Savage Garden (album)

For the album by The 69 Eyes, see Savage Garden (The 69 Eyes album).
Savage Garden
Studio album by Savage Garden
Released 4 March 1997
Recorded 1995–1996 for Rough Cut Productions
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length 49:44 (Australia)
44:35 (International)
Label Columbia, Roadshow
Producer Charles Fisher
Savage Garden chronology

Savage Garden
(1997)		 Affirmation
(1999)
Singles from Savage Garden
  1. "I Want You"
    Released: 30 June 1996
  2. "To the Moon and Back"
    Released: 18 November 1996
  3. "Truly Madly Deeply"
    Released: 3 March 1997
  4. "Break Me Shake Me"
    Released: 16 June 1997
  5. "Universe"
    Released: 20 October 1997
  6. "All Around Me"
    Released: 20 March 1998
  7. "Santa Monica"
    Released: 7 December 1998
  8. "Tears of Pearls"
    Released: 11 May 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]

Savage Garden is the eponymous debut album released by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It was released on 4 March 1997 in Australia. The album sold more than 12 million copies worldwide,according to Billboard Magazine.[3] According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, the album "revealed the influence of 1980s UK pop on Hayes and Jones' songwriting. Tears for Fears melodies blended seamlessly with Eurythmics-like arrangements, while Cure-styled guitar provided the icing on the cake".

Background

The band had formed in June 1994, and included multi-instrumentalist and producer, Daniel Jones and vocalist, Darren Hayes.[4][5] In 1995, they entered the studio to work on their debut album with producer, Charles Fisher (Air Supply, Moving Pictures, 1927).[6] In March 1997, the duo's self-titled debut album, Savage Garden, entered the Australian charts at No. 1 and peaked there for a total of 19 weeks.[7] The album was released internationally two weeks later. The album reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by RIAA.[8][9]

In September, Savage Garden won a record ten ARIA Awards from 13 nominations for the album and associated singles.[10][11] As of 2005, Savage Garden had been certified diamond in Canada,[12] 12× platinum in Australia,[13] 7× platinum in the US,[8] 2× platinum in New Zealand, Singapore, and in the UK.[14]

The album's track listing varies depending on territory. The original Australian version of the album includes the tracks "Mine" and "All Around Me", which were removed from the international track listing. "Mine" was removed due to concerns held by the record company over the line "crosses and crucifixes", and "All Around Me" was removed for being overtly sexual. The international version adds the track "Promises", as in international markets, it was only originally released on the cassette format of "I Want You", whereas in Australia, it was already available on CD as the B-side to "Truly Madly Deeply". Also, the version of "Truly Madly Deeply" on the international version has a new drum track, compared to the original Australian version, which has drum machine. Thus, this became the hit single version released outside Australia. The track order was also changed to give prominence to the three hit singles, which open the album. The Japanese version of the album uses the international track listing, however, includes "Mine" as a bonus track between "Promises" and "Santa Monica". In support of the group's Asian tour in 1998, a special double-album package was released in the region. The first disc features the international version of the album, and the second disc includes B-sides, remixes and rare tracks. Darren Hayes has noted that the international tracklisting was not what the band wanted (particularly because Mine was one of his favorite tracks, and because the band had laboured over the track order), but the US record label insisted.

An arrangement of "A Thousand Words" was later used as introductory music in Microsoft's Windows XP.

Singles

Track listing

International release (1998)
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "To the Moon and Back"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 5:41
2. "I Want You"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 3:52
3. "Truly Madly Deeply" (international version)Charles Fisher, Mike Pela 4:37
4. "Tears of Pearls"  Charles Fisher, Mike Pela 3:46
5. "Universe"  Charles Fisher, Mike Pela 4:20
6. "Carry on Dancing"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 3:45
7. "Violet"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 4:04
8. "Break Me Shake Me"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 3:23
9. "A Thousand Words"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 4:00
10. "Promises"  Charles Fisher, Chris Lord-Alge 3:31
11. "Santa Monica"  Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones, Oliver Jones 3:37

B-sides

  1. "Promises" – B-side to "I Want You" and "Truly Madly Deeply", included on the international version of the album
  2. "Mine" (later subtitled as "Mine (And You Could Be)") – B-side to "I Want You", included on the album in Australia, and the bonus remix disc in Asia
  3. "All Around Me" – B-side to "To the Moon and Back", included on the album in Australia, and the bonus remix disc in Asia
  4. "Fire Inside the Man" – B-side to "I Want You"
  5. "Memories Are Designed to Fade" – B-side to "To the Moon and Back"
  6. "This Side of Me" – B-side to "Truly Madly Deeply" and "Universe"
  7. "Love Can Move You" – B-side to "Truly Madly Deeply", "Universe" and "Tears of Pearls", included on the bonus remix disc in Asia
  8. "I'll Bet He Was Cool" – B-side to "Truly Madly Deeply" and "Break Me Shake Me", included on the bonus remix disc in Asia

