Killing Heidi (album)

Killing Heidi
Studio album by Killing Heidi
Released 30 August 2004 (2004-08-30) (Australia)
Recorded 2003 and 2004 at Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne, Victoria
Genre Rock
Label Columbia
Producer John Travis
Killing Heidi chronology
Present
(2002)		 Killing Heidi
(2004)
Singles from Killing Heidi
  1. "I Am"
    Released: 9 July 2004
  2. "Calm Down"
    Released: 24 September 2004
  3. "Running Underwater"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Undercover (favorable)[1]

Killing Heidi is the third album by Australian rock band Killing Heidi, released by Columbia Records in Australia on 30 August 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was the bands first album without their producer Paul Kosky — who worked on their previous albums and has a more "sophisticated and grittier" feel to it with the lead singer, Ella Hooper, stating that releasing the album is "just like a re-launch". Killing Heidi debuted in the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart making it their second top ten album and sales were considerably high of those of Killing Heidi's second album, Present (2002). The album produced Killing Heidi with another top twenty single with "I Am", but the albums second single, "Calm Down" was not a major hit.

The bands mandate for the album was to "keep things simple", with lead singer Hooper stating "More than ever before, this record is about us just being ourselves."[2] The album was produced in Los Angeles with English/Indian producer John Travis (Kid Rock, Sugar Ray). Hooper describes working with him "a bloody brilliant guy to work with. John guided us well but also really listened to our ideas and encouraged our feedback. We were more of a part of this album than anything we have done before."[2] Hooper also stated that her vocals had much improved since the previous album. "I was having a really shitty time with my voice and because of the operation I couldn't get it where I wanted it on the last album [Present]. There's this one note in "Way Home" which I could never dreamed of hitting a year ago."[2]

The album debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at number seven on 6 September 2004 and was certified gold by ARIA with shipments of 35,000 copies.[3] The album fell down the charts from then on spending nine weeks in the top fifty, only rising twice up the chart.[4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Am" (Lukas Burton, Ella Hooper, Jesse Hooper, Warren Jenkin, Adam Pedretti) – 3:26
  2. "Not for Me" – 4:02
  3. "Way Home" – 3:29
  4. "Coming On" – 3:49
  5. "Notebook" – 4:23
  6. "Calm Down" (Hooper, Hooper, Jenkin, Pedretti) – 3:41
  7. "Summer Long" – 4:02
  8. "Miss You" – 3:43
  9. "Running Underwater" – 4:03
  10. "Undertow" – 4:39
  11. "Your Hands" – 3:38
  12. "So Long" – 3:08

Singles

The first single, was a more heavier rock tone than previous releases, and was welcomed by radio. It spent 11 weeks in Australia's top 50, peaking at No. 16, selling over 35,000 copes to certify Gold. It was an official song for the release of Spider-Man 2, but was not featured in the film itself, and was only featured on the Australian edition of the soundtrack.
Released as single number 2, the song was lead singer "Ella's" favourite. It spent 6 weeks inside Australia's top 50, peaking at No. 23. It was their biggest radio hit since their debut "Weir", but this did not show in its sales. It was not certified, being the 2nd release of Killing Heidi's not to, but sold approximately 20,000 copies.
Was released to radio as the third single. Like 2nd album "Present", the third single was under-promoted, received little airplay and a theorised physical single was scrapped due to little airplay and promotion.

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[4] 7
Chart Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Gold[3] 35,000+

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 30 August 2004 Columbia Records CD 5177162000

References

  1. ^ Undercover review
  2. ^ a b c "Killing Heidi biography by SONY BMG". Sony BMG. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  3. ^ a b "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Killing Heidi - Australian album chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
Killing Heidi
Ella Hooper · Jesse Hooper · Adam Pedretti · Warren Jenkin
Studio albums
Reflector · Present · Killing Heidi
Singles
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