She (Wendy Matthews album)

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She
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Studio album by
Released8 November 2008
Recorded2007−08
Genre Pop
Label Barking Bear Records
Wendy Matthews chronology
The Essential Wendy Matthews
(2007)
She
(2008)
The Welcome Fire
(2013)
Singles from She
  1. "Fallen Angels"
    Released: 2008

She is the eighth studio album released by Australian singer Wendy Matthews in November 2008. [1] She is a collection of personal favourite songs by women who have inspired her over the years, songs by Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Chrissie Hynde, Joni Mitchell and Buffy Sainte-Marie. This is her first independent album on her own "Barking Bear Records" label. [2]

Australia Country in Oceania

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

Wendy Joan Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian singer who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including "Token Angels", "Let's Kiss ", "The Day You Went Away" and "Friday's Child" with Top 20 albums, You've Always Got the Blues, Émigré, Lily, The Witness Tree and her compilation, Stepping Stones. She has won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane she provides "extraordinary, crystal-clear vocals [...] a soulfulness that was the mark of a truly gifted singer".

Contents

Review

Track listing

  1. Fallen Angels – 3:48 (Buffy Sainte-Marie from Coincidence and Likely Stories
  2. Cherokee Louise – 4:23 (Joni Mitchell from Night Ride Home)
  3. Four Strong Winds – 4:02 (Ian and Sylvia, Four_Strong_Winds)
  4. She – 3:38 (Emmylou Harris from Luxury Liner)
  5. 'Til You Come Back To Me – 3:02 (Aretha Franklin, Until You Come Back to Me)
  6. Kid – 3:57 (The Pretenders, from Pretenders_(album))
  7. Silverblue – 3:03 (Linda Ronstadt from Prisoner in Disguise)
  8. Fruits Of My Labour – 3:41 (Lucinda Williams from World Without Tears)
  9. Faithless Love – 3:28 (Linda Ronstadt from Heart Like a Wheel)
  10. 99 Pounds – 2:47 (Ann Peebles from Straight from the Heart)
  11. Life Is A Red Wagon – 4:17 (Jane Siberry from Bound by the Beauty)
  12. Home – 3:28 (Bonnie Raitt from Sweet Forgiveness)

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References

  1. "She by Wendy Matthews". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "She by Wendy Matthews". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2016.