The Flame (Gina Jeffreys album)

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The Flame
The Flame by Gina Jeffreys.jpg
Studio album by
Gina Jeffreys
ReleasedAugust 1994 (Australia)
RecordedSydney, Australia
Genre Country
Length51.02
Label ABC Music
Producer Garth Porter
Gina Jeffreys chronology
The Flame
(1994)		 Up Close
(1996)

The Flame is the debut studio album by Australian country singer Gina Jeffreys. It was released in 1994 and it was the first album by an Australian female country singer to be certified gold. [1] It was later certified platinum in 1997. [2]

Contents

The album was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995. [3]

Jeffreys dedicated the album to her parents.

Background

After releasing her first single "Slipping Away" through BMG Music, Jeffreys signed a record deal with ABC Music, and released her first single for the label "Two Stars Fell" in 1993. The song went straight to No.1 on the country charts. [4] The song won the 'Female Vocalist of the Year' award at the 1994 Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia. [5] Jeffrey recorded a full album and it was released in 1994 and won the 'Female Vocalist of the Year' again in 1995 with the song "Girls’ Night Out".

Track listing

Standard Edition (PLU: 991264):
  1. "Girls’ Night Out" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:12)
  2. "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" (featuring Lee Kernaghan) (Bob Wills) (2:59)
  3. "Standing Too Close To The Flame" (Jim Stewart, Gloria Sklerov) (3:48)
  4. "Last Night I Dreamed Of Loving You" (Hugh Moffatt) (3:19)
  5. "Rocking Chair" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates, Rod McCormack) (4:03)
  6. "I Don’t Want To Be Alone Tonight" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates, Rod McCormack) (4:03)
  7. "Getting Used To Getting Over You" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:10)
  8. "I Do My Crying At Night" (Lefty Frizzell, Sanger D. Shafer, A.L. Owens) (2:21)
  9. "Affairs Of The Heart" (Kirk Lorange) (3:33)
  10. "She Knows" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates) (3:54)
  11. "Men" (feat. Tania Kernaghan)(Robert Byrne, Alan Schulman) (3:36)
  12. "Wildflower" (Gina Jeffreys, David Bates) (2:52)
  13. "I Don’t Want Tonight To Be Over" Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:39)
  14. "Distant Star" (Gina Jeffreys, David Bates) (2:58)
  15. "Two Stars Fell" (Jim Robertson) (3:33) Bonus Track
1995 Re-release 2CD Bonus Tracks
  1. "Didn’t We Shine" (J. Winchester, D. Schlitz) (3:52)
  2. "Nothing But a Child" (Steve Earle) (3:51)
  3. "Mercedez Benz" (Michael McClure) (3:27)
  4. "You're No Good" (Clint Ballard, Jr. ) (2:26)
  5. "If This is Love" (Steele, Farren) (3:27)
  6. "The One I Love" (M. McClellan) (1:07)
  7. "I’m Getting Over You" (B. Cadd) (3:17)

Charts

Chart (1994–97)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 77

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Platinum70,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

The album was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 but lost to ‘’Beyond the Dancing’’ by Troy Cassar-Daley. [8]

Personnel

Adapted from album liner. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Cole, Beccy (2015). Poster Girl. Australia: Hachette Australia. ISBN   9780733632587.
  2. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "ARIA awards search - Gina Jeffreys". www.ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Artist Gina Jeffreys". Artist Network. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Golden Guitar Award Winners 1990". www.country.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 144.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "History by year – 1995". ARIAawards.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. ↑ The Flame (CD). Gina Jeffreys. ABC Music. 1994.CS1 maint: others (link)
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