Walk the Tightrope

For the art of walking along a rope, see Tightrope walking.
Walk the Tightrope
Studio album by Human Nature
Released 26 April 2004
Genre Pop
Label Sony-BMG/Columbia
Human Nature chronology

Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature
(2001)		 Walk the Tightrope
(2004)		 Reach Out: The Motown Record
(2005)
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Walk the Tightrope is the fourth album by Australian boy band and pop vocal group Human Nature released on 26 April 2004. After a three-year absence since their greatest hits album, Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature, the group returned with a more adult-contemporary sound, presaging their future move to nostalgia type covers.

Making of the album

The first single "When You Say You Love Me" was written by Darren Hayes, formerly of Savage Garden, and reached the top 10 in Australia in April 2004 (the song was also covered by Clay Aiken). The music video was shot at a petrol station in Granville, New South Wales in the dead of night.

The album also features a cover version of "To Be With You" a 1992 hit by glam metal band Mr. Big.

Andrew Tierney of the band says on the groups official website that performing an unrecorded Bee Gees song given to the band by Barry Gibb was a particular thrill. "The Bee Gees were, without a doubt, the major inspiration for this record. We looked at them, and above their image and what they wore, the thing that kept them current was the fact they consistently came up with incredible songs. Great songs sustain a career. So with this record, we just wanted great songs."

Track listing

Composer in brackets.

  1. "Walk the Tightrope"
  2. "To Be With You" (David Grahame, Eric Martin)
  3. "She's Back"
  4. "When You Say You Love Me" (Darren Hayes/Rick Nowels)
  5. "Haunted"
  6. "Deja Vu"
  7. "She"
  8. "Woke Up in Love" (a vocal interlude)
  9. "Meant to Be"
  10. "Life Just Gets Better"
  11. "Raining in California"
  12. "Love Is Blind" (Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb)
  13. "Guilty (One in a Million)" (ft. Kelly K.A.E.)

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[1] 12

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[2] Gold 35,000^

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

References

  1. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Human+Nature&titel=Walk+The+Tightrope&cat=a
  2. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

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