Innocent Eyes (Delta Goodrem album)

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Innocent Eyes
Innocent Eyes cover
Studio album by Delta Goodrem
Released March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21) (Australia)
Recorded 2002-2003
Genre AC, piano pop, pop, pop rock,
Length 56:06
Label Epic
Producer Gary Barlow, John Fields, Matthew Gerrard, Delta Goodrem, Eliot Kennedy, David Nicholas, Rick Wake
Professional reviews
Delta Goodrem chronology
Innocent Eyes
(2003)		 Mistaken Identity
(2004)
Singles from Innocent Eyes
  1. "Born to Try"
    Released: November 8, 2002
  2. "Lost Without You"
    Released: February 28, 2003
  3. "Innocent Eyes"
    Released: June 6, 2003
  4. "Not Me, Not I"
    Released: September 12, 2003
  5. "Predictable"
    Released: November 28, 2003
  6. "Throw It Away"
    Released: 2004

Innocent Eyes is the first album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem, released in Australia on March 21, 2003 (see 2003 in music) by Epic Records. The album is a collection of piano-based pop and ballad tracks. Goodrem co-wrote most of the material, excluding "Throw It Away", "Lost Without You" and "Butterfly". It features two solely self-penned songs, "In My Own Time" and "Will You Fall for Me". Innocent Eyes debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums Chart making it her first number-one album[1] and all-together selling 4 million copies worldwide[2][3] (over a million being in Australia[4]). The album produced Goodrem five number-one singles with "Born to Try", Lost Without You, "Innocent Eyes", "Not Me, Not I" and "Predictable", giving her the record for becoming the first ever artist to have five number-one singles from a debut album.[5]

Contents

[edit] Content and lawsuit

Goodrem worked with a range of producers and songwriters, including the True North production and songwriting team Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Ric Wake (Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey), Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne), Matthew Gerrard (Mandy Moore, BB Mak), Vince Pizzinga (Midnight Oil, Danielle Spencer), David Nicholas (INXS, Elton John, George), The Rembrandts and Mark Holden. The album uses mostly live instruments as opposed to most pop acts who's backing music is created through the use of mainly synthesizers. Goodrem stated that "I wanted to make an album that reflected me at this time in my life", "Every song takes me to a place where I can remember what happened"[5]. She also stated "The album is almost like a diary I have been keeping over the last two years", "Every track has a meaning behind it that's personal to me. I have been looking forward to this day for a long time and I just hope that everyone likes the music as much as I loved making it"[5].

In 2004, Goodrem had been accused of owing thousands of dollars to songwriter Mark Holden. Holden wanted to clear up the terms of his contract with Goodrem and her record label Sony and requested all consultancy fees owed to him under the agreement[6]. She also faced legal action that same year with her former music producers Trevor Carter and Paul Higgins. They sued Goodrem and her parents over unpaid royalties and for the right to release a 13-track album recorded with Goodrem in 2000[6].

[edit] Chart performance and promotion

"Born to Try" was the first song off the album, released in Australia on November 8, 2002. At the time of the songs release, Goodrem was performing the song on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, as singer Nina Tucker. The song debuted on the Australian Singles Chart on November 18, 2002 at number three. On its second week the song jumped to number two and was accredited platinum by ARIA[7], by its third week the song had knocked "The Ketchup Song" by Las Ketchup off the top spot and became Goodrem's first number-one single[8]. The song eventually went to certify triple platinum[9], become the fourth highest selling single in Australia for 2003[10] and won three ARIA Awards for "Breakthrough Artist - Single", "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year"[11]. "Born to Try" also went number-one in New Zealand[12], top ten in the UK[12] and top twenty in Ireland[12] and The Netherlands[13]. "Lost Without You" was the second song release from the album, released to radio on February 14, 2003 and became the most added song to radio for that week[14]. It was released as a CD single on January 28, 2003 in Australia. The song gave Goodrem her second number-one single in Australia on March 10, 2003 debuting at number-one[15]. The song eventually went to certify double platinum[9], become the seventh highest selling single in Australia for 2003[10] and was nominated for one ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" but lost to herself with "Born to Try"[11]. "Lost Without You" also went top ten in New Zealand, Spain and the UK[16].

The album debuted at number-one on the Australian ARIA Albums Charts on March 31, 2003 with sales of over 70,000 copies, accrediting platinum[17] knocking Norah Jones's album Come Away with Me off the top spot. The album went to spend twenty-nine weeks at number-one breaking John Farnham's record with Whispering Jack (1986) which spent twenty-five weeks at number-one[18]. Innocent Eyes was then tied with Neil Diamond's album Hot August Night (1972) for spending the most weeks at number-one in Australian history[18]. Its accreditation reached to fourteen times platinum[19], the album became the highest selling album in Australia for 2003[20], spent eighty-seven weeks in the top one hundred and won six ARIA Awards for "Highest Selling Album", "Best Female Artist", "Breakthrough Artist - Album", "Best Pop Release" and Channel [V]'s "Oz Artist of the Year"[11]. In 2004 the album also won the award for "Highest Selling Album" again[11]. The album went to sell over million copies in Australia[4]. In the UK, the album debut in the charts at number two[21] being held off the top spot by Beyonce's album Dangerously in Love (2003). It spent thirty-one weeks in the top seventy-five[22], became the eighteenth highest selling album for 2003[23] and was certified double platinum selling 600,000 copies around the UK[24].

