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"Albertine" is artist/songwriter Brooke Fraser's eighth single, and her third from her second studio album Albertine. The single includes two B-sides: a live version of "C.S. Lewis Song" recorded live at Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland, as well as a demo version of "Faithful". This demo version is the same version that was a bonus track on the digital download release of the Albertine album. The song was Fraser's first single not to chart on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
[edit] Background
The story behind the song is often talked about in interviews (mostly due to it being the title track of her second album), and Fraser wrote at length about the song in the album liner notes of her Albertine album. The song is about an orphan that Fraser met while travelling in Rwanda for the first time in June 2005. Her guide took her to a village school in Kabuga district, and showed her a girl whose life the guide had personally saved. The girl, named Albertine, is described as tall and beautiful by Fraser. Her guide then requested that Fraser write a song about the girl and name it after her. Fraser then wrote the song after returning to Australia after the trip.[1][2][3]
[edit] Music video
Brooke Fraser in the music video for Albertine
The music video for Albertine was shot in May 2007 in Rwanda. Fraser posted a blog entry in her official MySpace blog while en route to Rwanda from Johannesburg. In this entry, she stated:
| “ |
I'm en route to Rwanda, ready to be ruined afresh and hopefully be a blessing to the people there amidst the "work" element of the trip... shooting some footage for a special thing I can reveal at a later date...[4] |
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Later, on July 15 the video for the song was released on Brooke Fraser's official YouTube account.[5] It shows mostly face shots at the start of the video interspersed with pictures of children from Rwanda, before finally showing Fraser walk along a bridge as Rwandan people walk by.
[edit] Track listing
| # |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Duration |
| 1. |
"Albertine (Album Version)" |
Fraser, Brooke |
3:57 |
| 2. |
"C.S. Lewis Song (Live)" |
Fraser, Brooke |
5:12 |
| 3. |
"Faithful (Demo)" |
Fraser, Brooke |
3:58 |
[edit] References
- ^ ""WE INTERVIEW BROOKE FRASER"". NZGirl. 2006-12-05. http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/articles/7224. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ ""INTERVIEW: BROOKE FRASER"". Jess O'Connor. http://www.radiochick.co.nz/AllChicks/Interviews/BrookeFraser.aspx. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ Album "Albertine" liner notes. 2006.
- ^ blog.myspace.com/brookefraser "I Have A Secret (oooo!)" (2007-05-09). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
- ^ ""Brooke Fraser - Albertine video"". Albertine2006. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGx-xU6TnU8. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
