These Old Charms
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These Old Charms is the debut album by Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol (season 2)
The second season of Canadian Idol debuted on June 1, 2004, and became the most watched show in Canada, drawing in over 3 million viewers each week.Auditions were held in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax, Regina, and St. John's...

finalist Theresa Sokyrka
Theresa Sokyrka
Theresa Sokyrka is a Canadian singer-songwriter. On the second season of Canadian Idol, she was the final runner-up to winner Kalan Porter.-Biography:...

, released across Canada on April 26, 2005.

Album information

The album includes favorites she had performed on Idol, a number of old jazz standards, as well as three original songs written by Sokyrka herself.

Reception

It debuted at #4 on the Canadian charts and was certified gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

 in June 2005.

Awards & nominations

These Old Charms was also nominated for a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 in the category of Pop Album of the Year against Jann Arden
Jann Arden
Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...

 and (ultimate winner) Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

 as well as fellow Canadian Idol Kalan Porter
Kalan Porter
Richard Kalan Porter is a singer-songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta, and the winner of the reality television series Canadian Idol in season 2. He started to sing at an early age and is classically trained, playing several instruments, most notably, the violin and viola...

.

Track listing

  1. "Angel Eyes
    Angel Eyes
    - Music :* Angel Eyes , 1984* Angel Eyes , 1968* "Angeleyes", a song by ABBA* "Angel Eyes" , a jazz standard written by Earl Brent and Matt Dennis* "Angel Eyes"...

    "
  2. "This Masquerade
    This Masquerade
    "This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope."The song has also been recorded by many other artists. Helen Reddy included it on her 1972 I am Woman album, and also included a live version on her 1978 Live in...

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  3. "God Bless The Child"
  4. "Corcovado
    Corcovado
    Corcovado, meaning "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The granite peak is located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. It is sometimes confused with nearby Sugarloaf Mountain...

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  5. "Summertime
    Summertime (song)
    "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....

    "
  6. "Come Away With Me
    Come Away with Me
    Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001...

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  7. "She Let Her Hair Down"
  8. "Change The World"
  9. "Turned My Back"
  10. "Cruisin'
    Cruisin' (song)
    "Cruisin" is a 1979 single written, produced, and recorded by Smokey Robinson for Motown Records' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with The Miracles, "Cruisin'" was a Top 10 Billboard Pop hit, peaking at number four not only on the Billboard Hot 100 but on...

    "
  11. "Good Mother"
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