''Brand New Day'' is the second studio album by Australian singer and songwriter

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Qu ...

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. Retrieved 4 December 2010. and in Japan on 9 January 2008. ''Brand New Day'' debuted and peaked at number 37 on the

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and was certified gold by the

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(ARIA).Ricki-Lee - Brand New Day
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Can't Touch It "Can't Touch It" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Ricki-Lee Coulter. It was written by Coulter with Brian Kierulf and Joshua M. Schwartz of KNS Productions, who also produced the song. "Can't Touch It" was released as the ...

", which peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum.Ricki-Lee - Can't Touch It
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(ARIA). Retrieved 4 December 2010. Its subsequent singles "

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" and " Can't Sing a Different Song" were also ARIA top-ten hits.

Background

Coulter travelled to New York,

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and

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in February and March 2007 to begin working on her second album.Ricki-Lee Biography

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. mcm entertainment. Retrieved 5 December 2010. Singer-songwriters and producers who worked on the album include KNS Productions,

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, Marc Nelkin, Vince Pizzinga, Pete Martin and Andy Love. She also worked with Australian producers Andrew De Sylva, Audius Mtawarira and Glenn Cunningham. During this time, Coulter was still a member of the girl group

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. In June 2007, it was announced that Coulter left the group to concentrate both on her solo career and then-upcoming wedding to fiancé Jamie Babbington. She explained, "I really had to get back to doing what I love doing and that's my solo career."Ricki-Lee quits Young Divas
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. Retrieved 5 December 2010. Coulter's decision to head off to London, New York and Los Angeles in February 2007 to work on the album cited as a factor in the cancellation of plans for the Young Divas to support boy band

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on their Australian tour.

Singles

" was released as the album's

in August 2007. It debuted and peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the

(ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies. The song spent 23 weeks in the ARIA top fifty including eight weeks in the top-ten. A digital remix

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of the single re-titled "U Wanna Little Of This" was released on 18 May 2008 through UK record label Ministry of Sound. Coulter covered the song "

" by

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singer

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, and released it as the second single in November 2007. It debuted and peaked at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Coulter's fourth top-ten single. The third and final single " Can't Sing a Different Song" was released in March 2008, and peaked at number eight.Ricki-Lee - Can't Sing a Different Song
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Reception

Matthew Chisling of

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awarded the album three and a half out of five stars, stating "''Brand New Day'' is a strong album, and it certainly brands Coulter in an airy-pop setting, yet it's nothing new as far as Ricki-Lee goes as an artist."All Music
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. Retrieved 5 December 2010. The album debuted and peaked at number 37 on the

and spent only two weeks in the ARIA top fifty. It was certified gold by the

(ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 copies. In October 2007, it was announced that Coulter sacked her manager Karen-Lee Goody of one year, due to poor sales of the album.

Release and promotion

''Brand New Day'' was released by Shock Records in Australia on 11 August 2007 and in Japan on 9 January 2008 through

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. Coulter promoted the album by opening for

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on the Australian leg of her Dignity Tour in January 2008. Coulter embarked on her first headlining tour, The Brand New Day Tour, in March 2008.

Track listing

Personnel

*Tony Espie – mixing *Russell Fawcus – mixing assistant *

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– mixing assistant *Davin Pidoto – mixing assistant *Pete Martin & the Versatile Keys –

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, producer *Ralph McCarthy – composer *Dave Walker – mastering *Jane Dobbins –

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*John Roberts –

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*David E. Williams – project coordinator *Stanley Andrews –

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*Tim Fraser – guitar *Paul Gray – composer *Ron Blake – flugelhorn,

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*Lauren Brown – assistant, project coordinator, project manager, publicity *

– composer, engineer, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming *

–

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, creative producer, producer,

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, background vocals *Vince Pizzinga – arranger, composer, guitar,

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, orchestral arrangements,

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, producer, programming Source:Brand New Day - Ricki-Lee - Credits

. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand New Day (Ricki-Lee Album) 2007 albums Ricki-Lee Coulter albums Albums produced by David Gamson Shock Records albums Pony Canyon albums