| Stepping Stones- The Best Of | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 5 March 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1998 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
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Stepping Stones is a greatest-hits album released by Australian artist Wendy Matthews in March 1999. The album peaked at number 4 on the Australian charts. A DVD collection featuring all the music videos was also released.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Got to Have You" | new recording | 3:50 | |
| 2. | "Friday's Child" |
| Lily | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Token Angels" | Émigré | 4:50 | |
| 4. | "The Day You Went Away" |
| Lily | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Standing Strong" |
| The Witness Tree | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" |
| Émigré | 3:27 |
| 7. | "Then I Walked Away" |
| Ghosts | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Beloved" |
| Ghosts | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Happy" |
| The Witness Tree | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Woman's Gotta Have It" |
| Émigré | 4:18 |
| 11. | "If Only I Could" |
| Lily | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Big" |
| Ghosts | 3:32 |
| 13. | "Love Will Keep Me Alive" |
| The Witness Tree | 4:15 |
| 14. | "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (Absent Friends featuring Wendy Matthews) | Here's Looking Up Your Address | 4:45 | |
| 15. | "These Streets" |
| new recording | 3:40 |
| 16. | "T.K.O." | Lily | 5:21 | |
| 17. | "O Happy Day" | Witness Tree | 4:48 | |
| 18. | "Quiet Art" |
| Lily | 5:51 |
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] | 4 |
| Chart (1999) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart [2] | 44 |
| Australian Artist Albums Chart | 10 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [3] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Wendy Joan Matthews is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter 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".
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