K (album)

K
Studio album by
Kula Shaker
Released16 September 1996
StudioEden, RAK, Townhouse, Chipping Norton, Livingston, The Pierce Room, Wessex, Maison Rouge, Eastcote Studios
GenrePsychedelic rock, raga rock, Britpop
Length48:51 (not including 13:04 silence)
LabelColumbia
ProducerJohn Leckie, Shep & Dodge, Crispian Mills
Kula Shaker chronology
K
(1996) 		Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
(1999)
Singles from K
  1. "Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Grateful When You're Dead" / Jerry Was There"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Tattva"
    Released: 24 June 1996[1]
  4. "Hey Dude"
    Released: 26 August 1996[2]
  5. "Govinda"
    Released: 11 November 1996[3]

K is the debut album by English psychedelic rock band Kula Shaker, released on 16 September 1996. It became the fastest selling debut album in Britain since Elastica's debut the previous year,[4] selling over 105,768 copies in the first week.[5] The album reached the number-one position on the UK Albums Chart and number 200 on the US Billboard 200. It was voted number 879 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[6]

The Grateful Dead's psychedelic rock style is an influence on Kula Shaker's first and second albums. The hidden track after "Hollow Man" is a recording of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, speaking about his own guru.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 22 June 1996. p. 35.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 August 1996. p. 31.
  3. ^ "Reviews – Releases Out on November 11 1996: Singles". Music Week. 2 November 1996. p. 35.
  4. ^ Silver, Daniel (March 2000). "Kula Shaker Classic Rock Archive". Classic Rock. p. 80. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  5. ^ Jones, Alan (9 February 2024). "The Official UK Charts: Albums - February 2024". Music Week.
  6. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 270. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.