Brave is the debut solo studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano, after her previous collaborative album with Wendy Matthews. It was her first solo foray into pop after two previously more adult-oriented albums.[1] The album was released in early 1989 by Regular Records. ARIA has certified the album for triple platinum sales in Australia.
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| Released | 4 August 1989 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Mushroom | |||
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Album history
editA mix of contemporary pop and dance tracks and soul covers, Brave became a major success on the Australian albums chart, firmly establishing Ceberano as one of Australia's premier artists, and would become the most commercially successful album of her solo career.
Brave was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Australian Album - making Ceberano the first female solo artist to be nominated for this award.[2] Brave also established Ceberano's role as a chameleon of sorts, following on from successful jazz and adult-oriented releases, Brave also seemed to, in part, pay homage to her dance roots as a vocalist in Australian band I'm Talking.
Two tracks, "Young Boys Are My Weakness" and "Obsession", were recorded with Phil Harding and Ian Curnow at PWL Studios, with Harding recalling, "for us to work with such a great singer was an unusual treat."[3]
The album spawned a succession of four top 40 singles; "Bedroom Eyes", "Love Dimension", "Brave"/"Young Boys Are My Weakness" and "That's What I Call Love", all of which achieved strong rotation on Australian radio and helped propel the album to triple platinum status.[4]
Brave went on to become the fifth highest selling album of 1989 by a local artist on the ARIA Albums Chart. It reached a peak of number 2 on the Australian albums chart.
Overall sales placed it as the 20th highest selling album of 1989 in Australia.[5]
Track listing
edit- Side one
- Side two
- "Bedroom Eyes"
- "That's What I Call Love"
- "Higher Ground"
- "Obsession"
- "Changing with the Years"
Charts
editThe album debuted and peaked at number 2 on 3 September 1989.
Weekly chart
edit| Chart (1989/90) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 2 |
Year-end chart
edit| Chart (1989) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 20 |
| Chart (1990) | Position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 74 |
Certification
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[8] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Kate Ceberano - Brave". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Awards Best Australian Album nominees". ARIA. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 20: A Detour With Harding & Curnow Part 1 on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Ceberano, Kate (2014). I'm Talking. Sydney, Australia: Hachette. ISBN 978-0-7336-3023-1.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1989". ARIA. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Kate Ceberano – Brave". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "1989 ARIA Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ a b "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 50)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA) N.B. the triangle symbol indicates platinum certification, with the superscript representing the level of platinum achieved. Retrieved 4 April 2017.