Innerspeaker
Sign in to saveInnerspeaker (sometimes stylised as InnerSpeaker) is the debut studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala, released on 21 May 2010 by Modular Recordings. The album was recorded and produced by musician Kevin Parker at a remote beach shack in Western Australia during the summer of 2009, who also wrote every track on it except for the interlude after "The Bold Arrow of Time".
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Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, blending rock, pop, and electronic sounds with lush production and introspective lyrics. Their discography includes Innerspeaker (2010), Lonerism (2012), Currents (2015), The Slow Rush (2020), and Deadbeat (2025). As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parker (guitar, vocals), Dominic Simper (guitar, synthesiser), Jay Watson (synthesiser, vocals, guitar), Cam Avery (bass guitar, vocals), and Julien
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- Innerspeaker
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- studio
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- Tame Impala
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- June–August 2009
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- Wave House (Injidup, Western Australia)
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- Psychedelic rock neo-psychedelia indie rock lo-fi
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- 53:15
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- Modular
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- Kevin Parker
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- Live at the Corner
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- 2010
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- Lonerism
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- 21 May 2010
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- psychedelic rock
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- Kevin Parker
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- Tame Impala
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- Modular Recordings
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- music download
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- debut album
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- Rolling Stone Awards
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Innerspeaker (sometimes stylised as InnerSpeaker) is the debut studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala, released on 21 May 2010 by Modular Recordings. The album was recorded and produced by musician Kevin Parker at a remote beach shack in Western Australia during the summer of 2009, who also wrote every track on it except for the interlude after "The Bold Arrow of Time".
Innerspeaker was acclaimed by critics for its reminiscence and reinvigorating of 1960s psychedelic rock. The album peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum in the country. At the J Awards of 2010, the album won Australian Album of the Year. It was recognized as the 83rd Best Album of the Decade So Far by Pitchfork in August 2014. In March 2021, a 4xLP reissue of the album was released to celebrate the album's 10th anniversary.
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