User:Lillygirl/Sandbox
| Untitled |
|---|
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| CBBC Newsround | 3/5 link |
| Entertainment.ie | 4/5 link |
Mistaken Identity is the second studio album by Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem, released by Epic Records in Australia on November 8, 2004 (see 2004 in music). Goodrem states the album is a more grown up album — her music changed because her life had changed and she felt her music had to reflect that. Mistaken Identity debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums Chart making it her second number-one album but the sales did not match up to her previous album Innocent Eyes (2003). It earned Goodrem two ARIA Award nominations in 2005.
The singles released from the album gave Goodrem two more number-one records with "Out of the Blue" and "Almost Here", where "Mistaken Identity" and "A Little Too Late" became top twenty hits while "Be Strong" was only released digitaly.
Content[edit]
Music was one of the main comforts for Goodrem during the chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer diagnosis.[1] Songs kept going around in her head: harmonies, melodies, lyrics, many deeper and darker than those that were on her debut album, Innocent Eyes.[1] Goodrem states "It's a more grown up album", "My music changed because my life had changed; the whole world around me had changed. My music had to reflect that".[1] "Extraordinary Day" is about the day (July 8, 2003) when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma,[1] "The Last Night On Earth" is a song about death and love, "The Analyst" tells the story of the hours of self-analysis she dealt with,[1] "Be Strong" is an encouraging call for confidence and "Mistaken Identity" is Goodrem stating for the record where her head was at.[1] She also stated "There are a lot of lyrics I wouldn't have used on the first album".[1]
| “ | "In "Mistaken Identity" I sing 'I played the role of the nice girl next door who gets cut like a knife', I mention 'emotional suicide' in "Electric Storm": there's some intense lyrics in there. It was an intense year. I mean, it wouldn't be right if I didn't acknowledge what went on; everyone knows what went on. I feel like I know people personally even though I don't, but I feel I had to go into depth; get things out of the way, go through the journey and end with "You Are My Rock", which is a thank you song."[1] | ” |
Musically the album is more driven by and pop rock. The single "A Little Too Late" is guitar-driven pop rock song; "Mistaken Identity" is a dark, theatrical alternative pop song; while "The Last Night On Earth" is a pop rock ballad.
Goodrem states that "This time around I had time to think `What kind of song do I want to create here?'", "I really felt the sky was the limit with this record, you could do anything in a song. I didn't feel limited at all. There were a lot more options, a lot more paths I could go down, more directions I could choose".[1] Songwriter Guy Chambers had been keeping an eye on Goodrem's career and was impressed with her vocals and songwriting skills.[1] The two writing together resulted in many of the album's key tracks. "'It's really unusual to work with somebody so talented, young, and brave. Who's not scared to take risks and who has the most emotional voice in pop music", You cannot help but believe every word Delta sings." Chambers states about working with Goodrem.[1] Goodrem stated that Chambers was a classy producer and that he was an inspiration to work with.[1] She felt they had a good connection on a musical level.[1] "There's a definite story in the tracklisting," Goodrem says. "I felt I had to be really honest. Songs that people could still relate to but songs that also confronted issues. This past chapter of my life has been such an intense one and I wanted people to know my thoughts".[1]
Chart performance and promotion[edit]
"Out of the Blue" was the first song off the album to be released and was released to radio on September 24, 2004[2] and quickly became the most added song to radio for that week.[2] The music video was directed by Nigel Dick and made its premier to television on October 1, 2004, right after the Australian soap opera Neighbours.[3] Goodrem performed the song live for the first time on October 17, 2004 at the eighteenth Annual ARIA Awards[4] and that same night "Out of the Blue" made its debut in the charts at number-one, Goodrem's sixth consecutive number-one single in Australia. Debuting at number-one on its first week, the song also was certified platinum by ARIA and stayed at number-one for two more weeks.[5] The song also reached the top ten in the UK[6] and the top twenty in Greece,[7] Ireland, and New Zealand.[6]
Mistaken Identity debuted at number-one on the ARIA Album Chart on November 15, 2004 with triple platinum sales knocking Robbie Williams album Greatest Hits off the top spot.[8] Unlike her debut album Innocent Eyes, Mistaken Idenitity only spent one week at the top being knocked off by Eminem's album Encore, falling to number two.[9] In its third week it fell to number three but in its fourth week it jumped up to number two. The album spent eight weeks in the top ten.[9] When the album was in its fourth week in the chart and its position at number two, it had gone four times platinum and by its sixth week in the chart at number five it went five times platinum. The album spent forty-six weeks in the charts leaving at number one hundred. It was the thirteenth highest selling album in Australia for 2004[10] and the thirtieth highest selling album for 2005.[11] In 2005 the album was nominated for one ARIA Award, "Highest Selling Album" but lost to Missy Higgins album The Sound of White (2004).[12] The album did not perform as well in the UK, debuting and peaking at number twenty-five and then falling to forty-four in its second week. It spent a total of ten weeks in the top seventy-five and accrediting gold by BPI.[13]
The second song lifted off the album was an Australian-only release, which was the title track "Mistaken Identity", released to radio on December 6, 2004[14] and became the second most added song to radio for that week.[15] The music video for the song was directed by Michael Spiccia, released on December 13, 2004[16] and was based on the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story.[14] It was released as a CD single on January 14, 2005 and debuted at number seven[17] on the Australian Singles Chart, the fifth highest entry for that week and was certified gold by ARIA. "Almost Here" was the third song released from the album but was the second internationally, released on January 31, 2005. A song about a broken relationship, the video was filmed in a London airport between October 27 to October 29, 2004.[18] It became one of Goodrem's biggest hits making it her seventh number-one single in Australia, her first in Ireland, her fifth top ten hit in the UK[19] and was nominated for an ARIA Award in 2005 for "Highest Selling Single" but lost to "The Prayer" by Anthony Callea.[12] "A Little Too Late" was the fourth song released from the album on May 27, 2005 and the music video was directed by MTV award-winner Anthony Rose and was premiered May 2, 2005 on the Channel Ten news.[20] The song was only released in Australia and did not chart like the other singles, debuting and peaking at number thirteen.[21] The last song released from the album was "Be Strong" which was only released in Australia as a digital download on October 16, 2005.[22]
Track listing[edit]
|
|
Charts[edit]
Release history[edit]
Personnel[edit]
References[edit]
Category:2004 albums Category:Delta Goodrem albums Category:Epic Records albums |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
