''A Million Year Girl'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer

Max Sharam Leanna Maree "Max" Sharam (born 1969) is an Australian interdisciplinary musician and singer-songwriter. In the mid-1990s, Sharam had three top 40 hit singles in Australia, "Coma", "Be Firm" and "Lay Down", from her top 10 album '' ...

. The album was released on 15 May 1995 and peaked at number 9 on the ARIA chart and was certified gold. At the

ARIA Music Awards of 1995 The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 18-month gap since the ...

the album was nominated for four awards; winning the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art.

Reception

Anthony Horan said "This is a debut album that hides its secrets in the songs themselves, and the trip inside them is well worth it. While a bit more weirdness wouldn't have gone astray, as a career opener, this is more than just a little impressive."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

* Tony Allayialis – vocals * Wendy Berge – viola * Aud Bill – double bass * Tim Bruer – piano * Amanda Brown – mandolin, violin * Lucie Miller – celli viola * Ian Cooper – violin * Rebecca Daniel – violin * Daniel Denholm – bass, guitar, piano, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), French horn, keyboards * Phillip Hartl – violin * Alex Hewetson – bass * Kirsty Hilton – violin * Nick Mainsbridge – keyboards *

Wendy Matthews Wendy Joan Matthews (born 13 January 1960) is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including " Token Angels", " ...

– vocals * Sofie Michalitsianos – vocals *

Connie Mitchell Connie Thembi Mitchell (born ), also known as Miss Connie, is a South African-born Australian singer-songwriter. In 1995 she was a founding member of Primary. Briefly, in 2004, she was vocalist for Machine Gun Fellatio under the pseudonym Feyo ...

– vocals * Anthony "Jake" Morgan – cello * Ben Nightingale – guitar (electric) * Paul Prestige– guitar (electric) * Mark Punch – guitar (acoustic) * Christian Pyle – guitar (acoustic) *

Terepai Richmond Terepai Chalmers Richmond (born 21 February 1971) is an Australian drummer. He joined the Sydney-based rock band The Whitlams in September 1999 and formerly played in acid jazz group Directions in Groove (d.i.g.) (1991–1998, 2008). Biograp ...

– drums *

– vocals * Jenny Taylor – violin * Ben Whatmore – guitar (electric)

Credits

* Tom Blaxland – Assistant Engineer * Brent Clark – Mixing * Virginia Commerford – Mixing * Daniel Denholm – Programming, producer, String Arrangements * Nick Mainsbridge – Engineer, Drum Programming, Mixing, Assistant Producer * Phil Munro – Mixing Assistant * David Nicholas – Mixing * Dominic O'Brien – Design

References

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