Fat Freddy’s Drop is internationally regarded as one of the world’s finest live draws. The seven piece band has navigated their way from the incubator of sunshine reggae through a colour-saturated field of soul psychedelia before swerving onto a desolate Detroit superhighway at night. It’s a sound that demands to be heard live, a potent mixture of jazz virtuosity and diaphragm-wrecking digital sonics.
These influences have not only been formed by the band’s individual predilections, but also experiences on the road: Fat Freddy’s appearance at Detroit’s Movement festival in 2006 was a watershed moment for the band, fuelled by hearing May’s, Atkin’s and Craig’s stark futurism ricochet off the cold concrete of America’s broken dream. This stoked producer DJ Mu’s love of analog techno, balancing and fusing vocalist Dallas Tamaira’s adoration of soul and reggae with the band’s collective passion for Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Disco, House, Post Punk and Balearic oddities.
Blackbird: Deluxe Edition debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 25 October 2013. It has been in the Top 40 Albums for 15 weeks with a highest position of #7. There are 12 albums by Fat Freddy's Drop in the Top 40 Albums with four reaching Number One.
Chart Date |
Chart |
Rank |
|
25 Oct 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
11 |
|
01 Nov 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
14 |
|
08 Nov 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
14 |
|
15 Nov 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
16 |
|
22 Nov 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
22 |
|
29 Nov 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
20 |
|
13 Dec 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
28 |
|
20 Dec 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
25 |
|
27 Dec 2013 |
Top 40 Albums |
7 |
|
06 Jan 2014 |
Top 40 Albums |
16 |
|
13 Jan 2014 |
Top 40 Albums |
13 |
|
20 Jan 2014 |
Top 40 Albums |
21 |
|
27 Jan 2014 |
Top 40 Albums |
30 |
|
03 Feb 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
10 Feb 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
17 Feb 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
24 Feb 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
03 Mar 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
10 Mar 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
17 Mar 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
24 Mar 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
31 Mar 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
07 Apr 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
14 Apr 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
21 Apr 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
28 Apr 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
05 May 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
12 May 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
19 May 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
26 May 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
02 Jun 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
09 Jun 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
16 Jun 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
23 Jun 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
30 Jun 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
07 Jul 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
14 Jul 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
21 Jul 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
28 Jul 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
04 Aug 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
11 Aug 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
18 Aug 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
25 Aug 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
01 Sep 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
08 Sep 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
15 Sep 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
22 Sep 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
29 Sep 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
06 Oct 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
13 Oct 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
20 Oct 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
27 Oct 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
03 Nov 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
10 Nov 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
17 Nov 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
24 Nov 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
01 Dec 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
08 Dec 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
15 Dec 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
22 Dec 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
29 Dec 2014 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
05 Jan 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
12 Jan 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
19 Jan 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
26 Jan 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
02 Feb 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
09 Feb 2015 |
Top 40 Albums |
40 |
|
16 Feb 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
23 Feb 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
02 Mar 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
09 Mar 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
16 Mar 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
23 Mar 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
30 Mar 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
06 Apr 2015 |
Not Listed |
- |
|
13 Apr 2015 |
Top 40 Albums |
32 |
|