''Lily'' is the second solo

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n singer-songwriter

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released by

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in Australia on 28 September 1992 (see

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). Matthews travelled to

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with her mother for the album to discover their heritage, which influences the album. Matthews states the album "overall, has vulnerability . . .

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really heart on your sleeve stuff". The album won Matthews the

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at the

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. It yielded four singles; "

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", " Friday's Child", "

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" and "T.K.O.". The album reached #2 on the Australian album charts and was certified triple-platinum in Australia. A limited edition version was later released with a bonus CD, ''IX'', of live tracks. The first five tracks on the bonus disc were recorded live at the

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, July 1993 and the last track is a

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version of "The Day You Went Away". The album was also released in North American and Europe on Atlantic/WEA.

Track listing

All songwriters as listed # " Friday's Child" (David Munday, Sandy Stewart) – 3:56 # "Walk Away" (B. Hogan, J. Koller) – 4:04 # "T.K.O." (

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) – 5:20 # "Mother Can’t Do" (Robbie James) – 4:32 # "Quiet Art" (W. Matthews, M. O'Connor) – 5:47 # "

" (

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, Edward Male Jonathon) – 4:39 # "

" (Ralf Hamm, Markus Stabb, Sydney Youngblood,

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) – 4:39 # "Homecoming Song" (Robbie James) – 5:01 # "Face of Appalachia" (

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, John Sebastian) – 5:26 # "Naming Names" (S. Lynch, P. White) – 4:39 # "Inexorably Yours" (John Joseph Gordon) – 3:16 ; Limited edition bonus disc - ''IX'' # "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional) – 3:57 # "Square Moon" (K. Govett, G. Stapleton, R. James) – 4:06 # "Doomsday Lullaby" (Danny Bruce Peck) – 4:26 # "Going Back to My Roots" (Dozier Lamont Herbert) – 5:26 # "The Weavers Song" – 1:52 # "The Day You Went Away (French Version)" (Batson, Jonathon; French lyrics by Wendy Matthews) – 4:35

Credits

* Wendy Matthews — vocals *

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— drums, percussion *

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— bass *

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