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You've Always Got the Blues

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Released
  
June 1988

You've Always Got the Blues (1988)
  
Brave (1989)

Release date
  
June 1988

Label
  
ABC Music

Recorded
  
1988

You've Always Got the Blues (1998)
  
Émigré (1990)

Producer
  
Martin Armiger

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Artists
  
Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews

Genres
  
Pop music, Country music, Folk music, World music

Similar
  
Kate Ceberano albums, Pop music albums

Kate ceberano wendy matthews you ve always got the blues


You've Always Got the Blues is a 1988 album by Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews recorded as the soundtrack for the ABC TV series Stringer. The album is primarily composed of duets performed by Ceberano and Matthews but also features Joy Smithers and Martin Armiger. According to Ceberano's 2014 autobiography, she and Matthews recorded the album in 48 hours.

Contents

The album received two ARIA Awards in 1989, for Best Female Artist (Kate Ceberano) and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording. It was also nominated for Best Female Artist (Wendy Matthews), Best Jazz Album and Best Adult Contemporary Album.

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number No. 7 on 26 June 1988 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum in Australia.

Musicians

  • Tony Buchanan – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • Graham Jesse – horns
  • Kate Ceberano – vocals
  • Wendy Matthews – vocals
  • Joy Smithers – vocals ("Young Love")
  • Joe Creighton – bass
  • Ricky Fataar – drums
  • Ken Francis – guitar ("The Girl in the Picture", "Young Love")
  • Rex Goh – guitar
  • Martin Armiger – keyboards, vocals ("Don't You Take It Too Bad")
  • Andrew Thomas Wilson – hammond organ ("Guilty (Through Neglect)", "Stringer")
  • Kenny Kitchings – pedal steel guitar
  • Max Lambert – piano
  • Col Loughnan – tenor saxophone
  • Paul Panici – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Production

  • Producer – Martin Armiger
  • Recording, Mixing – Mike Stavrou
  • Mastering – Don Bartley
  • Songs

    1You've Always Got The Blues4:20
    2Guilty (Through Neglect)4:18
    3Back From The Dead3:53

    References

    You've Always Got the Blues Wikipedia