Firefly (Sara Storer album)

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Firefly
Firefly by Sara Storer.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 2005
Genre Country
Label ABC Music
Producer Garth Porter
Sara Storer chronology
Beautiful Circle
(2002)
Firefly
(2005)
Silver Skies
(2007)

Firefly is the third studio album by Australian country music singer Sara Storer. It was released in July 2005 and peaked at number 24 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Country Album, losing to Be Here by Keith Urban. [1] At the Country Music Awards of Australia in 2006, Storer won the Female Vocalist of the Year award for the track "Firefly". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Ballad of Tommy Foster" – 3:09
  2. "Crazy as it Seems" – 3:09
  3. "Billabong" – 3:24
  4. "Important Things" (with Josh Cunningham) – 3:24
  5. "Firefly" – 3:41
  6. "Since I've Gone" – 2:55
  7. "Snow in Mid-July" – 3:09
  8. "Star" – 3:15
  9. "Molly Green" – 2:41
  10. "Chillers Bend" – 3:31
  11. "Dungarees" – 2:46
  12. "Walk the Landings" – 3:39
  13. "Must've Been a Hell of a Party" (with Paul Kelly) – 3:01
  14. "Angel" – 3:56

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 24
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [4] 4
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Position
ARIA Country Albums Chart [6] 11
Chart (2006)Position
ARIA Country Albums Chart [7] 37

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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