On April 17, 2003 it was announced that the third song released from the album was "Innocent Eyes" which was released as a CD single on June 6, 2003. The song debuted on Australian Singles Chart the charts at number two on June 16, 2003 and was accredited gold[25]. After three weeks in the charts it moved one spot up the charts and became Goodrem's third number-one hit single in Australia. The song went to certify platinum by ARIA[9], become the eighteenth highest selling single in Australia for 2003[10] and was nominated for one ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" but again lost to herself with "Born to Try"[11]. "Innocent Eyes" also went top ten in the UK[26] and went top twenty in New Zealand[26]. "Not Me, Not I" was the fourth song released from the album and was released in Australia on September 12, 2003. The music video for the song was directed by Michael Spiccia and was filmed in August 2003, Goodrem was determined to film the music video and to have it completed before she started her second round of chemotherapy because she says the song is her favourite track from the album[27]. The song made its debut on the Australian Singles Chart at number two and on its second week it went up one spot to number-one, making the single Goodrem's fourth number-one single, breaking Kylie Minogue's record of having the most songs released from an album to reach number-one. "Predictable" was the fifth song released from the album and was released as a double A-side with her version of the John Lennon Christmas song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". It saw the release to radio on November 25, 2003 and topped the airplay charts[28] and when it saw its physical release it became her fifth number-one single. "Throw It Away" was the sixth and final song from the album and was an only UK digital download. On December 23, 2003 it was announced that the one millionth copy of the album had been released to retail, the disc was specially marked by Sony and the buyer would receive a plaque commemorating the milestone[29].

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[1] 1
Austria Albums Chart[30] 27
Finland Albums Chart[31] 15
France Albums Chart[32] 39
Germany Albums Chart[22] 20
Ireland Albums Chart[22] 3
Netherlands Albums Chart[22] 39
New Zealand Albums Chart[22] 6
Norway Albums Chart[22] 12
Sweden Albums Chart[33] 48
Switzerland Albums Chart[34] 14
UK Albums Chart[22] 2
Chart Certification Sales
Australia ARIA 14× platinum[35] 1,000,000+[2]
Europe IFPI Platinum[36] 1,000,000
France IFPI — 30,000+[37]
Germany IFPI Gold 100,000+[38]
New Zealand RIANZ 3× platinum[39] 45,000+
UK BPI 2× platinum[24] 600,000+

[edit] Track listing

Standard edition

  1. "Born to Try" (Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira) – 4:13
  2. "Innocent Eyes" (Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga) – 3:53
  3. "Not Me, Not I" (Goodrem, Kara DioGuardi, Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Jarrad Rogers) – 4:25
  4. "Throw It Away" (Barlow, Kennedy, Cathy Dennis) – 3:52
  5. "Lost Without You" (Gerrard, Bridget Benenate) – 4:10
  6. "Predictable" (Goodrem, DioGuardi, Rogers) – 3:40
  7. "Butterfly" (Barlow, Kennedy, Tim Woodcock) – 4:00
  8. "In My Own Time" (Goodrem) – 4:06
  9. "My Big Mistake" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:44
  10. "This Is Not Me" (Goodrem, Pizzinga) – 4:29
  11. "Running Away" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:21
  12. "A Year Ago Today" (Goodrem, Mark Holden, Paul Wiltshire) – 4:13
  13. "Longer" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:53
  14. "Will You Fall for Me" (Goodrem) – 3:59
Deluxe edition DVD
  1. "Born to Try" (music video)
  2. "Lost Without You" (music video)
  3. "Born to Try" (live)
  4. "Born to Try" (behind the scenes)
  5. "Lost Without You" (behind the scenes)
  6. Delta in London (behind the scenes)

[edit] Personnel

  • Delta Goodrem - vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Mark Russell - production coordination
  • Mark Fields - arranger, keyboards, producer, engineer, string arrangements, bass, guitar
  • Matthew Gerrard - arranger, programming, producer, instrumentation
  • Gary Barlow - keyboards, programming, producer
  • Eliot Kennedy - producer, guitar
  • David Nicholas - producer, vocal engineer
  • Rick Wake - producer
  • Daniel Denholm - conductor, string arrangements
  • Mike Ruekberg - guitar (baritone)
  • Steve MacKay - guitar
  • Mark Punch - guitar
  • Phil Solem - guitar
  • Craig Myers - guitar
  • Jeremy Meek - bass guitar
  • Chris Cameron - string arrangements
  • Vince Pizzinga - cello arrangement
  • Ameena Khawaja- cello
  • Richard Sanford - piano
  • David Falzone - piano
  • Matt Mahaffey - keyboards, noise
  • Billy Hawn - percussion
  • Dorian Crozier - drums
  • Cathy Dennis - vocals (background)
  • Ami Richardson - vocals (background)
  • Bob Cadway - engineer
  • Chong Lim - vocal engineer
  • Jim Annunziatto - assistant engineer
  • Michael Brauer- mixing
  • Greg Calbi - mastering
  • Robbie Adams - assistant
  • Sam Story - assistant
  • Blair Simmons - assistant

[edit] References

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  6. ^ a b "Goodrem owes idol judge money". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved July 1, 2007.
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  10. ^ a b c "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2003". ARIA Charts. Retrieved July 6, 2007.
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  13. ^ "Born to Try @ top40-charts". top40-charts.com. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
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  20. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2003". ARIA Charts. Retrieved July 6, 2007.
  21. ^ "Issue Date: Saturday July 12th, 2003". acharts.us. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
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  31. ^ finnishcharts.com. Finland chart position. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
  32. ^ lesscharts.com. France chart position. Retrieved February 14, 2007.
  33. ^ swedishcharts.com. Sweden chart position. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  34. ^ [2] Swisscharts.com
  35. ^ ARIACharts.com. Certifications 2003. Retrieved September 11, 2006.
  36. ^ February 2004 - Platinum Europe Awards
  37. ^ Parcours Albums
  38. ^ Germany Platinum and Gold Awards
  39. ^ RIANZ. RIANZ Charts. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
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Come Away With Me by Norah Jones		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
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