You've Always Got the Blues

You've Always Got the Blues
Soundtrack album by Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews
Released	17 June 1988
Genre	Pop, folk, world, country
Label	ABC Records
Producer	Martin Armiger
Kate Ceberano chronology
Kate Ceberano and her Septet (1987) You've Always Got the Blues (1988) Brave (1989)
Wendy Matthews chronology
You've Always Got the Blues (1998) Émigré (1990)

You've Always Got The Blues

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"You've Always Got The Blues"	Mickey Newberry	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	4:20
2.	"Guilty (Through Neglect)"	DD Smash, Dave Dobbyn	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	4:18
3.	"Back From the Dead"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	3:53
4.	"The Danger Zone"	Curtis Mayfield	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:18
5.	"Stringer"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:54
6.	"Sing to Me"	Don Walker	Kate Ceberano	3:33
7.	"The Girl in the Picture"	Don Walker, Steve Prestwich	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	3:48
8.	"3 = 2 + 1 (Shame)"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:50
9.	"Cry Me a River"	Arthur Hamilton	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:47
10.	"Don't You Take It Too Bad"	Townes Van Zandt	Wendy Matthews, Martin Armiger	4:03
11.	"Young Love"	Joy Smithers, Martin Armiger, Rob Grosser	Joy Smithers	3:45
12.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern	Wendy Matthews, Kate Ceberano	2:26

Charts

The album debuted and peaked at number No. 7 on 26 June 1988 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum in Australia. ^[4]

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6]	35

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Musicians

• Tony Buchanan – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Graham Jesse – horns
• Kate Ceberano  – vocals
• Wendy Matthews  – vocals
• Joy Smithers  – vocals ("Young Love")
• Joe Creighton – bass
• Ricky Fataar  – drums
• Ken Francis – guitar ("The Girl in the Picture", "Young Love")
• Rex Goh  – guitar
• Martin Armiger  – keyboards, vocals ("Don't You Take It Too Bad")
• Andrew Thomas Wilson – hammond organ ("Guilty (Through Neglect)", "Stringer")
• Kenny Kitchings – pedal steel guitar
• Max Lambert – piano
• Col Loughnan  – tenor saxophone
• Paul Panici – trumpet, flugelhorn

Production

• Producer – Martin Armiger
• Recording, Mixing – Mike Stavrou
• Mastering – Don Bartley

References

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156239/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4 ^{[ user-generated source ]}
2. Daly, Mike (5 May 1988), "Bailey KOs cultural cringe", The Age
3. Ceberano, Kate (2014). I'm Talking. Sydney, Australia: Hachette. ISBN   978-0-7336-3023-1.
4. "You've Always Got the Blues | CD & DVD Music, Music Genres, Pop/Rock : JB HI-FI". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
5. "Australiancharts.com – Wendy Matthew and Kate Ceberano – You've Always Got the Blues". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
6. "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart".
7. "Headline Acts Kate Ceberano". westsidetalent. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.