Track Listing

1. California Queen
2. New Moon Rising
3. White Feather
4. Sundial
5. In The Morning
6. 10,000 Feet
7. Cosmic Egg
8. Far Away
9. Pilgrim
10. In The Castle
11. Phoenix
12. Violence Of The Sun

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246 in Music
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 54 minutes

CD Description
Cosmic Egg is the follow up to Wolfmother's self-titled woldwide smash of a debut album and was recorded over a 2-month period in Los Angeles with heralded UK producer Alan Moulder. The now 4 piece, famed for impressive live performances. showcase a similarly expansive set of Led Zeppelin-influenced rock songs on Cosmic Egg.

Customer Reviews

Another great album
Well to begin this album is not as good as wolfmothers first album, but that is hardly a criticism, the first album was amazing.
This album is a very good effort by the band considering the division of the original line-up. This album is still very much vintage wolfmother when at the same time its not vintage wolfmother. Listening to any song on this you would know that it was wolfmother performing but the songs aren't as good as the first album, they are lacking the crunchy and fresh sound that the first album had, but this may be the songwriting style maturing from the first album. There are still a few very memorable songs on the album namely california queen, sundial and cosmic egg, these stand out as songs most like the songs on the first album.
If you liked the first album i recommend you get this one because it still is very good, but don't expect it to meet the standard set by the first album.

Riff monster!
I think this album is slightly better than the first 3 reviews here suggest and improves upon repeat listening. Good musicianship, particularly from the new bassist and whilst harking back to the early 70's it does appear a more distinct sound is evolving. This is a young band and they will get better. As always fine riffs and distinctive vocals from Mr S.

The Difficult Second Album
It's a well known fact that many bands suffer from "The difficult second album". No one though has suffered from this syndrome quite as much as Wolfmother and Andrew Stockdale. In 2008 the other two founding members of the band walked out on Stockdale leaving Wolfmother effectively as a solo project. So now just a year later, and with three new members, Stockdale and Wolfmother return.

So has the music fallen into second album traps as well? Unfortunately yes. It's not as bad as you may expect though. The first album bristled with raw power, huge riffs and phenomenal vocals. This second offering then feels like it is lacking a bit of conviction. The riffs are there but are just not as powerful. They don't deliver the originality that the was shown on the first album. As a result there are no astonishingly memorable tracks like `Woman', `Dimension' and `The Joker & The Thief'. All of this aside there are some good moments. As well as being the original name of the new line up `White Feather' is a more confident moment on the album with a lightness and sense of fun that you might expect from what is essentially a new band. `Sundial' is strong and aggressive with some serious distortion towards the end. `Far Away' is a reasonable offering as well, demonstrating the bands more melodic and relaxed side.

So it hasn't fallen totally into second album syndrome but it clearly has been hard for Stockdale and co.