Skin (Katie Noonan album)
# Skin (Katie Noonan album)

Skin is a studio album by Australian musician Katie Noonan. It was released in August 2007 and peaked at number 6 on the Australian ARIA Charts. Skin was the first album released by Noonan as a solo artist and recorded between the time of 3 and 8 months pregnant. Noonan says: "I love the themes I explored on this album – I was a madly in love newlywed, experiencing the miracle of pregnancy – it was quite a trip to document! Inspired by Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Vince Jones, this album was all about exploring groove for me. I learn’t a huge amount making this album and I am really grateful for the arduous journey I took with this process, as since then, it has confirmed my instinct to listen to and trust my inner voice."

## Reviews

Bernard Zuel from Sydney Morning Herald said "Her first solo album finds her mostly dabbling in a kind of fluttering, '70s soul jazz reminiscent of, among others, Minnie Riperton." adding "The songs have a basement soul feel. That is, as with any number of competent jazz funk bands you may see at the Sydney venue on a Friday night, there's a groove, but apart from "Return", it never sinks in beneath the skin. Across them Noonan's lyrics are not awful but they rarely say something that couldn't have been done by a committee."

## Track listing

* "Logic" - 2:47
* "Return" - 3:32
* "Time to Begin" - 4:25
* "Love's My Song for You" - 4:06
* "Little Boy Man" - 3:22
* "Sunshine" - 3:31
* "One Step" - 3:48
* "Home" - 4:19
* "Send Out a Little Love" - 3:51
* "Who Are You?" - 4:30
* "Bluebird" - 4:43
* "A Little Smile" - 3:05

### Bonus disc

* "Special Ones"
* "Crazy"
* "I Think I Am"
* "Choir Girl"
* "Breathe In Now"

## Charts

### Weekly charts

| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 6 |
| Australian Artist Albums Chart | 1 |

### Year-end charts

| Chart (2007) | Rank |
| - | - |
| Australian Artist Albums Chart | 48 |
