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Based on a True Story (Fat Freddy's Drop album)

Field	Value
name	Based on a True Story
type	Album
artist	Fat Freddy's Drop
cover	Based on a True Story (Fat Freddy's Drop album).jpg
released	2 May 2005
recorded	Wellington, New Zealand 2005
genre
length	69:55
label	The Drop
producer	DJ Fitchie
prev_title	Live at the Matterhorn
prev_year	2001
next_title	Dr Boondigga and the Big BW
next_year	2009
misc	{{Singles
name	Based on a True Story
type	studio
single1	Wandering Eye
single1date	12 December 2005

Based on a True Story is the first studio album by New Zealand group Fat Freddy's Drop. It was recorded in Wellington and released on the band's own label, The Drop. Based on a True Story utilized the band's trademark dub, reggae, soul and funk influenced sound, and has been successful both in terms of sales and of critical reception. The album followed years of regular touring within New Zealand, a live album, several singles, and appearances on numerous compilation albums in New Zealand and internationally.

Whilst the track listing named previously successful singles such as "Hope" and "This Room", these songs were in fact rerecorded in entirely new versions for the album. Based on a True Story has to date also spawned a highly successful single in its own right: Wandering Eye, which was awarded the prize for Best Music Video at the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards (18 October).http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000B899B-E6F1-1535-8A7983027AF1010F

The album made an impact internationally as well. Listeners of Gilles Peterson's BBC Worldwide Program voted it as Album of the Year for 2005.

Sales and recognition

The album debuted at number 1 and went gold in its first day, and so far has become the longest album by a New Zealand group/artist to stay at number 1 (10 weeks). As of June 23, 2016 the album had been in the New Zealand charts for 108 weeks and had gone 9 times Platinum, selling over 135,000 copies https://web.archive.org/web/20061205032837/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp. The album was praised for its sophisticated musicianship that retained "the relaxed energy and spontaneity of a jam".

In 2005, Based on a True Story won the New Zealand Music Awards for 'Album of the Year', an unusual achievement for an independent label. 'Based On A True Story' also features appearances from New Zealand musicians including Ladi 6, P Digsss, Hollie Smith, Rio Hemopo & Riki Gooch, Nick Gaffaney, Chris Yeabsley & Aaron Tokona.

Track listing

Band members

Joe Dukie (Dallas Tamaira) - Vocals
Tony Chang (Toby Laing) - Trumpet
Fulla Flash (Warren Maxwell) - Saxophone
Jetlag Johnson (Tehi Kerr) - Electric Guitar
Dobie Blaze (Iain Gordon) - Keyboards
DJ Fitchie (DJ Mu) - Mix
Hopepa (Joe Lindsay) - Trombone
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Certifications

References

Wiser, Danny. (2020-10-03). "NEW ZEALAND: Based On A True Story - Fat Freddy's Drop".

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