Chanel Cole
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Chanel Cole is a musician from Bega, New South Wales
. She is a member of the Australian trip hop
group Spook.
Chanel's fame grew largely from her appearance as a finalist in the second season of Australian Idol
(2004). She was eliminated from the competition on 25 October having reached fifth place. Both her song choices and jazz-influenced vocal style were noted as setting her apart from the other Idol hopefuls, along with her eccentric hair accessories, which often included feathers, flowers and other ornaments.
, on 13 November 1977. Her middle name was given to her because of her dark, "black-as-coal" eyes. Three years after her birth, Chanel's parents divorced. She spent four years with her mother before living with her father, where she attended a total of 12 different schools in as many different towns. During this time, she learned piano, singing
, ballet
, flute
, and guitar
, as well as having acting lessons. She completed grade twelve a year in advance, eventually graduating from Gisborne Girls' High School
in 1996. Soon after, Whalley became a performer on the Gisborne pub circuit, singing under the moniker of "That Girl".
Whalley left home when she was 17, had a job as a part time radio DJ, 2ZG
and performed with Uknowit pub cover bands,while working in a record store Beatbox in Gisborne
. She then spent a year at a jazz school in Christchurch NZ (1999) spending three years in England
before heading to Australia
. She traveled to Bega
around her 23rd birthday so she could be closer to her mother. In June 2003 she had an article on New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy published in the New Zealand Listener
. In 2004 she auditioned for the second season of the hit reality television show, Australian Idol
.
in both Canberra
, where she was not put through, and Sydney
, where her performance earned a standing ovation from Ian Dickson, a usually stern-faced judge. Her bizarre sense of humour and atypical song choice immediately sparked an interest with viewers, particularly on the Internet. Almost immediately, websites and forums dedicated to Cole began appearing - most notably Everyone Loves Chanel Cole. In the Solo Heat, Cole performed Alcoba Azul, a track featured on the soundtrack of the Frida Kahlo
biopic, Frida
, which Cole sang entirely in Spanish. After the performance, Dickson asked her to leave the room as she was "clearly above" the other contestants in terms of talent. Cole later confided that she felt "horrible" for being put in such an awkward position. In the group heat, Cole arranged a version of Dionne Warwick's
Anyone Who Had a Heart. When one of the other girls fumbled with her lyrics, Cole improvised a duet to cover it up. All four girls involved in the song went on.
In the final vocal heat that determined selection into the final thirty, Cole performed a version of Roy Orbison's
Pretty Woman
, titled Pretty Boy. When the top thirty were announced, betting agency Centrebet
named her the favorite to win. Overwhelmed at being pushed so abruptly into the public eye, a curious Chanel logged onto an Idol forum
and burst into tears after being dismissed by an Internet troll as a "Björk
impersonator". Her reaction was filmed and aired on an episode of Inside Idol. Cole later felt embarrassed that such a private, melodramatic moment was revealed to the Australian public.
In the first round of the semi-finals, Cole, who was wearing peacock feathers in her hair, performed a version of Portishead's underground hit Glory Box. She advanced to the final twelve. She performed a rendition of The Badlove's Green Limousine on "Australian Made" night. This performance was found to be mediocre, however. She reignited interest in herself with a performance of Shirley Bassey's
History Repeating. Her performance was well received by the judges.
The next week, Cole performed the Dionne Warwick
pop classic, Walk On By. Her performance was either loved or hated; Rolling Stone referred to her as "the thinking person's idol" while her odds on Centrebet began to drop. Cole's next performance, Jackson 5's Never Can Say Goodbye, was poorly received by the three judges. She won back some adoration the following week when she performed a version of k.d. lang
's Constant Craving. She was still not as popular as she had been; Cole was in the bottom two that week, and barely escaped elimination.
Cole ended the following week in the bottom two when her performance of The Beatles
' Across the Universe failed to earn her strong support. She survived, however, and performed Stop!, by Sam Brown the following week to exceptional reception. During "Up Close and Personal" week, Cole sang a rendition of Joni Mitchell
's A Case of You. On R'n'B/Soul week, she performed Hit 'Em Up Style [Oops] by Blu Cantrell
. Despite a strong performance she did not receive enough votes to keep her in the competition, however. Chanel Cole ended the second season of Australian Idol in fifth place.
Had Chanel continued in the competition, she would have performed "Give A Little, Get A Little" (Ella Fitzgerald
) and "The Man I Love" (Billie Holiday
) for Big Band night, "Blue" (Joni Mitchell
) and "Benny & The Jets" (Elton John
) on 70's night and "Teardrop" (Massive Attack
) and "The First Taste" (Fiona Apple
) in the final round.
