Main Image: Album artwork designed by Bluey art director Costa Daniel Kassab (supplied BBC Studios).
The Bluey music team will release their third album, Bluey: Rug Island, featuring 16 original tracks from the global hit animated series, on October 25.
The new music is created by the series’ award-winning composer Joff Bush and the Bluey music team. Bluey: Rug Island will be released on streaming services, CD, beautiful sunset orange vinyl and limited-edition vinyl picture disc.
Bluey composer Joff Bush in his West End studio (Justin Rouillon).
Debut single, “Octopus,” featuring the Yolngu surf rock combo King Stingray, is out now. You can find the single on your favourite streaming platform.
Bluey’s first album made history as the first children’s album to reach the #1 spot on the Australian Aria chart. Together, Bluey: The Album and Bluey: Dance Mode!, have racked up more than half a billion combined streams and both debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Kid Albums chart in the U.S.
Bluey: Rug Island, recorded in Brisbane, Australia, is a playful journey through the imaginations of sisters Bluey and Bingo. Featuring tracks from all three series, the album takes inspiration from the episode “Rug Island” – a place where children play, and adults embrace their inner kid.
Bluey composer Joff Bush says: “The album plays out with these little versions of Rug Island, which are like little journeys into the world of the kids’ imagination, and their games and what they play.”
More highlights on the album include “Onesies” and a new vocal version of the “Bluey Theme Tune (Vocal Version).” Standout tracks include an ‘80s-inspired synth rock “Fairytale,” a traditional style sea shanty “Explorers,” a driving rock song “Muffin Drive,” and a simple sweet track “Turtleboy.”
The collection will be available to stream and download worldwide on October 25 and will be released on CD, sunset orange vinyl and 7,000 copies of a limited-edition vinyl picture disc.
The sleeve captures the scene from “Rug Island,” with the reverse of the sleeve connecting together with the previous albums to form a panoramic image of the Heeler’s home. Album artwork designed by Costa Daniel Kassab. (Supplied BBC Studios).
BLUEY: RUG ISLAND TRACKLISTING
- Bluey Theme Tune (Vocal Version)
- Rug Island, Pt. 1
- Obstacle Course
- Octopus feat. King Stingray
- Wild Girls
- Escape
- Onesies
- Fairytale
- Rug Island, Pt. 2
- Explorers
- Muffin Drive
- Turtleboy
- Bin Night
- Cricket
- Café
- Rug Island, Pt. 3