''Songs That Made Me'' is a collaborative
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by
Australian singer songwriter
Katie Noonan and various female artists.
The album features Katie and some of her favourite female artists interpreting the songs that influenced their lives with 100% of profits from the album go to Cancer Council's Pink Ribbon.
The album grew from a successful tour in 2013, into a full-length album followed by an extensive national tour throughout October and November 2014.
Background and release
"The initial idea for Songs That Made Me came from the desire to share the stage with other women and, to make it an exclusively female thing, because it's very rare, it doesn't happen often," Noonan says.
Noonan lead the way for the album's eclectic song choices which include covering Radiohead, The Pretenders and Fleetwood Mac. The only guide Noonan gave the musicians was to choose a song that "made them". "It could be a song you saw at your first gig or sang at your first gig, or the track you practised your routines to in your bedroom," Noonan says.
Noonan envisages more of these groups, tours and albums and has even drawn up a wishlist of about 80 more female artists she wants to include in the next one.
Ultimately, for Noonan, it's about creating that support and fostering female relationships - as musicians and in the industry.
Track listing
# "
Let It Die"
( Feist) performed by
Ainslie Wills
Ainslie Wills is an Australian singer-songwriter.
Career 2005–2011: Early EPs
After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005, Wills recorded and produced her debut recording. She collaborated with fellow VCA graduate Lawren ...
– 3:49
# "
Hymn to Her
"Hymn to Her" is a song that was first released from British–American rock band the Pretenders' fourth studio album, ''Get Close'' (1986). It was written by Meg Keene, a high school friend of Pretenders' lead singer Chrissie Hynde. "Hymn to H ...
"
( The Pretenders) performed by
Kylie Auldist
Kylie Auldist is an Australian singer, best known as the singer of the Bamboos and Cookin' on 3 Burners. She has also released five solo albums.
Career
Auldist recorded her first song at the age of six. She is half Samoan. She moved from Brok ...
,
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard".
Conw ...
,
Angie Hart, Katie Noonan and Ainslie Wills – 4:15
# "
River"
(Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
) performed by
Melody Pool
Melody Pool is an Australian country-folk musician from Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.
She first stepped on stage with her father, country musician Alby Pool, when she was 8 years old, and was performing solo aged 9.
During her teens Pool playe ...
– 3:50
# "
When You Were Mine"
( Cyndi Lauper) performed by Angie Hart - 4:04
# "Fruits Of My Labor"
( Lucinda Williams) performed by
Mia Dyson – 3:40
# "
Another Day in Paradise"
(Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...
) performed by Sam Buckingham – 3:56
# "
Mr. Sandman
"Mr. Sandman" (or "Mister Sandman") is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra and later that year by the Chordettes and the Four Aces. The song's ly ...
"
( The Chordettes) performed by
Sahara Beck – 2:09
# "
Ooh Child
"O-o-h Child" is a 1970 single, written by Stan Vincent, recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label.
The Five Stairsteps had previous peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield ...
"
( Nina Simone) performed by Kylie Auldist – 3:32
# "
Last Goodbye"
( Jeff Buckley) by Katie Noonan – 4:23
# "
Street Spirit"
(Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...
) performed by Maples – 3:55
# "
Court and Spark"
(Joni Mitchell) performed by Deborah Conway – 2:35
# "
The Chain"
(Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...
) by
Stonefield – 4:16
# "
Sign Your Name
"Sign Your Name" is a song written and performed by Terence Trent D'Arby (now known as Sananda Maitreya), released as a single in December 1987.
Released on his 1987 album ''Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby'', it was an ...
"
(Terence Trent D'Arby
Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, ''Introducing the Hardlin ...
) by
Anna Coddington
Anna Coddington (born 14 June 1981) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She has released four albums. Her previous band 'Duchess', for whom Coddington was songwriter, singer and guitarist, also released a 6 track EP in 2005. In 2015, Coddington ...
and Katie Noonan – 4:20
# "
Still Crazy After All These Years"
(Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
) by Jo Lawry – 2:55
# "
It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
(James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
) by
Renée Geyer – 5:00
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Release history
References
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