Handfuls of Sky

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Handfuls of Sky
Handfuls of Sky album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2012 (2012-01)(Australia)
RecordedAustralia
Genre Country roots
Length43:20
Label Warner Music Australia
Producer Herm Kovac
Harmony James chronology
Tailwind
(2009)
Handfuls of Sky
(2012)
Cautionary Tales
(2014)
Singles from Handfuls of Sky
  1. "Pride"
    Released: 2011
  2. "Don't Say It"
    Released: 2012
  3. "Emmylou's Guitar"
    Released: 2012
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Handfuls of Sky is the second studio album from Australian singer songwriter Harmony James, first released on a major label, Warner Music Australia.

Contents

The album features contributions by Troy Cassar Daley, Bill Chambers and The McClymonts.

Kim Cheshire from Country Update magazine wrote "The songwriting and vocals are much more mature and assured, the production warmer and a little more adventurous, and there's absolutely nothing here that's going to sway me from my opening salvo, she's still the best country songwriter we’ve got and as far as I can see she's still racing way ahead of the pack".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harmony James

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Say It"3:25
2."Emmylou's Guitar"4:04
3."Great Grey Cloud"4:08
4."Pride"3:25
5."Flying Too Close to the Sun"3:19
6."Wait This Long"3:31
7."Reach For You with Shane Nicholson"3:25
8."Fires of Hell"3:06
9."Hauling Cane"4:09
10."So Long"3:43
11."Roll With It"4:10
12."The Girl You See"2:57

Produced and engineered by Herm Kovac. [1]

Personnel

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