''Skin'' is a

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by Australian musician

Katie Noonan Katie Anne Noonan (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she was the singer in the band George and remains the singer in the band Elixir; perf ...

. It was released in August 2007 and peaked at number 6 on the Australian

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. ''Skin'' was the first album released by Noonan as a solo artist and recorded between the time of 3 and 8 months pregnant. Noonan says: "I love the themes I explored on this album – I was a madly in love newlywed, experiencing the miracle of pregnancy – it was quite a trip to document! Inspired by

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and

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, this album was all about exploring groove for me. I learn’t a huge amount making this album and I am really grateful for the arduous journey I took with this process, as since then, it has confirmed my instinct to listen to and trust my inner voice."

Reviews

Bernard Zuel from

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said "Her first solo album finds her mostly dabbling in a kind of fluttering, '70s soul jazz reminiscent of, among others,

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." adding "The songs have a basement soul feel. That is, as with any number of competent jazz funk bands you may see at the

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venue on a Friday night, there's a groove, but apart from "Return", it never sinks in beneath the skin. Across them Noonan's lyrics are not awful but they rarely say something that couldn't have been done by a committee."

Track listing

# "Logic" - 2:47 # "Return" - 3:32 # "

Time to Begin "Time to Begin" is a song by Australian singer songwriter Katie Noonan. It is included on her 2007 album, ''Skin''. The song peaked at number 30 in Australia, becoming Noonan's highest charting single to date. The song earned Noonan a nomination ...

" - 4:25 # "Love's My Song for You" - 4:06 # "Little Boy Man" - 3:22 # "Sunshine" - 3:31 # "One Step" - 3:48 # "Home" - 4:19 # "Send Out a Little Love" - 3:51 # "Who Are You?" - 4:30 # "Bluebird" - 4:43 # "A Little Smile" - 3:05

Bonus disc

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Special Ones "Special Ones" is the debut single from Australian alternative rock group, George. It followed the release of three extended plays and was the first single taken from their debut studio album ''Polyserena'' (2002). At the ARIA Music Awards of 20 ...

" # "Crazy" # "I Think I Am" # " Choir Girl" # "

Breathe In Now "Breathe in Now" is a song by Australian alternative rock group George. It was released as the third single from their debut studio album ''Polyserena'' (2002). George performed the song live on ''Rove Live''. Track listing CD single (020702) # " ...

Charts

Weekly charts

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External links

"Skin" by Katie Noonan at Discogs

References

2007 albums Katie Noonan albums Festival Records albums Mushroom Records albums Pop albums by Australian artists {{2000s-pop-album-stub