''Wonder'' is the first studio album by Australian singer
Lisa Mitchell
Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season o ...
. It was released on 31 July 2009 in Australia by Scorpio Music. The album has yielded three singles; "
Coin Laundry", "Clean White Love" and "
Oh! Hark!".
Writing for the album began in 2007 where she collaborated with artists such as
Ben Lee
Benjamin Michael Lee (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but he focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appe ...
,
Kevin Mitchell,
Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on ...
and
Katy Steele
Katy Elizabeth Steele (born 9 September 1983) is an Australian singer, guitarist and songwriter of the four-piece rock band, Little Birdy.
Biography
Steele was born Kate Elizabeth Steele and has a fraternal twin brother, Jake. She and her brot ...
. At the end of 2007, she moved to London to continue writing for the album and collaborating with
Ant Whiting
Anthony Whiting better known as Ant Whiting is a British songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He has worked as a producer and songwriter with artists such as John Newman (singer), John Newman and R ...
,
Ed Harcourt
Edward Henry Richard Harcourt-Smith (born 14 August 1977) is an English singer-songwriter. To date, he has released six studio albums, two EPs, and thirteen singles. His debut album, ''Here Be Monsters'', was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Priz ...
,
Dann Hume
Dann Hume (born 1 September 1987) is a New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Hume began his career with his two brothers (with Peter Hume and Jon Hume) who make up the alternative rock band, Evermore since 1999.
B ...
and
Sacha Skarbek
Sacha Skarbek is a British songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing James Blunt's hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song), Wrecking Ball". Skarbek ...
.
Lisa Mitchell's new EP- Welcome To The Afternoon
Retrieved 21 September 2008 She returned to Australia in 2008 and re-recorded most of the album with Evermore member Dann Hume
Dann Hume (born 1 September 1987) is a New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Hume began his career with his two brothers (with Peter Hume and Jon Hume) who make up the alternative rock band, Evermore since 1999.
B ...
, stating their versions had more energy and were a lot lighter – "they were positive and uplifting." Mitchell explains, "With Anthony, I was homesick by the time I got around to doing the vocals."[Craig Mathieson "Lisa Mitchell has grown from Idol to Glastonbury"](_blank)
Smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
''Wonder'' had commercial success in Australia. It debuted at number six on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
on 10 August 2009, becoming Mitchell's first top ten album.["Wonder – Australian chart run"](_blank)
Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 28 September 2009. The album spent three weeks in the top ten and twenty-four weeks in the top fifty, re-entering three times. The Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...
awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies and became the fifty-sixth highest selling album in Australia for 2009.["ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2009"](_blank)
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
. Retrieved 11 January 2010.["ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums"](_blank)
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
. Retrieved 11 January 2010. ''Wonder'' was nominated for one ARIA Award
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
at the twenty-third ARIA Awards in 2009 for "Breakthrough Artist – Album", but lost the award to '' Ladyhawke'' by Ladyhawke.["2009: 23rd Annual ARIA Awards"](_blank)
. ARIA Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music
The music of Australia has ...
. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
At the J Awards of 2009
The J Award of 2009 is the fifth annual J Awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. The announcement comes at the culmination of Ausmusic Month (November). In 2009, as per 2008, three aw ...
, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2009 debut albums
Lisa Mitchell albums
Albums produced by Ant Whiting