. The concert featured local artists Chelsea Beadman and The Whirled along with Daniel Belle in the opening acts. The main set featured Cole, accompanied by a variety of local musicians. Profits from ticket sales to Colestock 2005 went to the Bega Hospital. The last five tracks of her performance were recorded and licensed as an official bootleg. A second Colestock was held in 2006 where Spook performed.
-based electronica
duo Statler & Waldorf
, under the collective name of "Spook
". The debut album of the self-described "downtempo project" is called The Dusk Sessions and is entirely funded by the group members themselves. From April 2005, demo versions of "Faster", "Predator" and "Running Away" were made available for download on Statler & Waldorf's official website. The completed album was released on October 4 2005 through the group's independent label, Ghost Music. A double single was expected to be released in mid September, featuring the tracks "Faster" and "Trouble". However, these plans were later cancelled. A remix follow-up and an Australian promotional tour are planned. The tracklisting of the album and composer of each track is the following:
"Lullaby" is a cover of The Cure
's hit, originally included on their eighth album, Disintegration
.
Track list:
•Counting the Cost. 4:59
•Cheese (Pete Lyon). 18:03
•The Bullet and the Gun. 29:45
•Carelessnesses. 46:39
•Billy Sweet. 58:25
Bega, New South Wales
Bega is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.-Place name:One claim is that place name Bega is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "big camping ground"....
. She is a member of the Australian trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
group Spook.
Chanel's fame grew largely from her appearance as a finalist in the second season of Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
(2004). She was eliminated from the competition on 25 October having reached fifth place. Both her song choices and jazz-influenced vocal style were noted as setting her apart from the other Idol hopefuls, along with her eccentric hair accessories, which often included feathers, flowers and other ornaments.
Background
Chanel Cole Whalley was born in Hamilton, New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, on 13 November 1977. Her middle name was given to her because of her dark, "black-as-coal" eyes. Three years after her birth, Chanel's parents divorced. She spent four years with her mother before living with her father, where she attended a total of 12 different schools in as many different towns. During this time, she learned piano, singing
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, as well as having acting lessons. She completed grade twelve a year in advance, eventually graduating from Gisborne Girls' High School
Gisborne Girls' High School
Gisborne Girls High School is a girls' secondary school situated in Gisborne, Tairāwhiti, New Zealand. It was founded in 1956 when Gisborne High School was split into two single-sex schools.-History:...
in 1996. Soon after, Whalley became a performer on the Gisborne pub circuit, singing under the moniker of "That Girl".
Whalley left home when she was 17, had a job as a part time radio DJ, 2ZG
2ZG
2ZG was a radio station in Gisborne originally owned by the Radio New Zealand commercial operation. The station was first started as 2XG in 1948 broadcasting on 1010AM. In the 1960s the call sign and brand name were changed to 2ZG and the station moved to 1060AM...
and performed with Uknowit pub cover bands,while working in a record store Beatbox in Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
. She then spent a year at a jazz school in Christchurch NZ (1999) spending three years in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
before heading to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She traveled to Bega
Bega, New South Wales
Bega is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.-Place name:One claim is that place name Bega is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "big camping ground"....
around her 23rd birthday so she could be closer to her mother. In June 2003 she had an article on New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy published in the New Zealand Listener
New Zealand Listener
The New Zealand Listener is a New Zealand magazine. First published in 1939 and edited by Oliver Duff and the Monte Holcroft it originally had a monopoly on the publication of of upcoming television and radio programmes. In the 1980s it lost its monopoly on the publication of upcoming television...
. In 2004 she auditioned for the second season of the hit reality television show, Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
.
Australian Idol
Chanel auditioned for Australian IdolAustralian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
in both Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, where she was not put through, and Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, where her performance earned a standing ovation from Ian Dickson, a usually stern-faced judge. Her bizarre sense of humour and atypical song choice immediately sparked an interest with viewers, particularly on the Internet. Almost immediately, websites and forums dedicated to Cole began appearing - most notably Everyone Loves Chanel Cole. In the Solo Heat, Cole performed Alcoba Azul, a track featured on the soundtrack of the Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits....
biopic, Frida
Frida
Frida is a 2002 biographical film which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera....
, which Cole sang entirely in Spanish. After the performance, Dickson asked her to leave the room as she was "clearly above" the other contestants in terms of talent. Cole later confided that she felt "horrible" for being put in such an awkward position. In the group heat, Cole arranged a version of Dionne Warwick's
Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
Anyone Who Had a Heart. When one of the other girls fumbled with her lyrics, Cole improvised a duet to cover it up. All four girls involved in the song went on.
