Pure (Hayley Westenra album)

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Pure
Studio album by Hayley Westenra
Released	2003
Genre	Classical, Pop
Length	48 min 36 sec
Label	Decca Music Group
Producer(s)	Giles Martin
Hayley Westenra chronology
My Gift to You (2001)	Pure (2003)	Odyssey (2005)

Pure is the first internationally published album by Hayley Westenra. Her previous albums were released only in New Zealand and nearby Australia. This album also received professional consultation from the legendary Sir George Martin who helped to create its "unique appeal". In 2004, it was the highest selling New Zealand Album and so it privileged Hayley with an award from the New Zealand Music Awards of 2004. It was published by the Decca Music Group label in 2003. It was distributed in the United States by Universal Classics in 2004. During its first week of sales it sold 19,068 copies. Pure contains a diverse selection of songs, including renditions of "Who Painted the Moon Black?", "Hine e Hine" (a song of the Māori, the natives of New Zealand), "In Trutina", from Orff's Carmina Burana, "Wuthering Heights" (the premiere hit in the long career of Kate Bush), and the perennial spiritual classic "Amazing Grace". Also on the album is Pokarekare Ana, a New Zealand love song which has enduring popularity.

Pure was recorded at Air Lyndhurst, Eastcote Studios, London, England.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Japan Version 1.1.1 In Japanese 1.1.2 English equivalent of Japanese version 1.2 NZ Version 1.3 Australian Version 1.4 UK Version 1.5 US Version 1.6 World excluding: NZ, UK, USA & Japan [some other countries may be different also] 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Japan Version

[edit] In Japanese

1. ポカレカレ・アナ (マオリ族の伝承歌 / arr. Sarah Class)
2. ネヴァー・セイ・グッバイ (フォーレ：パヴァーヌからの編曲)
3. フー・ペインティッド・ザ・ムーン・ブラック (Sonia Aletta Nel / arr. Sarah Class)
4. リヴァー・オブ・ドリームス (ヴィヴァルディ：四季 - 冬からの編曲 / arr. Sarah Class)
5. ベネディクトゥス (Karl Jenkins)
6. ヒネ・エ・ヒネ (マオリ族の子守歌 / arr. Sarah Class)
7. ダーク・ワルツ (Author Frank Musker / arr. Sarah Class)
8. マイ・ハート・アンド・アイ (TVドラマ「ラ・ピオーヴラ」主題歌)
9. イン・トゥルティナ (オルフ：カルミナ・ブラーナからの編曲)
10. ビート・ユア・ハート (サー・ジョージ・マーティン / Giles Martin)
11. アクロス・ザ・ユニバース・オブ・タイム (Sarah Class)
12. ヘヴン (Frank Musker / Ronan Hardiman)
13. 嵐が丘 (Kate Bush / arr. Sarah Class)
14. ．メアリー・ディド・ユー・ノウ？ [ボーナス・トラック]
15. ．アメイジング・グレイス (arr.サー・ジョージ・マーティン) (「白い巨塔」主題歌)[ボーナス・トラック]

[edit] English equivalent of Japanese version

1. Pokarekare Ana
2. Never Say Good bye
3. Who Painted the Moon Black?
4. River of Dreams
5. Benedictus
6. Hine e Hine
7. Dark Waltz
8. My Heart and I
9. In Trutina
10. Beat of Your Heart
11. Across the Universe of Time
12. Heaven
13. Wuthering Heights
14. Mary Did You Know? - (Bonus Track)
15. Amazing Grace - (Bonus Track)

[edit] NZ Version

(This version also had a collectors edition which included a bonus CD which is where the bonus tracks are located and they are not on the non-collectors edition)

