Sweet Life (album)

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Sweet Life
Sweet Life by Renee Geyer.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1999 (1999-03)
Genre
Length46:44 [1]
Label Capitol Records / EMI Music
Producer Joe Camilleri, Paul Kelly
Renée Geyer chronology
The Best of Renee Geyer 1973-1998
(1998)
Sweet Life
(1999)
Tenderland
(2003)
Singles from Sweet Life
  1. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Cake and the Candle"
    Released: 1999

Sweet Life is the tenth studio album by Australian soul and R&B singer Renée Geyer. The album was released in March 1999 and peaked at number 50 on the ARIA Charts.

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop and electronic music.

Renée Geyer Australian singer

Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and "Say I Love You" in the 1980s. Geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, the album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. [2]

The 13th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 12 October 1999 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Hosted by Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and presenters, including Mel C of the Spice Girls, Tina Cousins, Fiona Horne and former Countdown host Ian "Molly" Meldrum, distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year being Powderfinger with four awards.

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."

Track listing

  1. "Best Times" (Renée Geyer, Kenneth Crouch) – 4:47
  2. "Heaven (The Closest I'll Get)" (Geyer, John Clifforth) – 4:47
  3. "You Broke a Beautiful Thing" (Paul Kelly) – 5:17
  4. "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (featuring CBD) (Jerry Ross, Kenneth Gamble, Danny Williams) – 3:22
  5. "From Now On" (Geyer, John Clifforth, Michael den Elzen) – 4:27
  6. "Play Me" (featuring Paul Kelly) (Kelly) – 4:13
  7. "Knowing You Were Loved" (Peter Milton Walsh) – 4:30
  8. "Cake and the Candle" (Kelly) – 4:12
  9. "Don't Be So Sad" (Geyer, Clifforth) – 4:50
  10. "Killer Lover" (Kelly) – 4:27
  11. "My Back Room" (Dan Warner, Dror Erez) – 3:25

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
scope="row"Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 50

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
AustraliaMarch 1999
Standard Mushroom Records MUSH33214.2

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References

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  2. "ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album". ARIA. 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "Australiancharts.com – Renée Geyer – Sweet Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2017.