On a Clear Night

On a Clear Night is the second studio album by Australian female artist Missy Higgins, which was released by Eleven on 28 April 2007 (see 2007 in music). The first single from On a Clear Night is "Steer", which swiftly rose to the top position of the Australian Singles chart in its first week of release.

Higgins actually started writing tracks for her second album as soon as she had finished recording The Sound of White. She stated that “I started quite early because I knew there would be a lot of pressure for the second album and I didn’t want to write songs under anyone’s stopwatch. It hasn’t been too bad.” Despite primarily being a pianist, the guitar was the foundation for most of the songs on the album. Higgins admitted that it was easier to write songs on guitar while on tour as opposed to having to "plug your keyboard in, plug it in, set it all up and get headphones”. She joked that she is now a much better guitar player and a worse piano player because she was unable to play it over the last few years.^[1]

Neil Finn appeared on this album to play the electric guitar for the song "Peachy".

1 Track listing
2 Release
3 Charts and certifications
4 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Higgins.

"Where I Stood" - 4:16
"100 Round the Bends" - 2:58
"Steer" - 3:53
"Sugarcane" - 3:16
"Secret" - 4:06
"Warm Whispers" - 3:12
"The Wrong Girl" - 3:31
"Angela" - 3:02
"Peachy" - 2:39
"Going North" - 2:48
"Forgive Me" - 4:04

[edit] Release

The album was released for pre-order on Australian iTunes on April 7, 2007. The first single, "Steer", was also made available and starts to download immediately following the pre-order. There is also an exclusive iTunes acoustic version of "Where I Stood" that also comes with the album, along with the video for "Steer" and the making of the video. On April 20, the entire album was uploaded to her MySpace page enabling fans to listen to every song. The album is scheduled to be released in the United States in early 2008.^[2]

[edit] Charts and certifications

Within days of the single being released and the album being available for pre-order on the Australian iTunes Store in early April, "Steer" broke the top 3 single downloads and On a Clear Night made it to #1. Higgins' song "Steer" has also achieved #1 on the Australian single charts, marking her second entry into the number one spot, the first being her 2005 debut hit single "Scar".

On May 7, 2007 On a Clear Night was certified platinum and debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums with 35,627 copies sold^[3]. The album held the number-one spot on the Australian iTunes album top 100 for several weeks.

In June, 2007, On a Clear Night was certified as double platinum and it had remained in the national top 5 for over a month since it was released.

In November, 2007, the album was certified triple platinum after 28 weeks on the Australian Album Charts.

Preceded by Young Modern by Silverchair	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album May 7, 2007	Succeeded by Call Me Irresponsible by Michael Bublé

[edit] References

^ [1]. Missy Higgins - The Sound of Maturity Retrieved May 25, 2007.
^ "Missy Higgins Performs On 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'", Pop Dirt, 2007-10-18. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
^ Paul Cashmere "40,000 Powderfinger Fans Can't Be Wrong". Undercover. Retrieved October 9, 2007.

v • d • e Missy Higgins

Albums	The Sound of White (2004) · On a Clear Night (2007)

Singles	"Scar" · "Ten Days" · "The Special Two" · "The Sound of White" · "Steer" · "Where I Stood" · "Peachy"