{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Corroboration | type = compilation | artist = Various Artists | cover =Corroboration (album).jpg | alt = | released = 2001 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Australian rock music|Rock]] * [[hip hop music|hip hop]] * [[Australian country music|country]] * [[Electronic music|electronic]] * [[opera]]tic }} | length = | label = Sputnik/[[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival Mushroom]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''''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 Records (Australia)|Festival Mushroom Records]] imprint, Sputnik.<ref name="NLA Alb">{{Citation | title = Corroboration: A Journey Through the Musical Landscape of 21st Century Australia | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = Sputnik Records | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34130220 | access-date = 2 October 2017 }}</ref> It was the result of a project put together by Kurt Luthy. It brought together [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] and non-Indigenous musicians and bands from various genres,<ref>{{Citation | last = Coppack | first = Nick | date = 3 October 2001 | title = Indigenous `voice' gets even louder | periodical = Cairns Post }}</ref> with the majority of the songs especially written for the compilation.<ref>{{Citation |last = Raymond | first = Justin | date = 14 September 2001 | title = Unity works in songs, too | periodical = Centralian Advocate }}</ref> It reached No.&nbsp;92 on ARIA Top 100 Albums chart.<ref>The ARIA Report, Issue 600</ref>

==Accolades== 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."<ref>{{Citation | last = Mengel | first = Noel | date = 14 September 2001 | title = United we stand | periodical = Courier Mail }}</ref> ''[[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".<ref>{{Citation | last = Bridekirk | first = Sandra | date = 1 September 2001 | title = Music Reviews | periodical = The Australian }}</ref> Peter Lalor of ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' also gave it four stars, calling it "one of the more interesting "project" albums to have come from these shores."<ref>{{Citation | last = Lalor | first = Peter | date = 2 August 2001 | title = New Releases | periodical = Daily Telegraph }}</ref> In Michael Duffy's four-star review in ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'' he states "this album is pleasing to the ear and an important step forward in [[Reconciliation in Australia|the reconciliation process]]".<ref>{{Citation | last = Duffy | first = Michael | date = 2 August 2001 | title = Two tribes come together. | periodical = Adelaide Advertiser }}</ref> ''[[The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)|The Sunday Mail]]'' called it "a work of art", saying it "mixes culture with music, heart with soul, black with white, sweet with sour".<ref>{{Citation | date = 12 August 2001 | title = Various – ''Corroboration'' (Festival Mushroom) | periodical = Sunday Mail}}</ref>

In 2002 it received an [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]] nomination for [[ARIA Award for Best World Music Album|Best World Music Album]].<ref>{{Citation | date = 17 September 2002 | title = ARIA nominees announced | periodical = The Age | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/16/1032054756677.html }}</ref>

==TV and video== 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]].<ref name="NLA VHS">{{Citation | author1=SBS-TV | title=[Corroboration] | publication-date=2001 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/165288345 | access-date=2 October 2017 }}</ref>

==Track listing== # [[Deborah Cheetham]] and [[Wicked Beat Sound System]] – Dali Mana Gamarada (D. Cheetham, D. Robertson) # [[Kylie Minogue]] and [[Jimmy Little]] – [[Bury Me Deep in Love]] ([[David McComb]]) # [[Jodi Cockatoo Creed]] and [[George (band)|george]] – Hallelujah Sister ([[Katie Noonan]], Nicholas Stewart, Martin Challis) # [[The Cruel Sea (band)|The Cruel Sea]] and [[Native Ryme]] feat. [[Kev Carmody]] – Together (The Cruel Sea, Native Ryme, Kev Carmody) # [[Augie March]] and [[Archie Roach]] & [[Ruby Hunter]] – Minister For Planets (G. Richards) # [[Little G]] and [[Pound System]] – Who Cares? (Pound System, G Christanthopolous) # [[Primary (band)|Primary]] and [[NoKTuRNL]] – One By One (J. Fonti, C. Mitchell, S. Fonti, NoKTuRNL) # [[Frank Yamma]] and [[David Bridie]] – Coolibah (Frank Yamma) # [[Pnau]] and [[Stiff Gins]] – Ride (Pnau and Stiff Gins) # [[Billie Court]] and [[Friendly (musician)|Friendly]] – In The Middle ([[Friendly (musician)|Andrew Kornweibel]]) # [[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.<ref>''The Bulletin'', Volumes 6286-6294, p. 72</ref> It was withdrawn by Simms in protest against what he saw as bias in the albums promotion.<ref>{{Citation | last = Shedden | first = Iain | date = 20 July 2001 | title = Bias claim puts a scratch in reconciliation record | periodical = The Australian }}</ref>

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[[Category:2001 compilation albums]]