''Blue Box'' is a 1996 album released by recording artist

Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song " Pash" received a gold ...

. The album's second single, "Change" was nominated for two

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in 1996.

Background and recording

Following the success of the 1992 Australian leg of ''

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'', Ceberano was inundated with interest from various record labels. She elected to go with

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and moved to New York to record an album with producer

Fred Maher Frederick J. Maher is an American drummer, music programmer and record producer. He was a member of the bands Massacre (1980–81), the Dance, Material, Scritti Politti, and has recorded and toured with Lou Reed. In 1984 he released ''Basic'', ...

. On the eve of delivering the album to the label, Elekra records named

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as its chairman and CEO. Rhone sacked seventy-eight artists (including Ceberano) as she wanted to turn the Elektra into a hip hop label and Ceberano's album was scrapped. Some of these songs appeared on ''Blue Box''. Ceberano returned to Australia where she filmed the TV show and recorded the album ''

Kate Ceberano and Friends ''Kate Ceberano and Friends'' is an album by Kate Ceberano released through Mushroom Records in 1994. Background The album was made up of musical selections from the 1993 ABC TV series ''Kate Ceberano & Friends''. The album was a commercial suc ...

'', which was released in January 1994. Ceberano hired Richard East as her manager and they signed with Mushroom Records to record a new album. Ceberano and East travelled to London to write and record and whilst East was stayed in London to work on the musical '' Mamma Mia!'', Ceberano travelled to Los Angeles and worked with Mark Goldenberg on a number of songs. Mushroom Records eventually released the album in 1996, which consisted of songs from all of these recording sessions. In her 2014 autobiography, Ceberano said "I'm not sure how the ewmaterial sat with the ''Globe'' songs. After all the arguing, with myself and with other people, over what kind of singer I was, whether I was a jazz singer or a pop singer, ''Blue Box'' gave me the confidence to think of myself simply as a singer".

Track listing

Charts

Awards

Ceberano was nominated for two

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at the

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ceremony. , - , rowspan=2,

, rowspan=2, "Change" , Best Female Artist , , - , Best Adult Contemporary Album , , -

References

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