What a Life (Adam Brand album)

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What a Life
What a Life by Adam Brand.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2006
RecordedSound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country
Length51:27 [1]
Label Compass Brothers, Sony Music Australia
Adam Brand chronology
Christmas in Australia
(2005)
What a Life
(2006)
Blame It on Eve
(2008)

What a Life is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist Adam Brand. The album was released in August 2006 and peaked at number 28 on the ARIA charts. It was certified gold in 2006.

Contents

The album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 [2] This is Brand's fourth ARIA Award nomination in this category.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kinda Like It"Adam Brand, David Lee Murphy 3:12
2."Open Ended Heartache" Travis Meadows 4:03
3."Life Will Bring You Home"Brand, Michael Carr4:15
4."Party Till the Money's All Gone"Brand, Murphy2:48
5."Can't Live Without Your Love"Brand, Bobby Terry3:29
6."That Changes Everything"Tony Lane4:03
7."My Boots" 3:59
8."The Bug"Jess Leary, Andy Karg, Rich Karg3:10
9."Cigarettes and Whiskey" 3:38
10."What a Life" 4:43
11."Settle Down" 3:24
12."Drive It Till the Wheels Fall Off"Brand, Terry3:44
13."The Lucky One"Meadows6:59
14."Open Ended Heartache" (video clip)Meadows3:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 28
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
Australia (ARIA) Country Albums Chart [5] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [6] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
AustraliaAugust 2006StandardCompass Brothers, Sony Music Australia 024CDCB

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