Pure (Hayley Westenra album)

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Pure
Pure cover
Studio album by Hayley Westenra
Released July 10, 2003
Genre Classical, Pop
Length 48 min 36 sec
Label Decca Music Group
Producer 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. As of 2007, Pure is the best selling classical album for the 21 century in the UK.[1] 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" (a cover of the Kate Bush hit), 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

[edit] Track listing

[edit] NZ Version

New Zealand special edition album cover.
New Zealand special edition album cover.

(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. Mary 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] 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] 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

[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 US Billboard's Top 200 entered as # 70
2004 US Billboard Top Heatseekers Peaked at # 13
2004 Crossover chart entered as # 2
2004 Internet chart entered as # 34

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Westenra top of classical chart", BBC News, 2007-12-31. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. 

[edit] External links

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