Wayward Angel
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| Studio album by Kasey Chambers | ||||
| Released | 31 May 2004 (Australia) | |||
| Recorded | Australia | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 54:13 | |||
| Label | Essence, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Nash Chambers | |||
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Wayward Angel is the third studio album by Australian singer Kasey Chambers, released by Essence Records in Australia on 31 May 2004. Chambers wrote most of the album, three songs co-written by her then husband Corey Hopper and her brother Nash Chambers produced the album – who had previously produced her first two solo albums. The album differs from her previous two because Chambers became a mother and she states it is the "most life changing things that you go through" and she did not feel any pressure recording the album. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at number-one making it Chambers second number-one album but the sales did not match up to her previous album Barricades & Brickwalls (2001) which was certified seven times platinum by ARIA.
The singles released from the album gave Chambers minor success in Australia giving her two top forty singles. "Like a River" was the first song released but was only released to radio and music video shows, it was received well being played on Video Hits and Rage many times. "Hollywood" was the second single released and the first as a CD single, it became Chambers fifth top forty hit in Australia. "Pony" was released at the start of 2005 and became Chambers third top ten single in Australia. The last single released was "Saturated" and was a minor hit peaking in the top one hundred. The album saw Chambers nominated for four ARIA Awards including "Best Cover Art", "Album of the Year", "Best Country Album" and "Best Female Artist" in 2004.
The album saw Chambers co-write with her then husband Corey Hopper. These tracks include "Follow You Home", "Guilty as Sin" and "More Than Ordinary?" about a rejected lover. She states "It was good fun writing with him [Hopper] because I don't normally co-write. I have tried to do it in the past. I've done a little bit of songwriting with my dad and one of my mates. I found it a lot more comfortable writing with someone I know really well. You are pouring your heart out and giving them your deepest darkest secret and feelings. It is hard to sit down with a total stranger and do that. None of the songs I wrote with Corey were planned moments. We just sat down and they feel out." Chambers recorded seventeen songs for the album and only fourteen made it onto the album Since most of her favorite albums contained twelve tracks she wanted that many tracks on the album but then realized she could not part with any of them.
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