- Confetti (Little Birdy album)
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Confetti 
Studio album by Little Birdy Released 8 May 2009
(see release history)Recorded 2008–2009 Genre Rock, Alternative Label Eleven/Universal Producer Little Birdy, Steven Schram Little Birdy chronology Hollywood
(2006)Confetti
(2009)Singles from Confetti - "Brother"
Released: April 2009 - "Summarize"
Released: 17 April 2009 - "Hairdo"
Released: 28 July 2009 - "Stay Wild"
Released: October 2009
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]BMA Magazine (favorable)[2] The Dwarf (favorable)[3] FasterLouder (unfavorable)[4] Rave Magazine [5]The Vine (unfavorable)[6] Confetti is the third studio album by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, released on 8 May 2009. It debuted at number 6 on the ARIA album charts.[citation needed]
Contents
Background
In an interview, Steele describes the inspiration behind the title: "Confetti fell out of my mouth, the word just literally came out of nowhere".[7]}}
"Brother" is inspired by a lifetime with her brother, Luke and father, Rick. It opens with the couplet "my brother you taught me how to fly, my papa you taught me how to cry".
This song was straight up. Sometimes I wondered if we should even put it on the record because it's just so honest and brutal – brutal in the fragile sense.—Katy Steele[8]Australian music legend Paul Kelly adds vocals and harmonica to the track,[9] returning the favour for the backing vocals Katy provided on some sessions for him a few years back.
The experience of working with Paul just reminded me of why he's such a legend. It wasn’t like he just rocked up to the studio to do a session – he really poured everything into it. We kinda felt like he joined our band for that day and that was a pretty great feeling.—Katy Steele[8]Track listing
All songs written and composed by Little Birdy, except "Porcelain" written by Simon Leach.
Confetti No. Title Length 1. "Brother" 3:37 2. "Summarize" 3:19 3. "Hairdo" 4:10 4. "Stay Wild" 4:09 5. "Into My Arms" 3:58 6. "Dark of Night" 3:27 7. "It Ain't True" 1:07 8. "Run Run Run" 4:17 9. "Crazy" 3:07 10. "Everyone is Sleeping" 4:07 11. "Confetti" (includes hidden track "Porcelain") 12:24 12. "Baby Love" (iTunes bonus track - Deluxe Version) 2:58 13. "New York" (iTunes bonus track - Standard/Deluxe Versions) 4:59 Confetti - Limited Edition DVD[10] No. Title Length 1. "DVD: The Making of Confetti, A Documentary" 2. "Track By Track, An Insight From The Band" 3. ""Summarize" - Behind The Scenes" 4. ""Summarize" - Video" 5. ""Brother" - Video" Charts
Year Chart Peak Position 2009 ARIA Albums Charts #6[11] End of Year Charts
Year Chart Rank 2009 Australian ARIA End of year Chart #93[12] Certifications
Country Certification Sales Australia Gold[13] 35,000+ Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalogue Australia 8 May 2009 Eleven/Universal CD, Digital download ELEVENCD86 CD/DVD ELEVENCDSP86 Personnel
Musicians
Little Birdy
- Katy Steele - vocals, guitar, keyboard
- Simon Leach - guitar, synthesiser, steel guitar
- Scott 'Barney' O'Donoghue - bass guitar, vocals, melodica, harmonica
- Matt Chequer - drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Paul Coyle - trumpet (track 2)
- Shannon Barnett - trombone (track 2)
- Tom Spender - tenor saxophone (track 2)
- Peter Mitchell - baritone saxophone (track 2)
- Jessica Bell - violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
- Willow Stahlut - violin (track 4, 5 and 10)
- Ewen Bramble - cello (track 4, 5 and 10)
- Christian Read - viola (track 4, 5 and 10)
- Garret Costigan - pedal steel guitar (track 4)
- Miles Brown - theremin (tracks 3 and 10)
- Craig Shanahan - percussion (track 10)
- Charlie Thorpe - vocals (track 6)
- Josie De Sousa-Ray - vocals (track 6)
- Paul Kelly - vocals, harmonica (track 1)
- Fergus Deasy - guitar (track 1)
Credits
- Production - Little Birdy, Matt Chequer, Steve Schram
- Recording and Mixing - Steve Schram
- Recording Assistant - Alex Beck
- Mixing Assistants - Lachlan Wooden, Mick Rafferty, Davin Pidoto, Jim White
- Mastered - Bob Ludwig
- Artwork - Simon Leach
- Photography - Tony Mott, Louise Griew
- Cover - Simon Ozolins
References
- ^ Greenberg, Adam. "Review: Confetti". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1591565. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ^ http://www.bmamag.com/articles/cd-reviews/20090519-little-birdy-confetti-universal/
- ^ http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/confetti_little_birdy
- ^ http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/18266/Little-Birdy--Confetti
- ^ http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/15000/180/
- ^ http://www.thevine.com.au/music/reviews/little-birdy-%27confetti%27.aspx
- ^ "Confetti flies for Little Birdy's new album". NineMSN. 16 January 2009. http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=719746. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Little Birdy unleash details for third album". Access All Areas.net.au. 16 January 2009. http://www.accessallareas.net.au/music_news/EkFkpVlAFVGkjNfaRF.php. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Little Birdy - Confetti". FasterLouder.com.au. 1 January 2009. http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/18266/Little-Birdy--Confetti.htm. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Little Birdy - Confetti". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Little+Birdy&titel=Confetti&cat=a. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2008". Aria.com.au. http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2009.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2009Albums.htm". Aria.com.au. 31 December 2009. http://aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2009Albums.htm. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
Katy Steele · Simon Leach · Scott "Barney" O'Donoghue · Matt Chequer Studio albums EPs Singles "Beautiful to Me" · "Tonight's the Night" · "Excited" · "Come on Come on" · "Bodies" · "After Dark" · "Summarize" · "Hairdo" · "Stay Wild"Categories:- 2009 albums
- Eleven: A Music Company albums
- Little Birdy albums
- "Brother"
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