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Shiver (Jenny Morris album)

Shiver is the second solo studio album by New Zealand singer Jenny Morris, released on 24 July 1989 by Warner Music Group. The album was produced by Andrew Farriss and was critically acclaimed to be Morris's "most successful – and best" album to date. Shiver debuted inside the top twenty on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by ARIA. It yielded five singles: "Saved Me", "She Has to Be Loved", "Aotearoa", "Street of Love" and "Self Deceiver".

Shiver
Studio album by
Jenny Morris
Released24 July 1989 (1989-07-24)
Recorded1988–1989
GenrePop
Length37:26
LabelWarner
ProducerAndrew Farriss
Jenny Morris chronology
Body and Soul
(1987) 		Shiver
(1989) 		Honeychild
(1991)
Singles from Shiver
  1. "Saved Me"
    Released: June 1989
  2. "She Has to Be Loved"
    Released: August 1989
  3. "Street of Love"
    Released: December 1989
  4. "Aotearoa"
    Released: January 1990
  5. "Self Deceiver"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Shiver was commercially successful in Australia. In early August 1989, it debuted at number fifteen on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.[2] It went to peak at number five on its fifteenth week and stayed there for two consecutive weeks. The album spent a total of forty-one weeks in the top fifty, and fifty-seven weeks in the top one-hundred.[3] The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album double platinum certification for shipping 140,000 copies[3] and became the thirtiest highest selling album in Australia for 1989.[4] It sold around 250,000 copies in Australia.[5]

Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic stated that although Shiver was not a huge leap from her previous album, it showed that she was maturing as a songwriter.[6] He ends the review stating "The most successful – and best – of Jenny Morris' albums."[6] The album also features Morris's cover version of "(Beggar on The) Street of Love" by Australian musician Paul Kelly.

In 2019, the album was re-released on vinyl and as a 30th Anniversary Edition.[7]

Track listing edit

Shiver track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Saved Me"Andrew Farriss, Morris3:46
2."Bag Lady"Morris3:11
3."She Has to Be Loved"Farriss, Morris4:05
4."Conscience"Farriss, Morris2:32
5."Street of Love"Paul Kelly3:03
6."Self Deceiver"Morris, Kelly3:34
7."Little Little"Morris3:55
8."Land of the Long White Cloud/Aotearoa"Morris3:49
9."Humanity"Farriss, Morris2:48
10."Shiver"Morris2:53

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Weekly chart performance for Shiver
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[2] 5
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 6

Year-end charts edit

Year-end chart performance for Shiver
Chart (1989) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[4] 30
Chart (1990) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[3] 82

Certifications edit

Certifications for Shiver
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] 3× Platinum 210,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Release history and formats for Shiver
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia/New Zealand 24 July 1989 Warner CD, cassette 256462
Australia 23 August 2019[11] Warner Records Limited edition LP 256462

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b "Shiver - Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 193.
  4. ^ a b "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Artist Biography - Jenny Morris". Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Shiver review by Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic". Billboard. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Jenny Morris 'Shiver' is getting a 30th Anniversary make-over". noise11. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Shiver - New Zealand chart run". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  9. ^ Marnie, Simon (25 August 2008). "Jenny Morris". Sunday Brunch. Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  10. ^ "Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013". Te Ara. Encyclopedia of NZ. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Shiver (Limited Edition White Vinyl)". Warner Music Store. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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