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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Mandrill Studios [1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | CBS [2] [3] | |||
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Waretini is an album by Deane Waretini which features his hit single "The Bridge".
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Mandrill Studios [1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | CBS [2] [3] | |||
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Waretini is an album by Deane Waretini which features his hit single "The Bridge".
The Album was released by CBS in 1981. [4] The single, "The Bridge" which is on track 1, side 1 of the album [5] was the biggest New Zealand single of the year and the first for a song in Maori language to be at the top of the charts. [6] It also charted in Australia. [7] By July 26, 1981, the album was at no 13 in the New Zealand album charts. [8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Bridge" | Nini Rosso, George Tait | 3:30 |
| 2. | "The Wonder Of You" | Baker Knight | 2:29 |
| 3. | "Ethos" | S. Myers / Tait | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Growing Old" | Brian Holiday | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Po Ata Rau" | Traditional | 2:27 |
| 6. | "Little Darlin'" | Maurice Williams | 1:52 |
| 7. | "Rags To Riches" | Richard Adler / Jerry Ross | 1:59 |
| 8. | "Concern" | G. Last / Tait | 2:51 |
| 9. | "All Those Nights" | S. O'Neill | 2:35 |
| 10. | "Circumstances" | Julio Iglesias / G. Belfiore / M. Balducci / Arcusa / Tait | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Luchenbach Texas" | Bobby Emmons / Chips Moman | 3:00 |
| 12. | "Gentleness" | Banov, Cook / Tait | 3:07 |
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