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Strawpeople are a New Zealand band. They were created by Paul Casserly and Mark Tierney after they had met while working at the Auckland university radio station now known as 95 bFM.

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Strawpeople
Origin	New Zealand
Years active	1988–2005
Labels	Sony BMG
Members	Paul Casserly
Past members	Mark Tierney Stephanie Tauevihi Fiona McDonald
Website	www.strawpeople.co.nz[dead link]

Over the years, Strawpeople has brought together various New Zealand songwriters, vocalists and musicians in a collaborative effort and achieved some success. The album Broadcast reached number seven on the New Zealand charts and stayed in the top 40 for 51 consecutive weeks. Single "Sweet Disorder" from that album won the 1995 APRA Silver Scroll Award as well as the 'Songwriting' trophy at the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards.[1][2] "Sweet Disorder" was voted one of the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time, and was included on the related Nature's Best 2 CD. Their fourth album Vicarious became their most commercially successful album, climbing to number four on the New Zealand albums chart and winning "Album of the Year" at the 1997 New Zealand Music Awards.[3] In 2000, the band had their highest-charting single in New Zealand when their cover of The Cars' "Drive", featuring vocals from fellow New Zealand musician Bic Runga, reached number seven on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[4]

Many albums also featured other covers of songs such as John Hiatt's Have a Little Faith in Me and The Church's Under the Milky Way.[5]

Vocalists

The Strawpeople, being a studio based recording outfit, have had a revolving door lineup of vocalists, normally female and from New Zealand. Notable vocalists include Leza Corban, Stephanie Tauevihi, Fiona McDonald (a vocalist from New Zealand band The Headless Chickens).

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Details	Peak positions
		NZ [6]	AUS [7]
Hemisphere	Released: 1991 Label: Pagan Records Catalog number: PACD1067	—	—
Worldservice	Released: 1992 Label: Pagan Records Catalog number: PACD1067	30	—
Broadcast	Released: 1994 Label: Epic Catalog number: 477675.2 / 477676.2 (2CD)[8]	7	46
Vicarious	Released: 1996 Label: Columbia Catalog number: 485270.2	4	—
100 Street Transistors	Released: 1997 Label: Columbia Catalog number: 485270.2	19	—
No New Messages	Released: 2090 Label: Epic Catalog number: 495498.2	10	—
The Best of 1990–2000	Released: 2000 Label: Epic Catalog number: 5011412000	26	—
Count Backwards from 10	Released: 2004 Label: Epic/CRS Catalog number: 5173692000	20	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		NZ [4]	AUS [7]
"Blue"	1988	—	—	Hemisphere
"One Good Reason"	1990	—	—
"The Slide"	1991	—	—	Worldservice
"Love Explodes"	1992	—	—
"Have a Little Faith"		36	—
"Under the Milky Way"	1994	—	—	Broadcast
"Trick with a Knife"		16	37
"Crying"		26	—
"Sweet Disorder"	1995	27	—
"Beautiful Skin"		—	—
"Taller Than God"	1996	19	—	Vicarious
"Boxers"		44	—
"Spoiler"	1997	47	—
"Sun Comes Up"		—	—	100 Street Transistors
"Scared of Flying"	1999	45	—	No New Messages
"Drive"	2000	7	—
"It's Not Enough"		—	—
"City Lights"		—	—
"You've Been on My Mind"	2004	—	—	Count Backwards From 10
"Love My Way"		—	—
"Wire"	2005	—	—

References

External links

• Official website

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