1. Who Painted the Moon Black
2. Beat of Your Heart
3. Never Say Goodbye
4. Dark Waltz
5. Heaven
6. In Trutina
7. Across the Universe of Time
8. River of Dreams
9. Wuthering Heights
10. My Heart and I
11. Benedictus
12. Hine E Hine
13. Pokarekare Ana - (Bonus Track)
14. Amazing Grace - (Bonus Track)
15. Mummers Dance, The - (Bonus Track)
16. Mary Did You Know - (Bonus Track)
17. Silent Night Holy Night - (Bonus Track)
18. Away in a Manger - (Bonus Track)

[edit] Australian Version

(This version also had a collectors edition which included a bonus CD which is where the bonus tracks are located and they are not on the non-collectors edition)

1. Across The Universe of Time
2. Never Say Goodbye
3. Beat of Your Heart
4. Pokarekare Ana
5. Who Painted The Moon Black?
6. River of Dreams
7. Benedictus
8. Hine E Hine
9. Dark Waltz
10. Amazing Grace
11. My Heart And I
12. In Trutina
13. Heaven
14. Pokarekare Ana (duet with Russell Watson)
15. Silent Night (Bonus Track)
16. Away In A Manger (Bonus Track)
17. Mart Did You Know (Bonus Track)
18. The Mummers' Dance (Bonus Track)

[edit] UK Version

1. Pokarekare Ana
2. Never Say Goodbye
3. Who Painted the Moon Black?
4. River of Dreams
5. Benedictus
6. Hine e Hine
7. Dark Waltz
8. Amazing Grace
9. In Trutina
10. Beat of Your Heart
11. Heaven
12. Wuthering Heights
13. Hine e Hine (Māori mix)

[edit] US Version

1. Pokarekare Ana (Come Back to Me) - 3:18
2. Never Say Goodbye - 3:13
3. Who Painted the Moon Black? - 3:38
4. River of Dreams - 4:21
5. Beat of Your Heart - 3:13
6. Amazing Grace - 3:42
7. Benedictus - 3:50
8. Hine E Hine (Maiden, O Maiden) - 5:06
9. Across the Universe of Time - 3:42
10. Dark Waltz - 4:18
11. In Trutina (From Carmina Burana) - 2:22
12. Heaven - 4:09
13. Wuthering Heights - 3:44

[edit] World excluding: NZ, UK, USA & Japan [some other countries may be different also]

1. Pokarekare Ana
2. Never Say Goodbye
3. Who Painted the Moon Black
4. River of Dreams
5. Benedictus
6. Hine E Hine
7. Dark Waltz
8. Amazing Grace
9. My Heart & I
10. In Trutina
11. Beat of Your Heart
12. Across the Universe of Time
13. Heaven
14. Wuthering Heights

[edit] Personnel

• Hayley Westenra (vocals)
• Giles Martin (guitar, keyboards, programming)
• Robbie McIntosh (guitar)
• Tony Ingelby (guitar)
• Dave Hartley (piano)
• James Brett (keyboards)
• Steve Pearce (bass)
• Mark Brown (bass)
• Andres Kallmark (programming)
• Mary Hammond (background vocals)
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[edit] Charts

Chart data from the BBC and http://hayleywestenra.com.

Year	Chart	Position
2003	UK Classical	# 1
2003	UK Pop	entered as # 8
2003	UK Top Albums	entered as # 7 ended as # 24
2003	New Zealand Pop Charts	Stayed # 1 for 18 weeks
2003	Australia Pop Charts	entered as # 7
2003	Australia Classical Charts	entered as # 1
2003	HMV Classical Charts	entered as # 1
2003	Hong Kong and Singapore Top 40 Pop Charts	entered as # 6
2004	Billboard's Top 200	entered as # 70
2004	Crossover chart	entered as # 2
2004	Internet chart	entered as # 34

[edit] External links

• Samples can be heard on the artist's site
• This album is featured on Yahoo! LAUNCHcast and it can be heard on their Internet Radio Station (you can purchase and download the album from here also)
• Comment on album by The BBC
• Walmart offers both a physical edition and a dowloadable version for purchase
• FYE offers physical copies only for purchase