The Sweetest Taboo (album)
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| Released | 8 May 2020 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, pop[1] | |||
| Length | 61:57[1] | |||
| Label | ABC Music | |||
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The Sweetest Taboo is a twentieth album by Australian singer and songwriter Katie Noonan. The album is described as a jazz collection of reimagined 80s classics and was released in May 2020.[2] The album peaked at number 70 on the ARIA Charts.
Noonan said "For my twentieth album, I wanted to go back to the magic, the joy, the spark that first started my love affair with pop music. This was in suburban Brisbane, Ashgrove, in the mid-eighties. I decided to focus on a particular period of time, aged seven to eleven, from my first single to my first album, to albums that really changed our lives like The Joshua Tree. I picked bunch of tunes and reimagined them with my favourite Aussie jazz musicians, so, it's feels awesome."[3]
At the AIR Awards of 2021, the album won Best Independent Jazz Album or EP.[4]
Track listing[edit]
- "Don't Dream It's Over (Neil Finn) - 4:59
- "Blue" (Vince Jones) - 4:22
- "If I Could" (Garry Frost) - 6:03
- "Just the Way You Are" (Billy Joel) - 4:45
- "True Colors" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) - 5:23
- "Electric Blue" (Iva Davies, John Oates) - 4:33
- "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam) - 5:18
- "When Tomorrow Comes" (Annie Lennox, Patrick Seymour, David A. Stewart) - 5:24
- "Russians" (Sergey Prokofiev, Sting) - 4:41
- "Sign Your Name" (Terence Trent D'Arby) - 6:08
- "Take On Me" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar) - 3:54
- "Running to Stand Still" (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) - 6:27
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA Chart) [5] | 70 |
| Australia (ARIA) Jazz and Blues Chart[5] | 1 |
Year-end charts[edit]
| Chart (2020) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian Top Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[6] | 7 |
Musicians[edit]
- Zac Hurren (saxophones)[7]
- Sam Keevers (piano)[7]
- Phil Stack (double bass)[7]
- Evan Mannell (drums)[7]
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8 May 2020 | ABC Music | 0878447 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "The Sweetest Taboo at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ ""Electric Blue" Goes Cuban, and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Turns Jazz, on Katie Noonan's Latest Work". 96five. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Katie Noonan on her New Album The Sweetest Taboo and Iso-Life". The Creative Issue. May 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "2021 AIR Awards Winners". Scenstr.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 18 May 2020". No. 1576. Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 May 2020.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "ARIA Top 50 Jazz & Blues Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Katie Noonan The Sweetest Taboo CD". JB HiFi. Retrieved 29 August 2020.