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Corroboration (album)

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Corroboration
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released2001
Genre
LabelSputnik/Festival Mushroom

Corroboration, or Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, is a 2001 compilation album by various Australian artists which was released on the Festival Mushroom Records imprint, Sputnik.[1] It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians and bands from various genres,[2] with the majority of the songs especially written for the compilation.[3] It reached No. 92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart.[4]

Accolades

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Noel Mengel wrote in The Courier Mail that "it succeeds not just in the way it crosses genres and cultures but because of the quality of the music that results."[5] The Australian's Sandra Bridekirk gave it four stars, calling it "the most unconventional snapshot of Australian music you could get – miles further down the track than predictable Oz rock samplers".[6] Peter Lalor of The Daily Telegraph also gave it four stars, calling it "one of the more interesting "project" albums to have come from these shores."[7] In Michael Duffy's four-star review in The Advertiser he states "this album is pleasing to the ear and an important step forward in the reconciliation process".[8] The Sunday Mail called it "a work of art", saying it "mixes culture with music, heart with soul, black with white, sweet with sour".[9]

In 2002 it received an ARIA Award nomination for Best World Music Album.[10]

TV and video

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On 12 October 2001 SBS Television broadcast an episode of ICAM, "Corroboration", which detailed "the coming together of Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians to record the new Festival Mushroom Records Corroboration CD". The episode was also issued as a music video of the same name, produced by Karla Grant and Darren Dale.[11]

Track listing

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  1. Deborah Cheetham and Wicked Beat Sound System – Dali Mana Gamarada (D. Cheetham, D. Robertson)
  2. Kylie Minogue and Jimmy LittleBury Me Deep in Love (David McComb)
  3. Jodi Cockatoo Creed and george – Hallelujah Sister (Katie Noonan, Nicholas Stewart, Martin Challis)
  4. The Cruel Sea and Native Ryme feat. Kev Carmody – Together (The Cruel Sea, Native Ryme, Kev Carmody)
  5. Augie March and Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter – Minister For Planets (G. Richards)
  6. Little G and Pound System – Who Cares? (Pound System, G Christanthopolous)
  7. Primary and NoKTuRNL – One By One (J. Fonti, C. Mitchell, S. Fonti, NoKTuRNL)
  8. Frank Yamma and David Bridie – Coolibah (Frank Yamma)
  9. Pnau and Stiff Gins – Ride (Pnau and Stiff Gins)
  10. Billie Court and Friendly – In The Middle (Andrew Kornweibel)
  11. Magic Dirt and Richard Frankland – Who Made Me Who I Am (Richard Frankland)

Another track, "Back in the Shadows" by You Am I and Vic Simms, was left off the album.[12] It was withdrawn by Simms in protest against what he saw as bias in the albums promotion.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia, Sputnik Records, 2001, retrieved 2 October 2017
  2. ^ Coppack, Nick (3 October 2001), "Indigenous `voice' gets even louder", Cairns Post
  3. ^ Raymond, Justin (14 September 2001), "Unity works in songs, too", Centralian Advocate
  4. ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 600
  5. ^ Mengel, Noel (14 September 2001), "United we stand", Courier Mail
  6. ^ Bridekirk, Sandra (1 September 2001), "Music Reviews", The Australian
  7. ^ Lalor, Peter (2 August 2001), "New Releases", Daily Telegraph
  8. ^ Duffy, Michael (2 August 2001), "Two tribes come together.", Adelaide Advertiser
  9. ^ "Various – Corroboration (Festival Mushroom)", Sunday Mail, 12 August 2001
  10. ^ "ARIA nominees announced", The Age, 17 September 2002
  11. ^ SBS-TV (2001), [Corroboration], retrieved 2 October 2017
  12. ^ The Bulletin, Volumes 6286-6294, p. 72
  13. ^ Shedden, Iain (20 July 2001), "Bias claim puts a scratch in reconciliation record", The Australian