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{{Infobox album
| name       = Tribal Voice
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Yothu Yindi]]
| cover      = YothuYindi TribalVoice.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 1991
| recorded   = 1989–1990
| studio     = The Vault, Paradise, RBX Studios
| genre      = [[Aboriginal rock]]
| length     = 42:57
| label      = [[Mushroom Records]]
| producer   = Mark Moffatt
| prev_title = [[Homeland Movement (album)|Homeland Movement]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[Freedom (Yothu Yindi album)|Freedom]]
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Tribal Voice
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Treaty (song)|Treaty]]
 | single1date = 18 February 1991<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 18/02/91: Singles|magazine=[[The ARIA Report]]|issue=56|page=19|date=17 February 1991}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Djäpana|Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)]]
 | single2date = April 1992
 | single3     = [[Tribal Voice (song)|Tribal Voice]]
 | single3date = September 1992
}}}}

'''''Tribal Voice''''' is the second [[studio album]] by [[Yothu Yindi]], released in September 1991 on the [[Mushroom Records]] label. The album peaked at number 4 on the [[ARIA Charts]] and was certified 2× Platinum.

At the 1992 [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Awards]] Yothu Yindi won [[ARIA Award for Best Cover Art|Best Cover Art]] for ''Tribal Voice'' by Louise Beach and Mushroom Art with photography by Serge Thomann; [[ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year|Engineer of the Year]] for "Maralitja", "Dharpa" and "Tribal Voice" by David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson and Simon Polinski; [[ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release|Best Indigenous Release]] for ''Tribal Voice''; [[ARIA Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and Single for the Year for "Treaty".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1992 |title=1992: 6th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[[ARIA Music Awards]] |accessdate=6 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120947/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1992 |archivedate=27 September 2011 }}</ref><ref name="ARIAlist">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=Y&artist=Yothu%20Yindi |title=ARIA Awards 2008: History: Winners by Artist: Yothu Yindi search results |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=6 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213050141/http://ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=Y&artist=Yothu%20Yindi |archivedate=13 February 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The album did not receive a domestic vinyl release until 2018, however it was released on vinyl in Europe in 1992.

==Reception==
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57791|pure_url=yes}} link]
}}
[[AllMusic]]'s reviewer, Jonathon Lewis commented "the traditional songs are stunning, and Mandawuy Yunupingu's voice is suited perfectly to these, but it is the rock tracks that are the weak links in this disc. Yunupingu is not a particularly good pop singer, and the music is sometimes insipid" but went on to say "despite this, ''Tribal Voice'' is a fine example of both traditional and modern Aboriginal music."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tribal-voice-mw0000072333|title=Tribal Voice- Yothu Yindi|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|last=Lewis|first=Jonathon|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing==
#"Gapu" (Traditional song, arranged by [[Galarrwuy Yunupingu]])
#"[[Treaty (song)|Treaty]]" ([[Mandawuy Yunupingu]], [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]], Milkayngu Mununggurr, Witiyana Marika, Stuart Kellaway, Cal Williams, [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]])
#"[[Djäpana|Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)]]" (M. Yunupingu)
#"My Kind of Life" (M. Yunupingu)
#"Maralitja" (Crocodile Man) (M. Yunupingu)
#"Dhum Dhum" (Bush Wallaby) (Traditional song, arranged by Marika)
#"[[Tribal Voice (song)|Tribal Voice]]" (M. Yunupingu)
#"Mainstream" (M. Yunupingu)
#"Dharpa" (Tree) (M. Yunupingu, Kellaway)
#"Yinydjapana" (Dolphin) (Traditional song, arranged by Marika)
#"Mätjala" (Driftwood) (M. Yunupingu, G. Yunupingu, Marika, Kellaway, Williams)
#"Hope" (M. Yunupingu)
#"Gapirri" (Stingray) (M. Yunupingu)
#"Beyarrmak" (Comic) (Traditional song, arranged by G. Yunupingu)
#"Treaty" (Radio Mix) (M. Yunupingu, G. Yunupingu, Mununggurr, Marika, Kellaway, Williams, Kelly, Garrett) (moved to after "Tribal Voice" on 2018 LP reissue)
#"Djäpana" (Radio Mix) (M. Yunupingu)

Tracks 3, 8 and 16 were added to the 1992 reissue of the album and appear on all subsequent reissues. Tracks 3, 6 and 16 were released as a CD single in 1992 and tracks 3 and 8 appear (in different versions) on the band's 1989 debut ''[[Homeland Movement (album)|Homeland Movement]]''.

Track 15 appears in the 1992 film ''[[Encino Man]]''.

Track 16 appears in the 1993 film ''[[Reckless Kelly]]''.

==Personnel==
*[[Mandawuy Yunupingu]] – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
*[[Galarrwuy Yunupingu]] – vocals, clapsticks
*Witiyana Marika – vocals, clapsticks, backing vocals
*Milkayngu Mununggurr – [[didgeridoo]], backing vocals
*[[Gurrumul Yunupingu]] – keyboards, percussion, guitar, didgeridoo, organ, backing vocals
*Makuma Yunupingu – didgeridoo
*Cal Williams – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, guitar, backing vocals
*Stuart Kellaway – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Ricky Fataar|Ricki Fataar]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Mark Moffatt – organ, bass guitar, guitar
*Ray Periera – congas
*[[Allen Murphy]] – drums
*Huey Benjamin – drums
*[[Archie Roach]] – backing vocals
*[[Tim Finn]] – backing vocals
*[[Rose Bygrave]] – backing vocals
*[[Steve Wade (singer)|Steve Wade]] – backing vocals

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Tribal Voice''
! scope="col"| Chart (1991–1993)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|4|artist=Yothu Yindi|album=Tribal Voice|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 July 2020}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Tribal Voice''
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="Ryan">{{cite Ryan|page=307}}</ref>
| 15
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Tribal Voice''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|certyear=1992|relyear=1991|artist=Yothu Yindi|title=Tribal Voice|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|certref=<ref name="Ryan"/>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
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{{Yothu Yindi}}

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[[Category:ARIA Award–winning albums]]
[[Category:Yothu Yindi albums]]
[[Category:Mushroom Records albums]]
[[Category:1991 albums]]