Reddest Red

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Reddest Red
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Studio album by Gyan
Released 12 October 1992 [1]
Gyan chronology
Gyan
(1989)		Reddest Red
(1992)		 The Invisible Bird
(2003)

Released in 1992, Reddest Red is the second album released by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan. Like her debut album, the record was produced by Charles Fisher.

Gyan Evans, who performs as Gyan is an Australian singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her musical career in the Sydney band Haiku before winning the 1986 grand final in the local version of the TV talent quest, Star Search. This led to a recording contract with Warner Music, which resulted in her October 1989 debut self-titled album. It peaked in the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart and provided, "Wait" (August), which reached the top 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990 she won the Best New Talent category.

Charles Fisher is an Australian record producer, often referred to as "The Song Doctor." He is widely known as the producer of Savage Garden's eponymous album which yielded 10 ARIAs in 1997. "I Want You", a single from the aforementioned album also won a Channel V award in India. He has also worked with Radio Birdman, Air Supply, Hoodoo Gurus, Olivia Newton-John, Gyan, Moving Pictures, 1927, Electric Pandas, Detective Red, Soul Decision, The Radiators, The Seekers, Deep Blue Something and Ace of Base.

Contents

Two singles were released from the album: "Something's Gotta Give" and "Visualize". The song "Will I With U" was later used in the film The Sum of Us and released on the soundtrack album to the film.

The Sum of Us is a play by David Stevens. It is the third play in his now completed A Currency Trilogy of which the first play is The Inn at the Beginning of the World. The second play is The Beast and the Beauty produced by the Old Mill Theatre, Perth, on 22 June 2012.

New Zealand musician Dave Dobbyn played guitar on the album and contributed backing vocals. The album was entirely self-penned, apart from "Something's Gotta Give" which was co-written with Tim Gaze of Rose Tattoo.

David Joseph Dobbyn is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he has released the majority of his recordings as a solo performer. He is also described as a 'national treasure' in New Zealand.

TimGaze is an Australian rock and blues guitarist, songwriter, singer and producer. He was a member of several Australian groups from the 1960s to 1990s including Tamam Shud, Kahvas Jute (1970), Ariel (1973–74) and Rose Tattoo (1985–87). He also had a solo music career and released the albums, Band on the Run, Rough Trade (1992), Blue Sierra (1996) and Blues Remedy (1998). In April 2008 he issued a retrospective compilation covering both his group and solo work, Reckless Love: the Tim Gaze Anthology.

Rose Tattoo Australian band

Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life". Their first four albums were produced by Harry Vanda and George Young who also worked with AC/DC. They disbanded in 1987, subsequently reforming briefly in 1993 to support Guns N' Roses on an Australian tour. They reassembled again from 1998 and have since released two more studio albums.

Track listing

All songs by Gyan except where noted.

  1. "Good News"
  2. "Something's Gotta Give" (Gyan/Tim Gaze)
  3. "Take From Me"
  4. "Visualize"
  5. "Mountain"
  6. "Rooms By The Sea"
  7. "Dancing on Doomsday"
  8. "I Don't Believe (Love Will Ever Die)"
  9. "Thing Called Love"
  10. "Reddest Red"
  11. "Will I With U"
  12. "Thought I Knew Myself"

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 105

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References

  1. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 12/10/92 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 141)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
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