The Sweetest Taboo (album)

The Sweetest Taboo
Studio album by
Katie Noonan
Released8 May 2020
GenreJazz, pop[1]
Length61:57[1]
LabelABC Music
Katie Noonan chronology
Late Night Tunes with Noons
(2020) 		The Sweetest Taboo
(2020)

The Sweetest Taboo is a twentieth album by Australian singer and songwriter Katie Noonan. The album is described as a jazz collection of reimagined 80s classics and was released in May 2020.[2] The album peaked at number 70 on the ARIA Charts.

Noonan said "For my twentieth album, I wanted to go back to the magic, the joy, the spark that first started my love affair with pop music. This was in suburban Brisbane, Ashgrove, in the mid-eighties. I decided to focus on a particular period of time, aged seven to eleven, from my first single to my first album, to albums that really changed our lives like The Joshua Tree. I picked bunch of tunes and reimagined them with my favourite Aussie jazz musicians, so, it's feels awesome."[3]

At the AIR Awards of 2021, the album won Best Independent Jazz Album or EP.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Dream It's Over (Neil Finn) - 4:59
  2. "Blue" (Vince Jones) - 4:22
  3. "If I Could" (Garry Frost) - 6:03
  4. "Just the Way You Are" (Billy Joel) - 4:45
  5. "True Colors" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) - 5:23
  6. "Electric Blue" (Iva Davies, John Oates) - 4:33
  7. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam) - 5:18
  8. "When Tomorrow Comes" (Annie Lennox, Patrick Seymour, David A. Stewart) - 5:24
  9. "Russians" (Sergey Prokofiev, Sting) - 4:41
  10. "Sign Your Name" (Terence Trent D'Arby) - 6:08
  11. "Take On Me" (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar) - 3:54
  12. "Running to Stand Still" (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) - 6:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Chart) [5] 70
Australia (ARIA) Jazz and Blues Chart[5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2020) Position
Australian Top Jazz & Blues Albums (ARIA)[6] 7

Musicians

  • Zac Hurren (saxophones)[7]
  • Sam Keevers (piano)[7]
  • Phil Stack (double bass)[7]
  • Evan Mannell (drums)[7]

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 8 May 2020
ABC Music 0878447

References

  1. ^ a b "The Sweetest Taboo at AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ ""Electric Blue" Goes Cuban, and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Turns Jazz, on Katie Noonan's Latest Work". 96five. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Katie Noonan on her New Album The Sweetest Taboo and Iso-Life". The Creative Issue. May 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2021 AIR Awards Winners". Scenstr.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 18 May 2020". No. 1576. Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 May 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  6. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Jazz & Blues Albums for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Katie Noonan The Sweetest Taboo CD". JB HiFi. Retrieved 29 August 2020.