''Stylin' Up'' is the debut album by Australian singer
Christine Anu, released on 1 May 1995 by
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival ...
. A deluxe edition was later released with six live tracks. The album was certified platinum in 2000.
[ N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.]
The album fuses a blend of pure, up-beat pop with "
Party
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" as well as the more traditional "Monkey and the Turtle". Upon release she told
triple j
Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...
’s Angela Catterns "Hopefully my album sales are going to go up and Indigenous artists are going to get more radio play, more recognition, that sort of stuff.”
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album was nominated for four awards, winning 'Best Indigenous Release'
In 2015, Anu celebrated the album's 20th anniversary by releasing a live recording titled ''
ReStylin' Up 20 Years''.
Critical reception
Don Snowden from
AllMusic
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said: "''Stylin' Up'' is an intriguing disc that makes clear Anu lines up far closer to
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Mariann Karlsson (; born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, rapper, occasional disc jockey, and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a numb ...
's tough, positive assertion of female identity than any kind of fabricated ethnic exotic spice girl, but there's a sketchiness to some material that leaves it uneven and sometimes frustrating."
Track listing
All songs composed by
Christine Anu and
David Bridie except where noted.
# "Wanem Time" (
Neil Murray) – 2:49
# "
Island Home" (Murray) – 4:12
# "San E Wireless" – (Anu, Nelson) 3:32
# "Monkey and the Turtle" – 3:59
# "
Come On" – 3:37
# "Rain" (Anu, Bridie, Steve Hadley, Nelson) – 2:32
# "
Party
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" – 3:14
# "Tama Oma" – 2:04
# "Dive" – 4:07
# "Stylin' Up" (Anu, Bridie,
Peter Luscombe) – 2:45
# "Photograph" – 3:52
# "Love That Heals" (Murray) – 4:35
# "Sik O" (Bridie, Traditional) – 3:12
;Bonus disc
# "Wanem Time" – 3:04
# "Kulba Yaday" – 3:43
# "Sailing Song" – 2:01
# "
Last Train" – 4:41
# "Keep Up" – 3:40
# "Love That Heals" – 4:48
*Bonus disc recorded live at the Metro in Sydney on 29 July 1995.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1995 debut albums
ARIA Award–winning albums
Christine Anu albums
Mushroom Records albums