Lift (Shannon Noll album)

Lift is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Shannon Noll. It was released by Sony BMG in Australia on 16 October 2005. Noll co-wrote eleven out of the thirteen songs in the album. The album debuted at number 1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association album chart on 23 October 2005 with a platinum certification and was eventually certified three times platinum.[1] All four singles released from the album reached the Top 10 of the ARIA single chart, and proved to be very popular radio hits, with both "Shine" and "Now I Run" ending 2006 within the Top 10 most played songs on Australian radio.

Lift
Studio album by
Released16 October 2005
Recorded2005
GenreRock, pop
Length45:37
LabelSony BMG Australia
Shannon Noll chronology
That's What I'm Talking About
(2004)
Lift
(2005)
Turn It Up
(2007)
Singles from Lift
  1. "Shine"
    Released: 26 September 2005
  2. "Lift"
    Released: 4 December 2005
  3. "Now I Run"
    Released: 22 April 2006
  4. "Lonely"
    Released: 26 August 2006

Lift was nominated for "Best Pop Release" at the 2006 ARIA awards, the first industry voted nomination for any Australian Idol contestant.

In 2006, the album was re-released with a bonus DVD featuring 4 video clips and a 20-minute documentary.[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Lift" (Adam Reily/Bryon Jones/Andrew Roachford/Shannon Noll) – 3:56
  2. "Shine" (Matthew Gerrard/Andy Stochansky) – 3:34
  3. "Give It Away" (Shannon Noll/Peter Gordeno/Gary Clark) – 3:47
  4. "Now I Run" (Peter Gordeno/Shannon Noll/Chris Porter) – 3:43
  5. "Lonely" (Adam Reily/Shannon Noll) – 4:42
  6. "Down on Me" (Phil Buckle/Shannon Noll) – 3:52
  7. "Don't Fight It" (Phil Thornalley/Wayne Hector) – 3:45
  8. "Losing It All" (Adam Reily/Shannon Noll/David Lesley) – 4:05
  9. "All I Want Is More" (Steve Booker/David Nicholas/Michael Stangel/Shannon Noll) – 3:05
  10. "This Is It" (Shannon Noll/Wayne Hector/Phil Thornalley) – 3:51
  11. "Letter to You" (Paul Wiltshire/Victoria Wu/Adam Gould/Shannon Noll) – 3:42
  12. "Everything I Wanted" (Phil Buckle/Shannon Noll) – 4.14
  13. "Before We Say Goodbye" (Shannon Noll/Dave Munday/Phil Thornalley) – 3:18
Bonus DVD
  1. "Shine" (Video)
  2. "Lift" (Video)
  3. "Now I Run" (Video)
  4. "Lonely" (Video)
  5. "Shannon Noll Talks About Lift" (Documentary)

Charts and certifications edit

Release history edit

Region Date Format(s) Label Catalog Ref.
Australia / New Zealand 16 October 2005
  • CD
  • digital download
Sony BMG 82876740522 [9]
Australia 2006
  • CD / DVD
Sony BMG 88697008752

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ [1] "2006 Accreditations". Retrieved 21 June 2007.
  2. ^ "Lift". Discogs. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Shannon Noll – That's What I'm Talking About". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2005". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "2005 ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2006". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "2006 ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  9. ^ "Lift – Shannon Noll". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 4 May 2017.