In the final vocal heat that determined selection into the final thirty, Cole performed a version of Roy Orbison's
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
Pretty Woman
Oh, Pretty Woman
"Oh, Pretty Woman" is a song, released in August 1964, which was a worldwide success for Roy Orbison. Recorded on the Monument Records label in Nashville, Tennessee, it was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100...
, titled Pretty Boy. When the top thirty were announced, betting agency Centrebet
Centrebet
Centrebet is an Australian bookmaker licensed in the Northern Territory.Centrebet originated from Alice Springs, Northern Territory and was the first bookmaker to be licensed in Australia in 1993 and the first bookmaker to go online in the Southern Hemisphere. Centrebet was acquired by its biggest...
named her the favorite to win. Overwhelmed at being pushed so abruptly into the public eye, a curious Chanel logged onto an Idol forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
and burst into tears after being dismissed by an Internet troll as a "Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
impersonator". Her reaction was filmed and aired on an episode of Inside Idol. Cole later felt embarrassed that such a private, melodramatic moment was revealed to the Australian public.
In the first round of the semi-finals, Cole, who was wearing peacock feathers in her hair, performed a version of Portishead's underground hit Glory Box. She advanced to the final twelve. She performed a rendition of The Badlove's Green Limousine on "Australian Made" night. This performance was found to be mediocre, however. She reignited interest in herself with a performance of Shirley Bassey's
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
History Repeating. Her performance was well received by the judges.
The next week, Cole performed the Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
pop classic, Walk On By. Her performance was either loved or hated; Rolling Stone referred to her as "the thinking person's idol" while her odds on Centrebet began to drop. Cole's next performance, Jackson 5's Never Can Say Goodbye, was poorly received by the three judges. She won back some adoration the following week when she performed a version of k.d. lang
K.D. Lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
's Constant Craving. She was still not as popular as she had been; Cole was in the bottom two that week, and barely escaped elimination.
Cole ended the following week in the bottom two when her performance of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' Across the Universe failed to earn her strong support. She survived, however, and performed Stop!, by Sam Brown the following week to exceptional reception. During "Up Close and Personal" week, Cole sang a rendition of Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
's A Case of You. On R'n'B/Soul week, she performed Hit 'Em Up Style [Oops] by Blu Cantrell
Blu Cantrell
Blu Cantrell is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Biography:Tiffany Cobb was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1976. Her father was a Narragansett Native American and Cape Verdean, and played in the National Basketball Association...
. Despite a strong performance she did not receive enough votes to keep her in the competition, however. Chanel Cole ended the second season of Australian Idol in fifth place.
Performances
- Audition - When I Get Low, I Get High, originally performed by Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
. - Solo Heat - Alcoba Azul, originally performed by Lila DownsLila DownsLila Downs is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music...
. - Group Heat - Anyone Who Had A Heart, originally performed by Dionne WarwickDionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
. (With Hayley Jensen & ??) - Top 30 Selection Heat - Pretty Boy, originally performed by Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
. - Top 30 Performance - Glory Box, originally performed by Portishead.
- Australian Made - Green Limousine, originally performed by The BadlovesThe BadlovesThe Badloves is an Australian band that formed in 1990, dissolved in 1997 and reformed in 2008.-1990:The Badloves were formed by frontman Michael Spiby in Melbourne during January 1990 under the name DC3. The band consisted of Spiby , his brother John Spiby , John Housden , Stephen O'Prey and...
. - Pop - History Repeating, originally performed by PropellerheadsPropellerheadsPropellerheads were a British big beat musical ensemble, formed in 1995 and made up of electronic producers Will White and Alex Gifford. The term propellerhead is slang for a nerd, and when Gifford and White heard a friend from California use this in a conversation, they thought it the perfect name...
/Shirley BasseyShirley BasseyDame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
. - The 60's - Walk On By, originally performed by Dionne WarwickDionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
. - Disco - Never Can Say Goodbye, originally performed by Jackson 5/Gloria GaynorGloria GaynorGloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
. - Contestant's Choice - Constant Craving, originally performed by k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
. Bottom 2 - The Beatles - Across The Universe, originally performed by The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. Bottom 2 - The 80's - Stop!, originally performed by Sam Brown.
- Up Close & Personal - A Case Of You, originally performed by Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
. - R'n'B/Soul - Hit 'Em Up Style [Oops], originally performed by Blu CantrellBlu CantrellBlu Cantrell is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Biography:Tiffany Cobb was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1976. Her father was a Narragansett Native American and Cape Verdean, and played in the National Basketball Association...
