''Elixir'' is the debut
studio album by
Australian
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** Aboriginal ...
jazz band
Elixir
ELIXIR (the European life-sciences Infrastructure for biological Information) is an initiative that will allow life science laboratories across Europe to share and store their research data as part of an organised network. Its goal is to bring t ...
, released in May 2003 and peaked at number 24 on the ARIA Charts. The band was formed in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
in 1997 by
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; perfo ...
and Nick Stewart from ARIA award winning, double-platinum selling band
george
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and River Petein.
Track listing
# "Tip of Memory" (Katie Noonan, Nick Stewart, Martin Challis) – 5:16
# "
River Man
"River Man" is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 1969 album ''Five Leaves Left''. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centrepiece of the album. In 2004 the song was remastered and released as a 7" viny ...
" (
Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognit ...
) – 5:00
# "Before You Sleep" (Katie Noonan, Nick Stewart, Martin Challis) – 3:33
# "Raspberry Tea" (Katie Noonan, Martin Challis) – 3:54
# "Breath of Grace" (Katie Noonan, Nick Stewart, Martin Challis) – 5:51
# "Blue" (
Vince Jones
Vincent Hugh Jones (born 24 March 1954) is an Australian jazz singer, songwriter, and trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet player. His music includes both original material and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often lov ...
) – 4:07
# "Essence of My Love" (Katie Noonan, Martin Challis) – 3:57
# "Saigon Battle Children 1972" (Katie Noonan, Nick Stewart, Martin Challis) – 7:44
# "
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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" (
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
) – 4:27
# "Harvest of Rain" (Katie Noonan, Nick Stewart, Martin Challis) – 2:25
# "String Interlude" (
Paul Grabowsky
Paul Atherstone Grabowsky (born 27 September 1958) is an Australian pianist and composer.
Biography
Born in Lae, Papua New Guinea, Grabowsky is a pianist and composer of music for film, theatre and opera. His father Alistair had lived in Pap ...
) – 1:02
# "Mists of Ruse" (Katie Noonan, Martin Challis) – 2:50
# "Overlap" (
Ani DiFranco) – 3:33
# "Second Sight" (Jamie Clark, Leah Cotterell, Meg Kanowsli) – 3:44
# "Drunk on Her Taste" (Katie Noonan) – 4:11
# "River and Moon" (Katie Noonan, Martin Challis) – 4:03
# "River of She" (Isaac Hurren, Martin Challis) – 2:13
Weekly charts
Credits
* Artwork – Benjamin Portas
*
Cello
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tring quartet– Dan Curro
* Co-producer – Isaac Hurren, Nick Stewart
* Composed by
orns arranged by
orns– Isaac Hurren
* Composed by
trings arranged by
trings– Paul Grabowsky
*
Euphonium
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orn trio– Thomas Humphrey
*
Flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
orn trio– Dale Richardson, John Hoffman
* Mastered by – Oscar Gaona
* Photography by
and and road– Nina
* Recorded by
trings and horns– Jonathan Shakhovsky, Justin Tresidder
*
Viola
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tring quartet–
Brett Dean
Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor.
Biography
Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan a ...
*
Violin
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tring quartet–
John Rodgers, Sarah Curro
Release history
References
External links
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2003 debut albums
Festival Records albums
Elixir (Australian band) albums