''Edge'' is an album by

Daryl Braithwaite Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...

. It was recorded between April–September 1988 and released in November 1988. It reached No.1 on the Australian

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for 3 weeks in 1989. Braithwaite toured the album across Australia and New Zealand in 1989 and the album was certified 3× platinum in October 1989.

Simon Hussey Simon Cyril Hussey (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter-arranger, record producer and audio engineer. In 1984 he formed Cats Under Pressure on keyboards with David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and Mark ...

was nominated for Producer of the Year for ''Edge'' at the

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, but lost to ''

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''.

Track listing

As the Days Go By "As the Days Go By" is a song written by Ian Thomas and recorded by Australian singer Daryl Braithwaite as the first single from his second studio album, ''Edge'', in 1988. It features singer John Farnham as a backing vocalist in the chorus. Th ...

" ( Ian Thomas) – 4:04 #"You Could Be Wrong" (

) – 3:22 #"

All I Do "All I Do" is a song written and performed by Ian Thomas (Canadian musician), Ian Thomas. It was later recorded by Daryl Braithwaite as the second single from his second studio album, Edge (Daryl Braithwaite album), ''Edge''. Track listing CD si ...

" (Thomas) – 4:06 #"

Let Me Be "Let Me Be" is a song by Daryl Braithwaite, released as a single from his 1988 album ''Edge Edge or EDGE may refer to: Technology Computing * Edge computing, a network load-balancing system * Edge device, an entry point to a computer network * ...

" (Hussey,

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) – 5:36 #"Sugar Train" (Jef Scott) – 3:42 #"Down Down" (Scott) – 4:37 #"In My Life" (Chris Doheny) – 5:08 #"Edge (

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)" (Jef Scott, Simon Hussey) – 0:34 #"

I Don't Remember "I Don't Remember" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, from the album ''Dream Days at the Hotel Existence''. It made its radio debut on 9 July 2007 on Australian radio stations, and was subsequently released as a single ...

" (

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

) – 4:09 #"

One Summer ''One Summer'' is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng. It stars David Morrissey and Spencer Leigh as two 16-year-old Liverpool boys from broken homes who escape from their grim lives ...

" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:43 #"It's All in the Music" (Braithwaite,

Garth Porter Garth Ivan Richard Porter (born 24 September 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet (1970–84), and co-wr ...

) – 3:40 #"All The Same" (Hussey, Lisa Bade, Mark Greig) – 3:57 #"Up-Out" (Andy Cichon, Braithwaite, Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Hussey) – 3:58 #"Pretending to Care" (

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) – 3:39

Personnel

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Andy Cichon –

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* Jef Scott –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, additional

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

, additional

drumming Drumming may refer to: * the act of playing the drums or other percussion instruments * Drummer, a musician who plays a drum, drum kit, or drums * ''Drumming'' (Reich), a musical composition written by Steve Reich in 1971 for percussion ensemble ...

* John Watson – drums *

– keyboards, drum machine,

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* Scott Griffiths – keyboards *

John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...

– additional backing vocals * Glenn Braithwaite – additional backing vocals * David Hussey – additional drumming * Brett Kingman – guitar (on track "Up-Out")

Track listing

Personnel

Release history

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

See also

References