The Captain (album)

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The Captain
Studio album by
Released17 May 1999 (Australia)[1]
5 June 2000 (US)
GenreCountry
Length42:13
LabelEMI (Australia)
Asylum (USA)
ProducerNash Chambers
Kasey Chambers chronology
The Captain
(1999)
Barricades & Brickwalls
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

The Captain is the solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers.[5] The Captain won the 1999 ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album. Prior to releasing this album, Chambers had performed more than a decade with her family's Dead Ringer Band, a popular Australian country music group. The title track was featured in "He Is Risen", an episode of The Sopranos, while "The Hard Way" was featured in the season 2 episode of Lost, "Two for the Road".

The album has been certified 3× platinum in Australia.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Kasey Chambers, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Cry Like a Baby"03:58
2."The Captain"04:37
3."This Flower"02:47
4."You Got the Car"04:03
5."These Pines"03:59
6."Don't Talk Back"04:45
7."Southern Kind of Life"03:59
8."Mr. Baylis"03:47
9."The Hard Way"02:52
10."The Last Hard Bible"02:20
11."Don't Go" (K. Chambers, Worm Werchon)02:58
12."We're All Gonna Die Someday" (K. Chambers, Werchon, Bill Chambers, Paul Henning)02:08
Special limited Edition Bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."I Still Pray" 
2."Dam" 
3."Freight Train" 
4."Water in the Fuel" 
5."Another Lonely Day" 
6."Better Be Home Soon" 
7."Heartbreak Heartmend" (with Paul Kelly) 

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1999-2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 11
Australian Country Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 49

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2000) Position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 41
Chart (2001) Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[8] 4
Chart (2002) Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[9] 5
Chart (2003) Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[10] 14

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] 3× Platinum 210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ariaNET New Releases! – Available from 17th May 1999 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 481)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "The Captain - Kasey Chambers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (6 January 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ "Kasey Chambers: The Captain". Music.
  6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Kasey Chambers – The Captain". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ^ "2000 ARIA ALBUMS CHART". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. ^ "2001 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ "2002 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b "2003 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.