Musicians

Christine Anu

Origin
Cairns, QLD, Australia
Genre/styles
Pop | Rock
About Christine

I'm trying to help make it understood that Indigenous culture is Australian culture and it belongs to all of us.

— Christine Anu about her album 'Chrissy's Island Family'

Discography

Album formats explained

Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

Stylin' Up

Released
June 1995
Tracks
  1. Wanem Time
  2. Island Home
  3. San E Wireless
  4. Monkey & The Turtle
  5. Come On
  6. Rain
  7. Party
  8. Tama Oma
  9. Dive
  10. Stylin' Up
  11. Photograph
  12. Love That Heals
  13. Sik O

Come My Way

Released
10 April 2001
Tracks
  1. Soul Chant
  2. Celebrate
  3. Sunshine On A Rainy Day
  4. Coz Im Free
  5. Fire & Water (Take Me Down)
  6. Jump To Love
  7. Beat Of Your Heart
  8. I Hear You Call
  9. Change Your Mind
  10. Understand
  11. Mothers Child
  12. Soul Chant (Reprise)
  13. Island Home (Earth Beat)

Talk About Love (Single)

Released
2003
Tracks
  1. Talk About Love?
  2. Talk About Love? (Remix)
  3. Talk About Love? (Instrumental)

45 Degrees

Released
28 October 2003
Tracks
  1. Intro
  2. Late
  3. LRHD (Love Rules, Hatred Dies)
  4. Different Kind Of Something
  5. Talk About Love?
  6. 45 Degrees
  7. All My People Say
  8. Don't Ya Know (It's Over)
  9. Why
  10. Hey! People
  11. Falling From Free
  12. End

Acoustically

Released
14 November 2005
Tracks
  1. Coz I'm Free
  2. Monkey & The Turtle
  3. Dive
  4. Wanem Time
  5. Last To Go
  6. Reprise Part 1
  7. Fire & Water (Take Me Down)
  8. Island Home
  9. Party
  10. Reprise Part 2
  11. Ocean Of Regret
  12. Redemption Song
  13. Sunshine On A Rainy Day
  14. No Woman, No Cry

Gimme 5 (EP)

Released
20 January 2007
Tracks
  1. Island Home
  2. Party
  3. Rain
  4. Sunshine On a Rainy Day
  5. Stylin Up

Chrissy's Island Family

Released
July 2007
Tracks
  1. Chrissy's Island Family
  2. Hello (Sea Ngapa)
  3. Sunny Sunshine
  4. Tropical Island Blue
  5. Nak E Ba Na Na
  6. Cassowary
  7. Indijin-us
  8. Waru
  9. Chugga Choo
  10. Rattle Drum
  11. We Fish
  12. Save Our World
  13. Waltzing Matilda
  14. My Friends
  15. Island Christmas
  16. Sea Shell Lullaby
Notes

Chrissy's Island Family is a children's music album about the adventures of 'Chrissy' and her Tropical Island blue friends, Samu the wakka woo Cassowary, Waru the magical, mythical 400-year-old Turtle and Sisi the Gecko.


Takin' It to the Streets (Single)

Released
15 November 2008
Tracks
  1. Takin' It to the Streets

Come Home (The Remixes)

Released
26 September 2010
Tracks
  1. Come Home (Punk Ninja Dub)
  2. Come Home (Punk Ninja Radio Mix)
  3. Come Home (Punk Ninja Club Mix)

Come Home (7")

Released
26 September 2010
Tracks
  1. Come Home
Notes

This is Christine Anu's first solo single since 2003.


Intimate and Deadly (Live)

Released
17 October 2010
Tracks
  1. I'm a Woman
  2. Wanem Time (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  3. Babawaya (feat. Helen Anu)
  4. Monkey & the Turtle (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  5. Kulba Yaday (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  6. My Old Ti (feat. Helen Anu)
  7. R U From Ti? (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  8. Dive
  9. Amsterdam
  10. Fire and Water
  11. Talk About Love
  12. Coz I'm Free
  13. Skid Row (feat. Andrew Worboys)
  14. Out Tonight
  15. With Out You (feat. Andrew Worboys)
  16. Sugar Daddy Blues
  17. Seasons of Love (feat. Andrew Worboys)
  18. Party (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  19. Sunshine On a Rainy Day (feat. Helen Anu & Andrew Worboys)
  20. Island Home

Rewind

Released
3 August 2012
Tracks
  1. Respect
  2. The House That Jack Built
  3. Since You've Been Gone
  4. You're All I Need (To Get By)
  5. Today I Sing the Blues
  6. Angel
  7. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  8. Chain of Fools
  9. Baby I Love You
  10. A Change Is Gonna Come
  11. Rock Steady

Island Christmas

Released
7 November 2014
Tracks
  1. Silent Night
  2. Carol of the Drum / Peace on Earth (feat. Jay Laga'aia)
  3. Island Christmas (feat. Kuiam Anu & Zipporah Anu)
  4. How to Make Gravy
  5. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Steve Clisby)
  6. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
  7. Ooh, Child! (feat. Kuiam Anu & Zipporah Anu)
  8. River
  9. Christmas Card
  10. Christmas Medley
  11. I'll Be Home for Christmas
  12. Auld Lang Syne

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