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1997–98) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[7] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[20] 10
Belgian Albums Chart 35
Canadian Albums Chart[21] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[22] 41
Finnish Albums Chart[23] 2
French Albums Chart[24] 7
German Albums Chart[25] 14
Hungarian Albums Chart[26] 21
Japanese Albums Chart[27] 49
New Zealand Albums Chart[28] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[29] 4
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 8
UK Albums Chart[18] 2
US Billboard 200[21] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[32] 1
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[33] 60

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[34] 12× Platinum 890,000[35]
Canada (Music Canada)[36] Diamond 1,000,000^
France (SNEP)[37] 2× Gold 192,600[38]*
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[39] Gold 61,138[39]
Germany (BVMI)[40] 1× Gold 250,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[41] Gold[42] 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Sweden (GLF)[44] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[45] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[46] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[47] 7× Platinum 7,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[48] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Awards

This album fetched the duo a record of 10 awards at the ARIA Awards 1997, grabbing the Best Album, Best Single, Best Group, Song of the Year, Best Debut Album, Best Independent Release, Best Pop Release and Highest Selling Single award—the most awards ever won by a single act in one year.[49] The following year at the ARIA Awards 1998, the album won two more awards—Highest Selling Album award and Outstanding Achievement Award. In October 2010, Savage Garden was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[50]

Notes

  1. ↑ Savage Garden (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  3. ↑ Savage Garden wins multiple honours at Australasian Awards. books.google.com. June 3, 2000. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Savage Garden". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll). Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Harnisch, Toby. "Savage Garden Biography". Savage Garden Central (Toby Harnisch). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  6. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "Savage Garden". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Savage Garden discography". Australian charts portal. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Savage Garden > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 McFarlane 'Savage Garden' entry. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  11. ↑ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997: 11th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "CRIA Gold & Platinum". Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 October 2010. Note: Requires user to input artist name, e.g. Savage Garden.
  15. ↑ "End of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 September 2010. Note: Australasian artists are bolded, O.M.C. at No. 4 with "How Bizarre" are from New Zealand. Savage Garden's "I Want You" appears at No. 12.
  16. ↑ "ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Artist: Savage Garden". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Savage Garden > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Chart Stats – Savage Garden – Savage Garden". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  19. ↑ "Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden". Billboard. Nielsen Company. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  20. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Austrian charts portal. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Savage Garden – Gwen Savage Garden". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  22. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Dutch charts portal. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  23. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Finnish charts portal. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  24. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". French charts portal. lescharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  25. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Savage+Garden?sort=entry&type=longplay
  26. ↑ http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1998&het=17&submit_=Keres%E9s
  27. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/74649/ranking/cd_album/
  28. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". New Zealand charts portal. charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  29. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Norwegian charts portal. norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  30. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Swedish charts portal. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  31. ↑ "Savage Garden discography". Swiss charts portal. hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1997". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  33. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1998". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  34. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  35. ↑ Dale, David (2013-01-13). "The music Australia loved". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  36. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Savage Garden – Savage Garden". Music Canada. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  37. ↑ "French album certifications – Savage Garden – To the Moon and Back" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  38. ↑ France Certifications
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 The first web page presents the sales figures, the second presents the certification limits:
  40. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Savage Garden; 'Savage Garden')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  41. ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Savage Garden – Savage Garden" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  42. ↑ "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年1月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. January 2000 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 484: 8. March 10, 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  43. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Savage Garden – Savage Garden". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  44. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  45. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Savage Garden; 'Savage Garden')". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  46. ↑ "British album certifications – Savage Garden – Savage Garden". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 September 2011. Enter Savage Garden in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  47. ↑ "American album certifications – Savage Garden – Savage Garden". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 28 September 2011. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  48. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  49. ↑ "ARIA Awards 2006 - History: Winners by Year - 1997". ARIA. 2006. Retrieved 14 Apr 2007.
  50. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
Preceded by
Pop by U2		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
6 April – 28 June 1997
6–12 July 1997
20 July – 9 August 1997
7–13 September 1997
5–18 October 1997 		Succeeded by
Album of the Year by Faith No More