Edge is an album by Daryl Braithwaite. It was recorded between April–September 1988 and released in November 1988. It reached No.1 on the Australian ARIA Charts[2] for 3 weeks in 1989.
Edge | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 November 1988 | |||
Recorded | May 1988, Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia | |||
Genre | Pop rock, Soft rock | |||
Length | 54:15 | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Simon Hussey | |||
Daryl Braithwaite chronology | ||||
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Braithwaite toured the album across Australia and New Zealand in 1989 and the album was certified 3× platinum in October 1989.[3]
Simon Hussey was nominated for Producer of the Year for Edge at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, but lost to Age of Reason.
Track listing
edit- "As the Days Go By" (Ian Thomas) – 4:04
- "You Could Be Wrong" (Simon Hussey) – 3:22
- "All I Do" (Thomas) – 4:06
- "Let Me Be" (Hussey, David Reyne) – 5:36
- "Sugar Train" (Jef Scott) – 3:42
- "Down Down" (Scott) – 4:37
- "In My Life" (Chris Doheny) – 5:08
- "Edge (Instrumental)" (Jef Scott, Simon Hussey) – 0:34
- "I Don't Remember" (Peter Gabriel) – 4:09
- "One Summer" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:43
- "It's All in the Music" (Braithwaite, Garth Porter) – 3:40
- "All The Same" (Hussey, Lisa Bade, Mark Greig) – 3:57
- "Up-Out" (Andy Cichon, Braithwaite, Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Hussey) – 3:58
- "Pretending to Care" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:39
Personnel
edit- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
- Andy Cichon – bass
- Jef Scott – guitars, keyboards, additional backing vocals, additional drumming
- John Watson – drums
- Simon Hussey – keyboards, drum machine, producer
- Scott Griffiths – keyboards
- John Farnham – additional backing vocals
- Glenn Braithwaite – additional backing vocals
- David Hussey – additional drumming
- Brett Kingman – guitar (on track "Up-Out")
Release history
editCountry | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Australia | 1988 | CBS | CD | 462625 2 |
Australia | 1988 | CBS | LP | 462625 1 |
Australia | 1988 | CBS | Cassette | 462625 4 |
Chart positions
editWeekly charts
editChart (1988/89) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] | 14 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 24 |
Year-end charts
editYear-end charts (1989) | Position |
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Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 5 |
Singles
editRelease date | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
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AUS [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] | ||
September 1988 | As the Days Go By | 11 | 49 | — | — |
October 1988 | All I Do | 23 | — | — | — |
January 1989 | One Summer | 8 | — | 5 | 4 |
April 1989 | Let Me Be | 26 | — | — | — |
July 1989 | Sugar Train | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country |
Certifications
editRegion | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[11] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ""Edge" by Daryl Braithwaite". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Six Moons (CD). Daryl Braithwaite. Sony Music Australia. 1994.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Australiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 40.