title: Skin (Katie Noonan album)
text: # 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 |
  