seductive, sometimes sweet, but with a rasp to it in places. All of the lyrics are of a spiritual nature, focused entirely on the culture of his homeland, Elcho Island in northeast Arnhem Land, whether it be in the spirits of ancestors (Baru) or in the sheer beauty and tranquillity of the land (Mala Rrakpala, Gopuru)". He also felt that "''Rrakala''{{'}}s limited instrumentation makes it a tad one-dimensional. Nevertheless, it's one hell of a dimension."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/this-weeks-music-reviews/story-e6frg8n6-1226033116760| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150304114518/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/this-weeks-music-reviews/story-e6frg8n6-1226033116760| archive-date = 2015-03-04| title = This week's music reviews {{!}} The Australian}}</ref>
Bruce Elder from ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' reviewed the album favourably, commenting "This is music for the ages [...] He is, for every urban Aborigine grappling with their identity, a reminder of the richness of the traditional, pre-European culture that was once their heritage and which has been slowly leached away during the past 200 years. If you listen very carefully to Gurrumul, you can lose yourself in the timelessness and ancient beauty that effortlessly swirls and drifts around every note he plays and sings."<ref>{{cite web|author=Bruce Elder |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/rrakala-20110408-1d6gt.html |title=Rrakala |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2011-04-09 |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
Robin Denselow from ''[[The Guardian (newspaper)|The Guardian]]'' gave the album 3 out of 5 and wrote: "Gurrumul Yunupingu is a world music phenomenon [...] His lyrics may deal with his homeland, nature and contemplation, but his gently epic melodies have echoes of western folk, gospel, soul and reggae". He had some criticisms however, remarking " ...too many follow the same style, despite the addition of a female soul chorus and reggae guitar. It's time he began to show what else he can do".<ref>{{cite web|author=Robin Denselow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/22/gurrumul-rrakala-album-review |title=Gurrumul: Rrakala – review &#124; Music |work=The Guardian |date= 22 September 2011|accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
==Track listing==
The album had 12 tracks, the same number as its predecessor ''[[Gurrumul (album)|Gurrumul]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gurrumul-Rrakala/release/4622333 |title=Gurrumul* - Rrakala (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
All tracks were written by [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rrakala-mw0002138803 |title=Rrakala - Gurrumul, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
{{track listing
| total_length = 64:23
| title1   = Gopuru
| length1  = 3:48
| title2   = Mala Rrakala
| length2  = 4:32
| title3   = [[Bayini]]
| length3  = 4:39
| title4   = Baru
| length4  = 5:04
| title5   = Ya Yawirriny
| length5  = 4:42
| title6   = Djilawurr
| length6  = 4:04
| title7   = Warwu
| length7  = 8:27
| title8   = Djotarra
| length8  = 6:43
| title9   = Bakitju
| length9  = 5:52
| title10  = Djomula
| length10 = 5:45
| title11  = Wulminda
| length11 = 5:37
| title12  = Banbirrngu
| length12 = 5:10
}}
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Gurrumul|album=Rrakala|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 April 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|85|artist=Gurrumul|album=Rrakala|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 April 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|34|artist=Gurrumul|album=Rrakala|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 April 2018}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2011)
!Position
|-
| Australian ([[ARIA Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2011.htm |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011 |publisher=ARIA |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|30
|-
| Australian Artists ([[ARIA Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-album-2011.htm |title=ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2011 |publisher=ARIA |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|}
==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=GEOFFREY GURRUMUL YUNUPINGU|title=Rrakala|award=Platinum|relyear=2011|certyear=2012|refname="Album Certification"|access-date=26 March 2018 }}
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==References==
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{{Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu}}
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[[Category:ARIA Award–winning albums]]
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