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White Lilies Island is the second album by Natalie Imbruglia. It was released in Europe and Australia in late 2001 and in the United States on 5 March 2002. The name of this album comes from the location of Imbruglia's home in Windsor,[1] on a peninsula of that name between the Clewer Mill Stream and the main stream of the river Thames.

Singles

  • "That Day" was released on 29 October 2001 as the lead single of the album. It peaked at number 11 at the UK Singles Chart.
  • "Wrong Impression" was released on 29 January 2002 as the second single of the album. It peaked at number 7 at the U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40.
  • "Beauty on the Fire" was released on 22 July 2002 as the third and last single of the album. It peaked at number 26 at the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blender[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
Mojo[2]
Q[2]
Rolling Stone[6]
Uncut[2]
The Village Voice(unfavorable)[7]
Yahoo! Music UK[8]

The album met with mixed reviews. At Metacritic it received a score of 54 out of 100.[2] AllMusic gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars saying: "Imbruglia has made a brilliant pop record -- contemporary, yet timeless. White Lilies Island would have suffered without Natalie Imbruglia's perfectionism, and it would have lost sight of the elegance it so perfectly exudes."[3] Blender gave a rating of 2 out of five stars, commenting: "White Lilies Island skips from one song to the next without leaving any great impression or displaying a single sentiment Jessica Simpson would find distressing. If, however, she was trying to remake Jagged Little Pill, it’s all gone horribly wrong."[4] Entertainment Weekly gave a positive review and said: "The disc continues in the same vein of agreeable pop-radio fodder as 'Torn', with an all-new group of distraught romantics and connection seekers singing creamy choruses."[5] Rolling Stone gave the album a negative review and said it's "a great brother of her debut."[6] Yahoo! Music UK gave the album a rating of 8 out of ten stars and said: "She's certainly on the way to achieving her goal. She chips in a hefty wedge of the lyric sheet to the album in the shape of confessional lovesick outpourings that, despite lapses, bind the gutsy album cohesively giving it sophistication, direction and genuine feeling."[8]

Commercial performance

In Australia the album debuted at number 3 and was certified Gold, despite enjoying only a small resurgence in sales with subsequent singles. The album debuted at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart with 21,000 in sales before dropping out of the top 75 in its fourth week. It re-entered the top 30 with the release of the second single "Wrong Impression" and sold eventually nearly 200,000 copies in the UK overall. In the US the album debuted at number 35 with 35,000 in sales and dropped out of the Top 200 after seven weeks, eventually selling 215,000 overall.[citation needed] Worldwide, White Lilies Island has sold around a million copies.[citation needed]

Track listing

All songs written by Natalie Imbruglia and Gary Clark, except where noted.

  1. "That Day" (Imbruglia, Patrick Leonard) – 4:44
  2. "Beauty on the Fire" (Imbruglia, Clark, Mat Wilder) – 4:21
  3. "Satellite" (Imbruglia, Phil Thornalley) – 3:08
  4. "Do You Love?" – 4:43
  5. "Wrong Impression" – 4:17
  6. "Goodbye" (Imbruglia, Wilder) – 5:01
  7. "Everything Goes" – 4:01
  8. "Hurricane" – 3:38
  9. "Sunlight" – 5:01
  10. "Talk in Tongues" (Imbruglia, Thornalley) – 3:29
  11. "Butterflies" – 4:56
  12. "Come September" – 4:10
Japanese bonus track
  2. "Shikaiya (for Billy)" – 3:41

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 59
Canadian Albums (Jam!)[11] 37
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 43
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 49
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 44
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 15
US Billboard 200[18] 35

Certifications

White Lilies Island has sold approximately 1 million copies worldwide to date.

Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold 60,000
France — 40,000[19]
United Kingdom Gold 185,200
United States — 200,000+

First week sales:

  1. UK: 25,500
  2. Australia: 37,500
  3. USA: 36,800

References

  1. ^ "Q The Interview: Natalie Imbruglia". The Independent (London). [dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c d e "Critic Reviews for White Lilies Island". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b MacKenzie Wilson (27 November 2001). "White Lilies Island - Natalie Imbruglia". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b "White Lillies Island". Blender. 27 November 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2010.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b David Browne (25 February 2002). "White Lilies Island Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b Pat Blashill (28 February 2002). "Natalie Imbruglia: White Lilies Island : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Emma Pearse (9 April 2002). "Girls With The Most Pie". The Village Voice. Retrieved 29 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ a b Chris Heath (5 November 2001). "Natalie Imbruglia - 'White Lilies Island'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 7 May 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Arianet: The Aria Report". Pandora Archive (page 24). Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  12. ^ "Lescharts.com – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  14. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 45, 2001". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Natalie Imbruglia Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Charts français". Fanofmusic.free.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
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