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1994 studio album by Gina Jeffreys
The Flame is the debut
studio album by Australian country singer
Gina Jeffreys . It was released in 1994 and it was the first album by an Australian female country singer to be certified gold.
[1] It was later certified platinum in 1997.
[2]
The album was nominated for Best Country Album at the
ARIA Music Awards of 1995 .
[3]
Jeffreys dedicated the album to her parents.
After releasing her first single "Slipping Away" through BMG Music, Jeffreys signed a record deal with
ABC Music , and released her first single for the label "Two Stars Fell" in 1993. The song went straight to No.1 on the country charts.
[4] The song won the 'Female Vocalist of the Year' award at the 1994
Tamworth
Country Music Awards of Australia .
[5]
Jeffrey recorded a full album and it was released in 1994 and won the 'Female Vocalist of the Year' again in 1995 with the song "Girls’ Night Out".
Standard Edition (PLU: 991264)
"Girls’ Night Out" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:12)
"My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" (featuring
Lee Kernaghan ) (
Bob Wills ) (2:59)
"Standing Too Close To The Flame" (Jim Stewart, Gloria Sklerov) (3:48)
"Last Night I Dreamed Of Loving You" (Hugh Moffatt) (3:19)
"Rocking Chair" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates, Rod McCormack) (4:03)
"I Don’t Want To Be Alone Tonight" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates, Rod McCormack) (4:03)
"Getting Used To Getting Over You" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:10)
"I Do My Crying At Night" (
Lefty Frizzell , Sanger D. Shafer, A.L. Owens) (2:21)
"Affairs Of The Heart" (Kirk Lorange) (3:33)
"She Knows" (Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, David Bates) (3:54)
"Men" (feat.
Tania Kernaghan ) (Robert Byrne, Alan Schulman) (3:36)
"Wildflower" (Gina Jeffreys, David Bates) (2:52)
"I Don’t Want Tonight To Be Over" Gina Jeffreys, Garth Porter, Rod McCormack) (3:39)
"Distant Star" (Gina Jeffreys, David Bates) (2:58)
"Two Stars Fell" (Jim Robertson) (3:33) Bonus Track
1995 Re-release 2CD Bonus Tracks
"Didn’t We Shine" (J. Winchester, D. Schlitz) (3:52)
"Nothing But a Child" (
Steve Earle ) (3:51)
"
Mercedez Benz " (
Michael McClure ) (3:27)
"
You're No Good " (
Clint Ballard, Jr. ) (2:26)
"If This is Love" (Steele, Farren) (3:27)
"The One I Love" (M. McClellan) (1:07)
"I’m Getting Over You" (B. Cadd) (3:17)
The album was nominated for
Best Country Album at the
ARIA Music Awards of 1995 but lost to ‘’
Beyond the Dancing ’’ by
Troy Cassar-Daley .
[8]
Adapted from album liner.
[9]
Produced by
Garth Porter
Recorded and Mixed by Ted Howard
Bandtracks recorded at Paradise Studio, Sydney
Overdubbing at Glebe Studios, Sydney
Mixed at
Studios 301 , Sydney
Assisted by Lachlan Mitchell
Mastered at Studio 301 by Steve Smart
Photography by Jon Waddy
Mark Myers – Drums
James Gillard - Bass
Ian Lees – Bass
Victor Rounds – Bass
Rod McCormack – Electric, Nylon String & Acoustic Guitar,
Mandolin, Dobro & Percussion
Colin Watson – Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Rhythm
Tom Ferris – Acoustic & Electric Guitar
David Bates – Acoustic Guitar
Mark Punch – Electric Guitar
Kirk Lorange – Electric Guitar
Mick Albeck – Fiddle
Larry Muhoberac – Piano
Michel Rose – Pedal Steel
Garth Porter – Tambourine, B3 Hammond Organ
Dave Fennell – Keyboards
Tony Ansell - Keyboards
TC Cassidy, Carol Young, Mark Punch, James Gillard, Gina Jeffreys – Harmony
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