Make a Little Noise

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Make a Little Noise
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 2006
RecordedAcross Canada
Genre Rock
Length101:14 (DVD)
10:00 (CD)
Label MapleMusic
Producer Mike Leblanc
Joel Plaskett
Ian McGettigan
Joel Plaskett Emergency chronology
La De Da
(2005)
Make a Little Noise
(2006)
Ashtray Rock
(2007)

Make a Little Noise is a 2006 CD and DVD release from Halifax, Nova Scotia indie rock group Joel Plaskett Emergency. The DVD features live songs from a show at the Marquee Club in Halifax and from shows on Plaskett's solo tour. The DVD also compiles all ten of his music videos together for the first time. Released alongside the DVD are three new songs on a separate CD; one of those songs, "Nowhere with You", is Plaskett's most commercially successful solo hit. [1]

Contents

Make a Little Noise won DVD of the Year at the 2007 East Coast Music Awards. In addition, "Nowhere With You" was named Single of the Year, and Joel Plaskett won Songwriter of the Year for that song.

DVD listing

Emergency at the Marquee

Alone & Together

Music videos

Total Play Time: 101:14

CD listing

  1. "A Million Dollars"
  2. "Nowhere With You"
  3. "Make a Little Noise"

Total Play Time: 10:00

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [2] Gold

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References

  1. "Plaskett primer: the top 15 songs by Joel Plaskett". CBC Music, December 5, 2013.
  2. "Canadian album certifications – Joel Plaskett – Make a Little Noise". Music Canada.