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Fierce Hearts
Soundtrack album by
Released28 February 2014
RecordedSing Sing Studios
GenreRock music, pop, acoustic, folk rock, jazz
LabelKin Music Australia / Universal Music Australia
Katie Noonan chronology
Songbook
(2013)
Fierce Hearts
(2014)
Songs That Made Me
(2014)

Fierce Hearts, or Fierce Hearts: the Music of Love-Song-Circus, is a soundtrack/studio album by Australian singer songwriter Katie Noonan, produced as the soundtrack to contemporary circus Circa's show Love-Song-Circus.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, but lost to Gurrumul: His Life and Music by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.[1]

Background and release

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Love-Song-Circus is based on the stories of Australia’s first convict women. It combines folk instrumentation, string quartet, piano and Noonan’s voice with the three of Circa’s acrobats/aerialists.

Noonan was inspired by an exhibition at the National Museum of Australia called "Love Tokens". This collection contains 307 tokens dating from 1762-1856, most of them fashioned from the 1797 Cartwheel penny. These pennies proved perfect as tokens – they were cheap, made of a soft copper and were quite large – providing plenty of space for inscriptions. Convicts would engrave them with messages and images for the loved ones they had to leave behind.[2][3]

Noonan said, "As a woman and mother I felt deeply compelled to explore these stories. I soon discovered that the lives of the first female convicts is a part of our history that has been explored by few".[4]

Love-Song-Circus premiered at the 2012 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. It played again in Melbourne in 2013 and again in 2014 in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Reception

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Ali Burnie of Beat Music gave the album a positive review saying; "Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus is folk music at its best. Noonan’s sublime vocals, piano and heartfelt songwriting combines seamlessly with The Gossamer String Quartet, ensuring that this album is a joy to listen to. Drawing us in from the very first track, this beautiful, yet at times very sad album is flawless from start to finish" [5]

Track listing

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  1. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 1" - 3:40
  2. "Esther" - 4:26
  3. "Leaden Hearts" - 6:33
  4. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 2" - 1:33
  5. "Jane" - 2:43
  6. "Female Transport" - 4:00
  7. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 3" - 3:32
  8. "Janet" - 3:44
  9. "Space Between Us" - 3:10
  10. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 4" - 3:36
  11. "Sweet One" - 4:46
  12. "Louisa" - 3:55
  13. "Leaden Hearts Reprise" - 2:03
  14. "Ellen" - 3:26
  15. "Mary" - 4:18
  16. "Finale" - 4:46

Credits

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  • Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Mandolin – Benjamin Hauptman
  • Cello – Josephine Vains
  • Double Bass – Zoe Hauptmann
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Aaron Dobos
  • Engineer, Mixed By – David Nicholas
  • Performer – The Gossamer String Quartet
  • Producer, Vocals, Piano – Katie Noonan
  • Viola – Caleb Wright
  • Violin [1st] – Sarah Curro
  • Violin [2nd] – Monica Curro
  • Written-By [Strings], Arranged By [Strings] – Stephen Newcomb

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 28 February 2014 Kin Music Australia / Universal Music Australia 3775715

References

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  1. ^ "ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Cast Show Album". www.ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Love Song Circus". katienoonan.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Convict women inspire Katie Noonan's Love-Song-Circus". www.smh.com.au. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Katie Noonan - Fierce Heart". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Katie Noonan : Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus". www.beat.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Katie Noonan - Fierce Heart". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Fierce Hearts Music, Love songs". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2016.