''As Day Follows Night'' is the third album by Australian singer/songwriter

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. It was produced by Bjorn Yttling of

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and recorded in early 2009 in

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. It was released in

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on 10 July 2009. The making of ''As Day Follows Night'' was chronicled by Blasko on her blog. At the

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, the album won Australian Album of the Year.

Album

In regards to the album's lyrical themes, Blasko told

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magazine: "The basis is definitely my life, but I like to take it into a heightened reality. I like the idea of 'the character' on the record. I like musicals, I like it to be fancy." The first single "All I Want" debuted on

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's show on radio station

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on 2 May 2009. Two subsequent singles have since been released "No Turning back" and "We Won't Run". In the UK I Never Knew received a special promotional single release in August 2010. A special edition was also released, consisting of the album, a bonus disc of Sarah performing some of her favourite songs from movies, and four magic ink cards with paintbrushes.

Performance

The album was nominated for the ARIA Album of the Year Award in 2009 and won the ARIA for Best Female Artist. On 4 December 2009, she was awarded Triple J's J Award for Australian Album of the Year. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 19 in the book, ''

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''. "We Won't Run" and "All I Want" made the

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list for 2009, coming in at 28 and 29 respectively. "We Won't Run" also appeared in the pilot episodes of The CW shows, ''The Secret Circle'' and ''Ringer'' "Over and Over" contains a few lines of the

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Track listing

All songs by Sarah Blasko, unless otherwise noted #"Down on Love" – 2:31 #"All I Want" – 3:54 #"Bird on a Wire" – 3:14 #"Hold on My Heart" – 4:04 #"We Won't Run" – 4:01 #"Is My Baby Yours?" – 3:38 #"Sleeper Awake" – 6:18 #"No Turning Back" – 4:02 #"Lost & Defeated" – 3:34 #"Over & Over" (Blasko/

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) - 3:59 #"I Never Knew" – 4:11 #"Night & Day" – 4:00 Bonus disc "Cinema Blasko" #" Seems Like Old Times" (from ''

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'') – 2:31 #"Something Good" (from ''

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'') – 3:21 #" Maybe This Time" (from ''

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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