''Heaven Knows'' is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter

Rick Price Rick Allan Price (born 6 July 1961) is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. His debut album, ''Heaven Knows (Rick Price album), Heaven Knows'', was released in July 1992, and peaked at No. 3 on the A ...

, released in July 1992 through

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- Columbia. It peaked at No. 3 in Australia in July 1992 and spent 23 weeks in the

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top 40 chart, and was also successful internationally in numerous countries. The album spawned five singles, all of which charted on the

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, with its first two singles cracking the top ten. The second single and title track " Heaven Knows" also charted in many countries in Europe and Asia and won the

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song of the year. The fourth single was a cover of

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hit ''

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''. There were three issues of the album including a U.S. release and a double deluxe-CD Australian Tour Pressing in 1993. The album features a duet with renowned singer

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Track listing

; CD # " What's Wrong with That Girl" (P. Buckle, R. Price) - 4:08 # "

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" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:17 # " A House Divided" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:22 # "

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" (B. Calilli, M, Brown, T. Sansone) - 4:26 # " Heaven Knows" (H. Field, R. Price) - 4:25 # "Church on Fire" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:52 # "Life Without You" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 3:43 # "Foollin' Myself" (H. Field, R. Price) - 3:44 # "Forever Me and You" (H. Field, P. Gleeson, R. Price) - 4:14 # "Fragile" (H. Field, R. Price) - 3:28

Deluxe edition

1993 re-release bonus disc

# "Listen to Your Heart" # "If You Were My Baby" # "Wishin" # "We've Got Each Other" # "Not a Day Goes By" (Acoustic Version) # "Where Are You Now"

Personnel

* Rick Price – acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

– backing vocals *

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– bass guitar * John Robinson – drums, percussion * Michael Thompson – guitar * Jimmy "Z" Zavala – harmonica * Frank Marocco – piano, accordion * Claude Gaudette – piano, Hammond organ

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1992 debut albums Rick Price albums Sony Music Australia albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub