Bittersweet (Kasey Chambers album)

Bittersweet
Studio album by Kasey Chambers
Released 29 August 2014 (Australia)
Recorded Australia
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 45:44
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Nick DiDia
Kasey Chambers chronology

Wreck & Ruin
(2012)		 Bittersweet
(2014)
Singles from Bittersweet
  1. "Wheelbarrow"
    Released: 2014
  2. "Bittersweet"
    Released: 2014

"Bittersweet" is the ninth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers. It was released in August 2014 and debuted at No.2 in Australia. This is her sixth top 5 album in Australia.[1]

It was the first album of Chambers' not to be produced by her brother Nash Chambers. The album was produced instead by Nick DiDia. Kasey says for this record she needed something different: “I wanted to have an experience making a record that I had never had before. I wanted to challenge myself and I wanted to be excited.” Nick had previously produced albums for Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springsteen, The Wallflowers, The Living End, and Powderfinger.[2]

It's also Chambers’ first album since she split from husband Shane Nicholson.

The album won Best Country album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014 Chambers also received a nomination for Best female artist but lost out to Sia.[3]

Chambers also toured throughout 2014/2015 to support the album.[4]

Reviews

Chris Familton from The Music AU gave the album 3.5 out of 5, saying; "[The album] finds her canvassing a range of styles and moods, often with religious/biblical references, without sacrificing her heart-on-sleeve emotiveness, innate sense of melody and country heart. Chambers has again come up with a strong batch of songs that give her the opportunity to rewardingly dig into a few vocal corners she hasn’t explored to any great extent on previous albums. " [5]

Track listing

[6]

No. Title Length
1. "Oh Grace"   04:21
2. "Is God Real?"   03:52
3. "Wheelbarrow (with Ashleigh Dallas) "   03:50
4. "I Would Do"   04:17
5. "Hell of a Way to Go"   03:39
6. "House on a Hill"   03:48
7. "Stalker"   02:42
8. "Heaven or Hell"   03:03
9. "Bittersweet (With Bernard Fanning) "   03:59
10. "Too Late to Save Me"   03:45
11. "Christmas Day"   04:48
12. "I'm Alive"   03:50

Credits

Charts

"Bittersweet" debuted at No2, behind Jimmy Barnes' 30:30 Hindsight.

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[7] 2

References

  1. ↑ "Kasey Chambers". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kasey Chambers Teams With Nick DiDia For Bittersweet". www.noise11.com. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2014 ARIA Awards Connected By Telstra | Nominated artists revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kasey Chambers To Resume Bittersweet Tour In February". www.noise11.com. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kasey Chambers - Bittersweet". the Music AU. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kasey Chambers - Bittersweet". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bittersweet (Album) - Kasey Chambers". australian charts. Retrieved 10 March 2015.