. Eliminated
Had Chanel continued in the competition, she would have performed "Give A Little, Get A Little" (Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
) and "The Man I Love" (Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
) for Big Band night, "Blue" (Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
) and "Benny & The Jets" (Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
) on 70's night and "Teardrop" (Massive Attack
Massive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
) and "The First Taste" (Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success...
) in the final round.
Colestock
On 26 March 2005, Chanel Cole had a gathering and concert in her hometown of Bega. Titled Colestock 2005, it featured an art exhibition and a karaoke competition judged by Cole and Daniel Belle. On 27 March, a private concert was held in the theatre section of the Bega RSLReturned and Services League of Australia
The Returned and Services League of Australia is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force ....
. The concert featured local artists Chelsea Beadman and The Whirled along with Daniel Belle in the opening acts. The main set featured Cole, accompanied by a variety of local musicians. Profits from ticket sales to Colestock 2005 went to the Bega Hospital. The last five tracks of her performance were recorded and licensed as an official bootleg. A second Colestock was held in 2006 where Spook performed.
Spook
In 2005, Cole and fellow idol Daniel Belle collaborated with the BrisbaneBrisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
-based electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
duo Statler & Waldorf
Statler & Waldorf (musicians)
Statler & Waldorf is the name of an electronic music production group based in Brisbane, Australia. The members of Statler & Waldorf are Dennis Gascoigne , Leo Hede , and Cameron Hales...
, under the collective name of "Spook
Spook
Spook is another word for a ghost or apparition. It may also refer to:* A term used to describe espionage agents or spies, originating in the United States of America* Spook Jacobs, a Major League Baseball player in the 1950s...
". The debut album of the self-described "downtempo project" is called The Dusk Sessions and is entirely funded by the group members themselves. From April 2005, demo versions of "Faster", "Predator" and "Running Away" were made available for download on Statler & Waldorf's official website. The completed album was released on October 4 2005 through the group's independent label, Ghost Music. A double single was expected to be released in mid September, featuring the tracks "Faster" and "Trouble". However, these plans were later cancelled. A remix follow-up and an Australian promotional tour are planned. The tracklisting of the album and composer of each track is the following:
- This Album (Dennis Gascoigne and Leo Hede)
- Running Away (Chanel Cole, Daniel Belle and Dennis Gascoigne)
- Predator (Chanel Cole, Dennis Gascoigne and Leo Hede)
- Faster (Chanel Cole and Dennis Gascoigne)
- Trouble (Chanel Cole and Dennis Gascoigne)
- Lullaby (Robert Smith)
- Fall (Chanel Cole, Dennis Gascoigne and Leo Hede)
- Cruelest Of Deeds (Dennis Gascoigne and Damian Lewis)
- Glorious (Chanel Cole, Daniel Belle, Dennis Gascoigne and Leo Hede)
- Cause & Effect (Chanel Cole and Daniel Belle)
"Lullaby" is a cover of The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
's hit, originally included on their eighth album, Disintegration
Disintegration
Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English alternative rock band The Cure, released on 1 May 1989 by Fiction Records. The record marks a return to the introspective and gloomy gothic rock style the band had established in the early 1980s...
.
Future Projects
Chanel has recorded a couple of tracks with her jazz musician friend, Aaron Choulai. However, the future of the collaboration and whether it will see the light of day is unknown. Cole's upcoming solo album's release date, which will probably feature the five compositions performed at Colestock 2005, is unknown as Cole is currently without a label. Cole has said that the album will be "vaudevillian pop", a mixture of blues, jazz, showtunes and chamber pop with a hint of dissonance, featuring organic, acoustic instrumentation.Albums
- Australian Idol: The Final 10 (17 January 2005)
- The Dusk Sessions (4 October 2005)
Podcasts
- Insatiable Banalities Podcast #99 - The Podcast, a joint Culturazi/RiotACT production [Live] (Recorded 17 November 2008, First filed 25 November 2008, Uploaded 26 November 2008). Interviews/discussions and songs.
Track list:
•Counting the Cost. 4:59
•Cheese (Pete Lyon). 18:03
•The Bullet and the Gun. 29:45
•Carelessnesses. 46:39
•Billy Sweet. 58:25
Collaborations
- Come Find Out - Chanel sings the hook on this D'Opus & Roshambo hip-hop song (pre-tour, pre-album internet release on 9 March 2010)
External links
- Everyone Loves Chanel Cole Fan site and forum. NOTE This site appears to have closed down or is on hiatus.
- Chanel Cole.com.au
- Spook website
- StatlerandWaldorf.com.au - more information about "Spook" collaboration.
- An early recording taken at Gisborne, New Zealand
- Video of Chanel Cole performing in uknowit
- Pictures from a pre-Idol performance