DE AFARĂ: M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

 

Arular este albumul de debut al lui M.I.A. și a fost lansat în data de 22 martie 2005, prin XL și Interscope Records.

Track listing

XL US edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Banana Skit"	Maya Arulpragasam		0:36
2.	"Pull Up the People"	M. Arulpragasam A. Brucker Paul Byrne	Brucker Byrne	3:45
3.	"Bucky Done Gun"	M. Arulpragasam Wesley Pentz Bill Conti Ayn Robbins Carol Connors	Diplo Wizard[a]	3:46
4.	"Fire Fire"	M. Arulpragasam Anthony Whiting	Whiting	3:38
5.	"Freedom Skit"	M. Arulpragasam		0:42
6.	"Amazon"	M. Arulpragasam Richard X	Richard X	4:16
7.	"Bingo"	M. Arulpragasam Whiting	Whiting	3:12
8.	"Hombre"	M. Arulpragasam Dwain 'Willy' Wilson III	Wilson	4:02
9.	"One for the Head Skit"	M. Arulpragasam		0:29
10.	"10 Dollar"	M. Arulpragasam Richard X	Richard X	4:03
11.	"Sunshowers"	M. Arulpragasam Ross Orton Steve Mackey August Darnell Stony Browder Jr.	Cavemen	3:16
12.	"Galang"	M. Arulpragasam Justine Frischmann Orton Mackey	Cavemen	3:35
13.	"M.I.A." (hidden track, included at the end of track 12)	M. Arulpragasam Frischmann Sugu Arulpragasam	Diplo	3:27

XL UK/international and Interscope US editions

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Banana Skit"	M. Arulpragasam		0:36
2.	"Pull Up the People"	M. Arulpragasam A. Brucker Byrne	Brucker Byrne	3:45
3.	"Bucky Done Gun"	M. Arulpragasam Pentz Conti Robbins Connors	Diplo Wizard[a]	3:46
4.	"Sunshowers"	M. Arulpragasam Orton Mackey Darnell Browder	Cavemen	3:16
5.	"Fire Fire"	M. Arulpragasam Whiting	Whiting	3:38
6.	"Dash the Curry Skit"	M. Arulpragasam		0:40
7.	"Amazon"	M. Arulpragasam Richard X	Richard X	4:16
8.	"Bingo"	M. Arulpragasam Whiting	Whiting	3:12
9.	"Hombre"	M. Arulpragasam Wilson	Wilson	4:02
10.	"One for the Head Skit"	M. Arulpragasam		0:29
11.	"10 Dollar"	M. Arulpragasam Richard X	Richard X	4:03
12.	"U.R.A.Q.T."	M. Arulpragasam Quincy Jones	KW Griff Diplo[b]	2:56
13.	"Galang"	M. Arulpragasam Frischmann Orton Mackey	Cavemen	3:35
14.	"M.I.A." (hidden track, included at the end of track 13)	M. Arulpragasam Frischmann S. Arulpragasam	Diplo	3:27

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Pull Up the People" (D'Explicit Remix)	3:00
15.	"Bucky Done Gun" (DJ Marlboro Carioca Remix)	2:37
16.	"Bucky Done Gun" (Y£$ Productions Remix)	3:26
17.	"Bucky Done Gun" (DaVinChe Remix)	3:00

Digital bonus tracks

• "You're Good" – 4:13
• "Lady Killa" – 3:32
• "Do Ya" – 3:22

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^b} signifies a co-producer
• "Bucky Done Gun" is inspired by "Injeção" by Deize Tigrona and incorporates elements of "Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti.
• "U.R.A.Q.T." contains a sample from "Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)" by Quincy Jones.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Arular.

Maya Arulpragasam – vocals, artwork A. Brucker (Switch under a pseudonym)– production ("Pull Up the People"), final mix and production ("Bucky Done Gun", "U.R.A.Q.T.") Paul Byrne – production "Pull Up the People", final mix and production ("Bucky Done Gun", "U.R.A.Q.T.") Cavemen – mixing, production ("Sunshowers", "Galang") Diplo – production ("Bucky Done Gun", "M.I.A."), co-production "U.R.A.Q.T." Pete Hofmann – engineering, mixing ("Amazon", "10 Dollar")

KW Griff – mixing, production "U.R.A.Q.T." Steve Loveridge – artwork design Richard X – production ("Amazon", "10 Dollar") Nesreen Shah – chorus vocals ("Sunshowers") Anthony Whiting – mixing, production ("Fire Fire", "Bingo") Dwain 'Willy' Wilson III (Richard X under a pseudonym) – production ("Hombre") Wizard – additional production, mixing, programming ("Bucky Done Gun")