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Lily (Wendy Matthews album)

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 ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993. It yielded four singles: "The Day You Went Away", "Friday's Child", "If Only I Could" and "T.K.O."

Lily
Studio album by
Wendy Matthews
Released28 September 1992
RecordedFebruary 1992—March 1992 at Kiva West in Los Angeles and Rhinoceros Studio in Sydney, Australia
GenrePop
LabelrooArt
ProducerT-Bone Burnett
Wendy Matthews chronology
The Way It Has to Be
(1991) 		Lily
(1992) 		The Witness Tree
(1994)
Singles from Lily
  1. "The Day You Went Away"
    Released: 31 August 1992
  2. "Friday's Child"
    Released: 18 January 1993
  3. "If Only I Could"
    Released: April 1993
  4. "T.K.O."
    Released: September 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(?)[1]

The album reached #2 on the Australian album charts and 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 edit

All songwriters as listed[2]

  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" (Robbie James) – 4:32
  5. "Quiet Art" (W. Matthews, M. O'Connor) – 5:47
  6. "The Day You Went Away" (Guy Batson, Jonathon Edward Male) – 4:39
  7. "If Only I Could" (Ralf Hamm, Markus Stabb, Sydney Youngblood, Claus Zundel) – 4:39
  8. "Homecoming Song" (Robbie 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 (French Version)" (Batson, Jonathon; French lyrics by Wendy Matthews) – 4:35

Credits edit

Release history edit

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia 28 September 1992 RooART CD, Cassette 4509905472
21 September 1993 Atlantic CD 92269
9 December 1996 BMG CD 74321444142

Charts edit

Chart (1992–94) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 2

End of year charts edit

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[4] 33
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[5] 26

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] 3× Platinum 210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Wendy Matthews – Lily". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1992". ARIA. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1993". ARIA. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1992 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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