Tailwind (album)

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Tailwind
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Studio album by
Released2009 (2009)(Australia)
RecordedAustralia
Genre Country roots
Length62:25
Label Warner Music Australia
Producer Herm Kovac
Harmony James chronology
Tailwind EP
(2007)
Tailwind
(2009)
Handfuls of Sky
(2012)
Singles from Tailwind
  1. "Fly"
    Released: 2009
  2. "Precious Little"
    Released: 2009
  3. "Pretty"
    Released: 2010
  4. "Good Enough"
    Released: 2010
  5. "Painted Pony"
    Released: 2011
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Tailwind is the debut studio album of Australian singer songwriter Harmony James.

Contents

The songs were inspired in the time Harmony spent alone in the Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory.[ citation needed ]

Tailwind was re released in 2012 through Warner Music Australia which included two bonus tracks one being a cover of the Oasis (band) song "Don't Look Back in Anger".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harmony James, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Come on Back To Me"03:08
2."Tailwind"03:23
3."Fly"03:45
4."Drifter (Pfrimmer/Jordan)"03:22
5."Painted Pony"02:33
6."Precious Little"03:29
7."Good Enough"03:15
8."Send Down An Angel (Moorer/Primm)"03:42
9."Somebody Stole My Horse"04:32
10."Pretty"03:01
11."The Only Good Thing"03:40
12."Cold Cold Rage"03:36
13."Some People Give (with Kevin Bennett)"03:50
14."The Way That I Felt"03:15
15."Home"03:32
16."Call of the Currawong"03:51
17."Don't Look Back in Anger (Noel Gallagher) (BONUS EDITION)"03:55
18."The Next Big Thing (BONUS EDITION)"02:25

Produced and engineered by Herm Kovac [2]

Personnel

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r699322
  2. "Herm Kovac Productions". Ramrod Studio. Retrieved 21 April 2020.