''Waiting for the Day'' is the debut

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by Australian band

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. The album was released in Australia through Gotham Records on 9 November 1998 (see

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). The album charted in the top twenty on the Australian

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and was certified platinum. The album yielded four singles; "

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", "

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", " Lucky Me" and " Blown Away" as well as one promotional single, "Permission to Shine". At the

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, the album won the

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for

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as well as being nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Album and Best Pop Release. It was released in the United States in 1999, under the title ''Breaking Through from Down Under'' with a slightly altered track listing.

Critical reception

Heather Phares from

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said "Bachelor Girl provide plenty of youthful, shiny dance-pop on their debut album. Songs like "Blown Away", "Buses and Trains" and "Treat Me Good" showcase Tania Doko's girlish yet powerful voice and James Roche's songwriting and production skills." calling it "A catchy, entertaining album"

Commercial performance

''Waiting for the Day'' was commercially successful in Australia, spending nine months in the top fifty and peaking in the top twenty on the Australian

Track listing

Australian version # "

" (James Roche) – 3:42 # "Gotta Let You Go" (Tania Doko, Roche) – 5:41 # "

" (Doko, Jimmy McDonnell, Roche) – 4:31 # "This Must Be Love (Like It or Not)" (Doko, Roche) – 4:07 # "Waiting for the Day" (Roche) – 4:07 # "My World" (Doko, Randy Goodrum, Roche, N. Sloan) – 4:20 # "You Are Afraid" (Roche) – 4:58 # "Someway, Somehow" (Doko, Roche) – 5:14 # "Blind" (Doko, Roche) – 4:11 # "Don't Hold Back" (Michael O'Rourke, Roche) – 4:57 # "I Don't Believe You" (Doko, Roche) – 3:59 # "Mad About You" (Doko, Roche) – 5:06 *Japan edition #

"Treat Me Good" (Cyber mix) – 5:40 *Australian re-issued edition #

" Lucky Me" (Roche) – 4:31 # "Permission to Shine" (

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) – 4:18 # "Blown Away" (S. Cutler, A. Preven) – 4:36 # "You Are Afraid" (remix) # "Blind" (remix) US version – ''Breaking Through from Down Under'' (1999) # "Buses and Trains" – 3:41 # "Blown Away" – 4:36 # "Lucky Me" – 4:30 # "Permission to Shine" – 4:16 # "Treat Me Good" – 4:29 # "Gotta Let You Go" – 5:25 # "Waiting for the Day" – 5:06 # "This Must Be Love (Like It or Not)" – 4:05 # "You Are Afraid" – 4:56 # "I Don't Believe You" – 3:58 # "Someway, Somehow" – 4:20 # "Mad About You" – 5:04

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References

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