Stylin' Up
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stylin' Up
| type = studio
| artist = Christine Anu
| cover = Stylin'_Up.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1995|05|01|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=30}}
| label = White Label Records, Mushroom
| producer = David Bridie
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Come My Way
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Stylin' Up
| type = Studio
| single1 = Monkey and the Turtle
| single1date = 3 October 1994
| single2 = Island Home
| single2date = 23 January 1995
| single3 = Party
| single3date = 5 June 1995
| single4 = Come On
| single4date = 23 October 1995
}}
}}
Stylin' Up is the debut album by Australian singer Christine Anu, released on 1 May 1995 by Mushroom Records.{{cite web|publisher=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stylin-up-mw0000465760|title=Stylin' Up - Christine Anu|accessdate=7 August 2013}} A deluxe edition was later released with six live tracks. The album was certified platinum in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm|title=ARIA Charts - accreditations albums 2000|publisher=ARIA|date=2000|accessdate=15 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/zccwKfc| title=Christine Anu chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=5 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
The album fuses a blend of pure, up-beat pop with "Party" as well as the more traditional "Monkey and the Turtle". Upon release she told triple j’s Angela Catterns "Hopefully my album sales are going to go up and Indigenous artists are going to get more radio play, more recognition, that sort of stuff.”{{cite web|url=http://doublej.net.au/programs/special/australian-classics-christine-anu-stylin-up|title=Australian Classics: Christine Anu – Stylin’ Up|publisher=Double J|accessdate=15 August 2016}}
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album was nominated for four awards, winning 'Best Indigenous Release'{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1995 | title = Winners by Year 1995 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archivedate = 26 September 2007 | accessdate = 4 December 2013 }}
In 2015, Anu celebrated the album's 20th anniversary by releasing a live recording titled ReStylin' Up 20 Years.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|first=Don|last=Snowden|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stylin-up-mw0000465760|title=Album Review: Stylin' Up by Christine Anu – |publisher=All Music|accessdate=16 August 2016}}
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Don Snowden from AllMusic said: "Stylin' Up is an intriguing disc that makes clear Anu lines up far closer to Neneh Cherry's tough, positive assertion of female identity than any kind of fabricated ethnic exotic spice girl, but there's a sketchiness to some material that leaves it uneven and sometimes frustrating."
Track listing
All songs composed by Christine Anu and David Bridie except where noted.
- "Wanem Time" (Neil Murray) – 2:49
- "Island Home" (Murray) – 4:12
- "San E Wireless" – (Anu, Nelson) 3:32
- "Monkey and the Turtle" – 3:59
- "Come On" – 3:37
- "Rain" (Anu, Bridie, Steve Hadley, Nelson) – 2:32
- "Party" – 3:14
- "Tama Oma" – 2:04
- "Dive" – 4:07
- "Stylin' Up" (Anu, Bridie, Peter Luscombe) – 2:45
- "Photograph" – 3:52
- "Love That Heals" (Murray) – 4:35
- "Sik O" (Bridie, Traditional) – 3:12
;Bonus disc
- "Wanem Time" – 3:04
- "Kulba Yaday" – 3:43
- "Sailing Song" – 2:01
- "Last Train" – 4:41
- "Keep Up" – 3:40
- "Love That Heals" – 4:48
- Bonus disc recorded live at the Metro in Sydney on 29 July 1995.
Charts
=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Australia|21|artist=Christine Anu|album=Stylin' Up|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 May 2016}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1995)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| Australian Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/fUC5EgI.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1995 (page 2)|publisher=imgur.com|accessdate=21 December 2017}}
| 97 |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Christine Anu|title=Stylin' Up|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=2000|access-date=16 December 2014}}
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