''Rush'' is the first album by

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n singer Dean Geyer, released by

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in Australia on 28 May 2007 (see

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). The album "sums up everything that" Geyer has felt in the past year, he states "the process of creating, writing, recording and promoting has been a rush. But it's been such a joyous ride for me." ''Rush'' debuted in the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart making it his first top ten album. It also produced Geyer with his first top ten hit with " If You Don't Mean It" which spent twelve weeks in the top fifty. The album features a

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of the Edwin McCain's song " I'll Be", that Geyer also sang on ''

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''.

Track listing

# " If You Don't Mean It" ( Chris Braide, Carl Falk, Didrik Thott) — 3:12 # "I Don't Wanna Wait" ( Jess Cates,

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) — 3:25 # "Rush" (Geyer, Adam Reily) — 3:40 # "Stay" ( Matthew Gerrard,

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) — 3:42 # " I'll Be" ( Edwin McCain) — 4:48 # "She Comes in Waves" (

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, Luke McMaster,

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) — 3:21 # "Angel" (Geyer, Adrian Hannan, Barbara Hannan) — 3:55 # "Written All Over Your Face" (Geyer, Tom Nichols, Paul L. Wiltshire) — 3:53 # "She Takes Me" (Geyer, Richard Goncalves) — 3:40 # "Can't Be You" (Anthony Egizii, Geyer, David Musumeci) — 4:06 # "This World Won't Wait" (Geyer, Michael Stangel) — 3:28 # "Secret Place" (Geyer, Reily) — 4:16 # "One of a Kind" (iTunes Bonus Track) (Phil Buckle, Geyer) — 3:11

Charts

References

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