Corroboration (album)

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Corroboration
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released2001
Genre
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]

Contents

Accolades

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

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

  1. Deborah Cheetham and Wicked Beat Sound System – Dali Mana Gamarada (D. Cheetham, D. Robertson)
  2. Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Little – Bury Me Deep in Love (David McComb)
  3. Jodi Cockatoo Creed and george – Hallelujah Sister (Katie Noonan, Nicholas Stewart, Martin Challis)
  4. The Cruel Sea and Native Ryme feat. Kev Carmody – Together (The Cruel Sea, Native Ryme, Kev Carmody)
  5. Augie March and Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter – Minister For Planets (G. Richards)
  6. Little G and Pound System – Who Cares? (Pound System, G Christanthopolous)
  7. Primary and NoKTuRNL – One By One (J. Fonti, C. Mitchell, S. Fonti, NoKTuRNL)
  8. Frank Yamma and David Bridie – Coolibah (Frank Yamma)
  9. Pnau and Stiff Gins – Ride (Pnau and Stiff Gins)
  10. Billie Court and Friendly – In The Middle (Andrew Kornweibel)
  11. Magic Dirt and Richard Frankland – Who Made Me Who I Am (Richard Frankland)

Another track, "Bark in the Shadows" by You Am I and Vic Simms, was left off the album for unspecified reasons. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, Sputnik Records, 2001, retrieved 2 October 2017
  2. ↑ Coppack, Nick (3 October 2001), "Indigenous `voice' gets even louder", Cairns Post
  3. ↑ "Unity works in songs, too", Centralian Advocate, 14 September 2001
  4. ↑ The ARIA Report, Issue 600
  5. ↑ Mengel, Noel (14 September 2001), "Unity works in songs, too", Courier Mail
  6. ↑ Bridekirk, Sandra (1 September 2001), "Music Reviews", The Australian
  7. ↑ Lalor, Peter (2 August 2001), "New Releases", Daily Telegraph
  8. ↑ Duffy, Michael (2 August 2001), "Two tribes come together.", Adelaide Advertiser
  9. ↑ "Various – Corroboration (Festival Mushroom)", Sunday Mail, 12 August 2001
  10. ↑ "ARIA nominees announced", The Age, 17 September 2002
  11. ↑ SBS-TV (2001), [Corroboration] , retrieved 2 October 2017
  12. ↑ The Bulletin, Volumes 6286-6294, p. 72
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