A Million Year Girl

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A Million Year Girl
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Studio album by
Released15 May 1995
Genre Pop
Length46:54
Label Discovery/Warner Music
Producer Daniel Denholm
Max Sharam chronology
Coma
(1994)
A Million Year Girl
(1995)
The Gods Envy
(2014)
Singles from A Million Year Girl
  1. "Coma"
    Released: 24 October 1994 [1]
  2. "Be Firm"
    Released: April 1995
  3. "Lay Down"
    Released: July 1995
  4. "Is It OK if I Call You Mine?"
    Released: February 1996

A Million Year Girl is the debut studio album by Australian singer Max Sharam. The album was released on 15 May 1995 and peaked at number 9 on the ARIA chart and was certified gold. [2]

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 the album was nominated for four awards; winning the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art. [3]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Anthony Horan said "This is a debut album that hides its secrets in the songs themselves, and the trip inside them is well worth it. While a bit more weirdness wouldn't have gone astray, as a career opener, this is more than just a little impressive." [4]

Track listing

A Million Year Girl track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be Firm"Max Sharam, Daniel Denholm, James D'Arcy [5] 3:47
2."Coma"Max Sharam [5] 3:43
3."Purple Flower"Max Sharam [5] 4:19
4."Lay Down" Melanie Safka [5] 4:01
5."Is it Okay if I Call You Mine?" Paul McCrane [5] 2:59
6."A Toast To ..."Max Sharam [5] 0:18
7."Jezu's Jewellery" (Backing vocals by Wendy Matthews )Max Sharam [5] 4:00
8."Hunting Ground"Max Sharam, Daniel Denholm [5] 4:29
9."Can I Catch Fire?"Max Sharam [5] 3:57
10."Alice"Max Sharam, Stevie Nicks, Hine [5] 4:34
11."Learning to Let Go"Max Sharam [5] 2:51
12."Raining Angels"Sharam, Giancarlo De Matteis [5] 4:11
13."Orchestra au Naturel"Sharam, John D'Arcy [5] 3:45
Total length:46:54

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for A Million Year Girl
Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 9

Year-end charts

1995 year-end chart performance for A Million Year Girl
Chart (1995)Rank
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 85

Certifications

Certifications for A Million Year Girl
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 24/10/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 245)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. "ARIA Awards – Max Sharam". ARIA . Retrieved 3 February 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Max Sharam: Album Review". ariel. May 1995. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BE FIRM
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1995 (page 2)". imgur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2022.