Albertine (album)

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Albertine
Albertine cover
Studio album by Brooke Fraser
Released Flag of New Zealand December 4, 2006
Flag of Australia March 31, 2007
Flag of New Zealand December 10, 2007 (Special Edition)
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Pop
Length 45:33
Label Columbia
Producer Marshall Altman
Professional reviews
Brooke Fraser chronology
What To Do With Daylight
(2004)		 Albertine
(2006)		 —
Singles from Albertine
  1. "Deciphering Me"
    Released: November 15, 2006
  2. "Shadowfeet"
    Released: March 13, 2007
  3. "Albertine"
    Released: July 10, 2007
  4. "C.S. Lewis Song"
    Released: December, 2007

Albertine is the second album by New Zealand singer-songwriter, Brooke Fraser. It was released in New Zealand and in the Oceanic region's iTunes store on December 4, 2006. The album was released in Australia on 31st March 2007, where it peaked at #29. The album's lead single is "Deciphering Me". The follow-up single is "Shadowfeet" - a piano-driven ballad released in January 2007. Albertine became Fraser's second #1 album, and she became only the second New Zealand artist in history to have consecutive album releases debut at the #1 position on the New Zealand album charts. The first was by Blindspott with their album End the Silence earlier in the same year.

A deluxe edition was released on December 10, a year after the original release. The deluxe version features a bonus CD of eight live recordings (including a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence"), an entirely new booklet and double gatefold digipack packaging. "C.S. Lewis Song" was released as a radio single to promote this re-release.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Shadowfeet"
  2. "Deciphering Me"
  3. "Love, Where is Your Fire?"
  4. "Love is Waiting"
  5. "Albertine"
  6. "C.S. Lewis Song"
  7. "Epilogue"
  8. "Faithful"
  9. "Seeds"
  10. "Hosea’s Wife"
  11. "The Thief"
  12. "Hymn"
  13. "Faithful" (demo) (Digital Download Bonus Track)
  14. "Hosea's Wife" (demo) (Digital Download Bonus Track)[1]

[edit] Deluxe bonus CD tracklisting

  1. "C.S. Lewis Song" (live)
  2. "Better" (live)
  3. "Seeds" (live)
  4. "The Sounds of Silence" (live)
  5. "Hymn" (live)
  6. "Love, Where is Your Fire?" (live)
  7. "Arithmetic" (live)
  8. "Hosea’s Wife" (live)

[edit] Personnel

  • Marshall Altman (Producer/Engineer)
  • Joe Zook (Engineer/Mixer)
  • Kristopher Pooley (Organs)
  • David Levita (Guitars)
  • Michael Chaves (Guitars)
  • Sean Hurley (Bass)
  • Aaron Sterling (Drums)

[edit] Charts and certifications

Albertine entered the RIANZ chart on December 11, 2006 (chart #1542) at #1. It remained in the top five for eleven weeks and has remained in the top ten for 17 weeks so far[2]. The album was certified 2x platinum within a month of its NZ release and is currently certified 4x platinum[3].

Albertine was released in Australia on March 31 2007, and on the 9th of April, 2007 it entered the ARIA albums charts at #29.

New Zealand RIANZ Hot 40 Albums Chart [3]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Position
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
8
5
5
2
4
4
5
6
11
14
11
8
11
Week 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Position
13
11
16
17
22
23
26
22
26
25
22
23
14
22
24
23
25
23

[edit] References

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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2008)
  1. ^ http://www.digirama.co.nz/albumdetails.aspx?MediaID=569653
  2. ^ Charts.org.nz - NZ Albertine chart trajectory
  3. ^ a b Charts on RIANZ

[edit] External links

Preceded by
18 Singles
Also known as U218 by U2		 RIANZ Album Charts #1 Album
December 11, 2006
One week		 Succeeded by
18 Singles
Also known as U218 by U2
BrookeFraser
v • d • e
Albums: What To Do With Daylight (2004) | Albertine (2006)
Singles: Better | Lifeline | Saving the World | Arithmetic | Without You | Deciphering Me | Shadowfeet | Albertine
Related: Hillsong United | Bernie Fraser | Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Publishing: Sony BMG | Columbia Records
Official Sites: BrookeFraser.com | Brooke Fraser MySpace | Brooke Fraser Fansite