What Matters the Most

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What Matters the Most
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Compilation album by Shannon Noll
Released 1 May 2009 (UK)
Recorded 2003-2008
Genre Rock, pop
Label RCA Records
Shannon Noll chronology
No Turning Back: The Story So Far
(2008) No Turning Back: The Story So Far2008
What Matters the Most
(2009)
A Million Suns
(2011) A Million Suns2011

What Matters the Most is the second compilation album by Shannon Noll. It was released in the United Kingdom in May 2009. [1]

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Shannon Noll Australian singer

Shannon Noll is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of Australian Idol in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top ten albums, including two number-one multi-platinum sellers. Noll's first ten singles all peaked inside the ARIA top ten, including three that reached number one. He is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive top ten singles. Noll's debut single "What About Me?" was certified 4× platinum and became the highest selling single of 2004 in Australia.

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Background and release

In September 2008, Noll released his first greatest hits album, No Turning Back: The Story So Far , which became his fourth consecutive top ten album in Australia.

<i>No Turning Back: The Story So Far</i> 2008 greatest hits album by Shannon Noll

No Turning Back: The Story So Far is the first compilation album by Shannon Noll. The album includes tracks from Noll's three studio albums to date, That's What I'm Talking About (2004), Lift (2005) and Turn It Up (2008) and five brand new tracks. The album was released in September 2008 and peaked at number 7 on the ARIA Charts, becoming Noll's fourth consecutive top ten album.

In 2009 Noll travelled the United Kingdom and appeared as Parson Nathaniel in the UK tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. A UK exclusive compilation What Matters the Most was released featuring songs from his previous albums..

Track listing

CD (88697471172)
  1. "Shine" – 3:34
  2. "Loud" – 3:10
  3. "Lonely" – 4:42
  4. "Lift" – 3:56
  5. "What Does it Do to Your Heart?" - 3:16
  6. "Drive" – 3:58
  7. "What About Me" – 3:19
  8. "Don't Give Up" (with Natalie Bassingthwaighte) – 4:40
  9. "World Outside" - 3:06
  10. "Now I Run" – 3:44
  11. "Sorry It's Just Too Late" - 3:54
  12. "Fragile" - 3:25

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References

  1. "Shannon Noll – What Matters The Most". discogs. Retrieved 14 December 2016.