Edge (Daryl Braithwaite album)
| Edge | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 4, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | May 1988, Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 54:15 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Simon Hussey | |||
| Daryl Braithwaite chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Edge is an album by Daryl Braithwaite. It was recorded between April-September 1988 and released in November 1988. It reached No. 1 on the Australian ARIA Charts[2] for 3 weeks in 1989.
Braithwaite toured the album across Australia and New Zealand in 1989 and the album was certified 3x platinum in October 1989.[3]
Simon Hussey was nominated for Producer of the Year for Edge at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, but lost to Age of Reason.
Track listing
- "As the Days Go By" (Ian Thomas) – 4:04
- "You Could Be Wrong" (Simon Hussey) – 3:22
- "All I Do" (Thomas) – 4:06
- "Let Me Be" (Hussey, David Reyne) – 5:36
- "Sugar Train" (Jef Scott) – 3:42
- "Down Down" (Scott) – 4:37
- "In My Life" (Chris Doheny) – 5:08
- "Edge (Instrumental)" (Jef Scott, Simon Hussey) – 0:34
- "I Don't Remember" (Peter Gabriel) – 4:09
- "One Summer" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:43
- "It's All in the Music" (Braithwaite, Garth Porter) – 3:40
- "All The Same" (Hussey, Lisa Bade, Mark Greig) – 3:57
- "Up-Out" (Andy Cichon, Braithwaite, Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Hussey) – 3:58
- "Pretending to Care" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:39
Personnel
- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
- Andy Cichon – bass
- Jef Scott – guitars, keyboards, additional backing vocals, additional drumming
- John Watson – drums
- Simon Hussey – keyboards, producer
- Scott Griffiths – keyboards
- John Farnham – additional backing vocals
- Glenn Braithwaite – additional backing vocals
- David Hussey - additional drumming
- Brett Kingman - guitar (on track "Up-Out")
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1988 | CBS | CD | 462625 2 |
| Australia | 1988 | CBS | LP | 462625 1 |
| Australia | 1988 | CBS | Cassette | 462625 4 |
Chart positions
Weekly charts
| Chart (1988/89) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 1 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] | 14 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 24 |
Year-end charts
| Year-end charts (1989) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 5 |
Singles
| Release date | Single | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] |
NZ [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] | ||
| September 1988 | As the Days Go By | 11 | 49 | — | — |
| October 1988 | All I Do | 23 | — | — | — |
| January 1989 | One Summer | 8 | — | 5 | 4 |
| April 1989 | Let Me Be | 26 | — | — | — |
| July 1989 | Sugar Train | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country | |||||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[11] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
|
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
See also
List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s
References
- ^ ""Edge" by Daryl Braithwaite". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Six Moons (CD). Daryl Braithwaite. Sony Music Australia. 1994.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Australiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". charts.org.nz. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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