Corroboration (album)
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 2001 |
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| Label | Sputnik/Festival Mushroom |
Corroboration, or Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, is a 2001 compilation album by various Australian artists which was released on the Festival Mushroom Records imprint, Sputnik.[1] It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians and bands from various genres,[2] with the majority of the songs especially written for the compilation.[3] It reached No. 92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart.[4]
Accolades
[edit]Noel Mengel wrote in The Courier Mail that "it succeeds not just in the way it crosses genres and cultures but because of the quality of the music that results."[5] The Australian's Sandra Bridekirk gave it four stars, calling it "the most unconventional snapshot of Australian music you could get – miles further down the track than predictable Oz rock samplers".[6] Peter Lalor of The Daily Telegraph also gave it four stars, calling it "one of the more interesting "project" albums to have come from these shores."[7] In Michael Duffy's four-star review in The Advertiser he states "this album is pleasing to the ear and an important step forward in the reconciliation process".[8] The Sunday Mail called it "a work of art", saying it "mixes culture with music, heart with soul, black with white, sweet with sour".[9]
In 2002 it received an ARIA Award nomination for Best World Music Album.[10]
TV and video
[edit]On 12 October 2001 SBS Television broadcast an episode of ICAM, "Corroboration", which detailed "the coming together of Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians to record the new Festival Mushroom Records Corroboration CD". The episode was also issued as a music video of the same name, produced by Karla Grant and Darren Dale.[11]
Track listing
[edit]- Deborah Cheetham and Wicked Beat Sound System – Dali Mana Gamarada (D. Cheetham, D. Robertson)
- Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Little – Bury Me Deep in Love (David McComb)
- Jodi Cockatoo Creed and george – Hallelujah Sister (Katie Noonan, Nicholas Stewart, Martin Challis)
- The Cruel Sea and Native Ryme feat. Kev Carmody – Together (The Cruel Sea, Native Ryme, Kev Carmody)
- Augie March and Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter – Minister For Planets (G. Richards)
- Little G and Pound System – Who Cares? (Pound System, G Christanthopolous)
- Primary and NoKTuRNL – One By One (J. Fonti, C. Mitchell, S. Fonti, NoKTuRNL)
- Frank Yamma and David Bridie – Coolibah (Frank Yamma)
- Pnau and Stiff Gins – Ride (Pnau and Stiff Gins)
- Billie Court and Friendly – In The Middle (Andrew Kornweibel)
- Magic Dirt and Richard Frankland – Who Made Me Who I Am (Richard Frankland)
Another track, "Back in the Shadows" by You Am I and Vic Simms, was left off the album.[12] It was withdrawn by Simms in protest against what he saw as bias in the albums promotion.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, Sputnik Records, 2001, retrieved 2 October 2017
- ^ Coppack, Nick (3 October 2001), "Indigenous `voice' gets even louder", Cairns Post
- ^ Raymond, Justin (14 September 2001), "Unity works in songs, too", Centralian Advocate
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 600
- ^ Mengel, Noel (14 September 2001), "United we stand", Courier Mail
- ^ Bridekirk, Sandra (1 September 2001), "Music Reviews", The Australian
- ^ Lalor, Peter (2 August 2001), "New Releases", Daily Telegraph
- ^ Duffy, Michael (2 August 2001), "Two tribes come together.", Adelaide Advertiser
- ^ "Various – Corroboration (Festival Mushroom)", Sunday Mail, 12 August 2001
- ^ "ARIA nominees announced", The Age, 17 September 2002
- ^ SBS-TV (2001), [Corroboration], retrieved 2 October 2017
- ^ The Bulletin, Volumes 6286-6294, p. 72
- ^ Shedden, Iain (20 July 2001), "Bias claim puts a scratch in reconciliation record", The Australian