Rise (Daryl Braithwaite album)
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Rise is an album by Daryl Braithwaite released in November 1990. The album reached No. 3 on the Australian ARIA Charts.[1] It was the best-selling album in Australia in 1991.[2] The album sold over 300,000 copies in Australia.[3]
Braithwaite was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Male Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1991 for Rise, but lost to Chain Reaction by John Farnham.
Braithwaite commenced a national tour on 26 December 1990 in Warrnambool.[4]
Although this album was not officially released in the U.S., it includes what would become Braithwaite's biggest stateside hit, "Higher Than Hope", which reached number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100. The tune appeared as the title track for a compilation album, Higher Than Hope, which was released to the American market in 1991.[5]
The album was certified 4x platinum in Australia in 2016.
This album was written based on his travel to China as a tourist, in 1989.
Track listing
- "Rise" (P. Read, D. McCarthy)
- "Nothing to Lose" (Mike Caen, Steve Bull)
- "Modern Times" (Roger Hart, Paul Bell)
- "Ghost There Waiting" (Jef Scott)
- "Waters Rising" (Simon Hussey)
- "Higher Than Hope" (Simon Hussey, Daryl Braithwaite)
- "Don't Hold Back Your Love" (D. Tyson, R. Page, G. O'Brien)
- "The Horses" (Rickie Lee Jones, Walter Becker)
- "Where the Famous Came Out to Play" (Jef Scott)
- "I Can See Higher Than Before" (Daryl Braithwaite)
- "Poverty Dancing" (Phil Manikiza)
- "Goodbye Blue Sky" (Simon Hussey, James Reyne)
Personnel
- Daryl Braithwaite – vocals, harmonica on "Waters Rising", Hammond Leslie organ on "Higher than Hope"[6]
- Simon Hussey – keyboards, electric piano, nylon string acoustic guitar (tracks 5 and 12), drum machine (tracks 5–7, 9, and 12), synth bass (tracks 5 and 6), Hammond organ and brass arrangements on "Higher than Hope" (track 6), producer
- Jef Scott – acoustic guitars, electric guitars; bass (tracks 1, 10–12), mandolin (tracks 1 and 5), Dobro (tracks 5, 7, and 9), backing vocals (track 9)
- Andy Cichon – bass (tracks 2, 3, and 5–7)[6]
- John Watson – drums (all tracks except 9 and 10)
- Scott Griffiths – keyboards (tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, and 11), piano (tracks 7 and 8), Hammond organ (tracks 7, 9, and 10), orchestral introduction (track 11)
- "The Brasstards" (tracks 2 and 6)
- Tommy Emmanuel – electric guitars (tracks 1 and 8)
- Alex Pertout – percussion (tracks 1, 7, and 8), tuned percussion (tracks 5 and 12), tambourine (track 11)
- Dino Baptiste – harmonica (track 1)
- Jeremy Alsop – bass (track 8)
- Chuck Hargreaves – acoustic guitars (track 12)
- John Farnham – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10, and 12)
- Graeme Strachan – backing vocals (track 2)
- Margaret Urlich – backing vocals (track 8)
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Australia | 1990 | CBS | CD | 467675 2 |
Chart positions
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Weekly charts
Chart (1990–92) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 3 |
Year-end charts
Year-end charts (1991) | Position |
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Australian ARIA Albums Chart[2] | 1 |
Singles
Release date | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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AUS [9] |
US [10] | ||
November 1990 | "Rise" | 23 | — |
January 1991 | "The Horses" | 1 | — |
May 1991 | "Higher Than Hope" | 28 | 47 |
August 1991 | "Don't Hold Back Your Love" | 55 | - |
January 1992 | "Nothing to Lose" | 100 | - |
"—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[11] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ a b ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1991
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite 'The Horses' Celebrates 25th Anniversary". www.noise11.com. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Six Moons (CD). Daryl Braithwaite. Sony Music Australia. 1994.
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- ^ a b "Daryl Braithwaite - Rise". Discogs. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Daryl Braithwaite- Rise (cassette release with more track-by-track information) @Discogs.com Retrieved 2-2-2013.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Rise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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(help) - ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 21 October 2016.