O Vertigo!

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O Vertigo!
Kate Miller Heidke O Vertigo.png
Album artwork for O Vertigo!
Studio album by Kate Miller-Heidke
Released 14 March 2014
Recorded October–November 2013 at The Shed Studios in Canterbury, Melbourne
Genre Pop, rock
Length47:19
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer John Castle
Kate Miller-Heidke chronology
Nightflight
(2012)		O Vertigo!
(2014)		 The Best of Kate Miller-Heidke: Act One
(2016)
Singles from O Vertigo!
  1. "Drama"
    Released: 14 February 2014
  2. "Sing to Me"
    Released: 25 July 2014
  3. "Offer It Up"
    Released: 8 September 2014

O Vertigo! is the fourth solo album by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke.

Kate Miller-Heidke Australian singer

Kate Miller-Heidke is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. Although classically trained, she has followed a career in alternative pop music. She was signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but is now an independent artist. She will represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Background

After Miller-Heidke released three albums on Sony Music, she decided to leave the record company. She described the record company as a "corporate juggernaut". She explained in an interview that she didn't like the team she had and she felt like she needed to be in total control. To create her fourth album, Miller-Heidke used Pledge Music. Pledge Music uses crowdfunding by providing fans with items that would elsewhere be unavailable. For example, Miller-Heidke's Pledge Music page featured items such as being on the guest list of every one of Kate Miller-Heidke's concert or having Miller-Heidke call you on your birthday. Miller-Heidke's Pledge Funding venture was highly successful with Miller-Heidke breaking crowd-funding records. As of 4 February 2014, Miller-Heidke has received 209% of her set goal. With every purchase on her Pledge Music page, fans receive a download of the album on the release date as well as an exclusive live album recorded on her Heavenly Sounds tour, which includes several live versions of tracks on the album. With every purchase, Miller-Heidke stated that a portion would go to protecting the Great Barrier Reef. O Vertigo! is the fastest selling crowd funded project in Australian history. [1] [2]

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over US$34 billion was raised worldwide by crowdfunding.

Great Barrier Reef Coral reef system off the east coast of Australia, World Heritage Site

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. CNN labelled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.

Miller-Heidke recorded the album from October to November 2013 with producer/engineer John Castle and mixer Cenzo Townshend in Melbourne. [3] After recording the album, Miller-Heidke signed a distribution deal with independent label Cooking Vinyl to release the album in Australia, Europe, and Asia. [4] Miller-Heidke self-released the album in North America. [5] [6]

Cooking Vinyl music label in the UK

Cooking Vinyl is a UK independent record company, based in Acton, London. Founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman while Rob Collins holds the position of managing director. The company focuses on artist service based deals where the artist retains ownership of their copyrights

Critical reception

O Vertigo! was well received by Australian online and print music commentators. Most reviews recognised that it was a successful musical statement taking Kate Miller-Heidke in a new direction.

The Cairns Post 's Jacqueline Le described the album as a "fitting description of the 32-year-old’s musical journey." [7] themusic.com.au's Daniel Cribb praised the album, saying "Anyone who pledged to the Oh, Vertigo! crowd-funding campaign can rest assured that their money was put to good use as, with a clear headspace and support from fans, Miller-Heidke has found a healthy blend of the quirky elements of 2008's Curiouser and more serious nature of 2012's Nightflight." [8]

<i>The Cairns Post</i>

The Cairns Post is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland, Australia, that exclusively serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health, beauty, cars and lifestyle. The Cairns Post is published every weekday and a weekend edition which is called The Weekend Post which is published on Saturdays.

Other reviews stated: "It’s a stunning collection that demonstrates exactly why she’s one of our most exciting musicians." [9] "O Vertigo! delivers everything we have come to expect from a Kate Miller-Heidke album: impressive vocals, unique style and a willingness to push the musical boundaries to create a fun and quirky album." [10] "Kate Miller-Heidke is an example of true success... Kate outdid herself with this album and we cannot wait to see where she goes from here." [11] "There are so many things to like about this record. Even if you’re a little put off by the impressive but admittedly still kinda dorky soprano gymnastics, Kate Miller-Heidke has covered such an expansive surface area of the current pop landscape on O Vertigo! that without any pandering, there’s something for everyone. Her flawless delivery and world-weathered yet unbreakable confidence shine on this collection with a vision that we may never have seen come to fruition at Sony. She took a big risk, but O Vertigo! is in itself the even bigger reward she richly deserves." [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Offer It Up"3:45
2."Yours Was The Body"3:22
3."O Vertigo!"3:16
4."Share Your Air" (featuring Passenger)3:35
5."Rock This Baby to Sleep"3:10
6."Jimmy"3:30
7."What Was I to You?"3:38
8."Sing To Me"3:37
9."Drama" (featuring Drapht)2:44
10."Lose My Shit"4:12
11."Ghost" (featuring Megan Washington)3:37
12."Bliss"3:59
13."I'm Jealous" (live)4:54

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
ARIA Albums Chart4
ARIA Australian Albums3

Awards and nominations

The album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014 but lost to Neil Finn & Paul Kelly's Goin' Your Way .

The ARIA Music Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."

ARIA Music Awards of 2014

The 28th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2014 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre, and was telecast by Network Ten.

Neil Finn New Zealand musician

Neil Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. With his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz, a project that he joined after it was initially founded by Tim and others, and then became the frontman for Crowded House. He has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide project; contributor Ed O'Brien, also guitarist for Radiohead, has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of great songs".

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References

  1. ↑ "Kate Miller-Heidke's fans pay for album before recording". news.com.au. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kate Miller-Heidke reflects on new album and coming to the central west". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ↑ O Vertigo! (signed copy) at JB Hi-Fi
  4. ↑ "Cooking Vinyl Australia announce partnership with Kate Miller-Keidke". All Aussie Hip-Hop. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "O Vertigo! Kate Miller-Heidke". iTunes USA. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "O Vertigo! Kate Miller-Heidke". iTunes Canada. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Le, Jacqueline (15 March 2014). "Music review: Kate Miller-Heidke hits the right notes on O Vertigo!". The Cairns Post: Entertainment. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  8. ↑ Cribb, Daniel. "Album Reviews: Kate Miller-Heidke - O Vertigo!". themusic.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Neutze, Ben (11 March 2014). "Kate Miller Heidke – O Vertigo! album review". Crikey.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Birnie, Ali. "Kate Miller-Heidke : O Vertigo!". Beat. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ↑ Silvester, Ailish (7 April 2014). "Kate Miller-Heidke – O VERTIGO! Album Review". Starving Kids. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ↑ Fitz-Bugden, Angus (22 March 2014). "Album Review: Kate Miller-Heidke - O Vertigo!". Renowned for Sound. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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