The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)
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| Studio album by Merril Bainbridge | ||
| Released | July 1995 (Australia) September 24, 2006 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | 001 Studios, Carlton, Victoria, 1994-1995 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 46:36 | |
| Label | Gotham Records Universal Music (U.S.) |
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| Producer(s) | Siew Owen Bolwell (co-producer) Sam Melamed (co-producer) |
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| Merril Bainbridge chronology | ||
| The Garden (1995) |
Between the Days (1998) |
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The Garden is the debut album by Australian singer Merril Bainbridge, released in Australia in July, 1995 (see 1995 in music) by Universal Music. The album featues a cover of the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring, but was changed into a ballad and the chorus of the Bee Gees song "I Started a Joke" was used for the bridge of the track "Sleeping Dogs". The album was successful for a debut album, debuting at number five on the Australian ARIA Charts and going double Platinum.
Bainbridge released four songs from the album as singles: "Mouth"; "Under the Water"; "Power of One"; "Sleeping Dogs". Mouth was the first single released and was Bainbridge's debut single hitting the charts all over the world, going to number one in Australia for six weeks and accrediting Platinum and top ten in the United States and accrediting Gold. Under the Water was her second single going top ten in Australia and going to the top one hundred on the United States. Power of One was released as the third single and was not as successful as her first two singles, only peaking in Australia at number twenty-one. The fourth and final song released from the album was the track Sleeping Dogs which peaked at number fifty-five in Australia.
In 1996, the album was nominated for two ARIA Awards which were Highest Selling Album for 1996 and Breakthrough Artist Album for 1996. The album did not win any of these awards but was the twenty-seventh highest selling album in Australia for 1995.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Garden in My Room" (Bainbridge) – 4:32
- "Under the Water" (Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell, Stan Paulzen) – 4:13
- "Miss You" (Bainbridge) – 3:03
- "Mouth" (Bainbridge) – 3:25
- "Julie" (Bainbridge) – 3:56
- "Song for Neen" (Bainbridge) – 2:40
- "Sleeping Dogs" (Bainbridge, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 3:28
- "Reasons Why" (Bainbridge, Siew) – 2:57
- "Spinning" (Bainbridge, Bolwell) – 4:09
- "Being Boring" (Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant) – 3:51
- "State of Mind" (Bainbridge, Siew) – 5:01
- "Power of One" (Bainbridge) – 4:08
- "Garden in My Room" (reprise) (Bainbridge) – 1:13
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Singles
| Single | Chart | Position |
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| "Mouth" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| "Mouth" | U.S. Adult Top 40 | 8 |
| "Mouth" | U.S Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| "Mouth" | U.S Rhythmic Top 40 | 23 |
| "Mouth" | U.S Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 3 |
| "Mouth" | U.S Top 40 Mainstream | 2 |
| "Mouth" | UK Singles Chart | 51 |
| Single | Chart | Position |
| "Under the Water" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 4 |
| "Under the Water" | U.S Billboard Hot 100 | 91 |
| Single | Chart | Position |
| "Power of One" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 21 |
| Single | Chart | Position |
| "Sleeping Dogs" | Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 55 |
[edit] Personnel
- Merril Bainbridge — backround vocals, vocal arrangement
- Owen Bolwell — electric guitar, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer
- Angus Burchall — percussion, drums
- Gary Costello — double bass
- Mark Domoney — acoustic guitar
- Tony Espie — mixing
- Aaron Humphries — assistant engineer
- Chong Lim — piano
- Brian Marsh — engineer
- Roger McLachlan — bass
- Sam Melamed — electric guitar, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer, mixing
- Greg O'Connor — graphic design
- Steve O'Hara — strings
- Adrienne Overall — photography
- Siew — keyboards, programming, producer
- Mark Wallace — accordion
- Chris Wilson — harmonica, vocals
