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Lily (album)

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Released
  
28 September 1992

Release date
  
1992

Label
  
rooArt

Artist
  
Wendy Matthews

Producer
  
T Bone Burnett

Genre
  
Pop music

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Recorded
  
February 1992—March 1992 at Kiva West in Los Angeles and Rhinoceros Studio in Sydney, Australia

Lily (1992)
  
The Witness Tree (1994)

Similar
  
The Witness Tree, Émigré, Stepping Stones, Beautiful View, Café Naturale

Lily is the second solo studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews released by rooArt in Australia on 28 September 1992 (see 1992 in music). Matthews travelled to Canada with her mother for the album to discover their heritage, which influences the album. Matthews states the album "overall, has vulnerability . . . [it is] really heart on your sleeve stuff". The album won Matthews the "Best Female Artist" award at the ARIA Awards in 1993, where the album was also nominated for "Album of the Year". It yielded four singles; "The Day You Went Away", "Friday's Child", "If Only I Could" and "T.K.O.".

Contents

The album reached #2 on the Australian album charts, remaining in the charts for 52 weeks. The album was certified triple-platinum in Australia.

A limited edition version was later released with a bonus CD, IX, of live tracks. The first five tracks on the bonus disc were recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1993 and the last track is a French version of "The Day You Went Away".

The album was also released in North American and Europe on Atlantic/WEA.

Track listing

All songwriters as listed

  1. "Friday's Child" (David Munday, Sandy Stewart) – 3:56
  2. "Walk Away" (B. Hogan, J. Koller) – 4:04
  3. "T.K.O." (Cecil Womack) – 5:20
  4. "Mother Can’t Do" (Robert James) – 4:32
  5. "Quiet Art" (W. Matthews, M. O'Connor) – 5:47
  6. "The Day You Went Away" (Mark Batson, Edward Male Jonathon) – 4:39
  7. "If Only I Could" (Ralf Hamm, Markus Stabb, Sydney Youngblood, Claus Zundel) – 4:39
  8. "Homecoming Song" (Robert Nelson James) – 5:01
  9. "Face of Appalachia" (Lowell George, John Sebastian) – 5:26
  10. "Naming Names" (S. Lynch, P. White) – 4:39
  11. "Inexorably Yours" (John Joseph Gordon) – 3:16
Limited edition bonus disc - IX
  1. "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:57
  2. "Square Moon" (K. Govett, G. Stapleton, R. James) – 4:06
  3. "Doomsday Lullaby" (Danny Bruce Peck) – 4:26
  4. "Going Back to My Roots" (Dozier Lamont Herbert) – 5:26
  5. "The Weavers Song" – 1:52
  6. "The Day You Went Away" – 4:35

Credits

  • Wendy Matthews — vocals
  • Jon Farriss — drums, percussion
  • Garry Gary Beers — bass
  • Booker T. Jones — keyboards

    • Songs

    1Friday's Child4:01
    2Walk Away4:04
    3TKO5:20

    References

    Lily (album) Wikipedia
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