A New Kind of Blue is the fourth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings. The album was released in March 1989 and peaked at number 53 on the Australian ARIA Charts.
Lynden Barber from Sydney Morning Herald said the album "sets a new standard of maturity for Australian pop" adding "A New Kind of Blue is a record that takes some time to smoulder its way into your affections, but once there, it glows like embers on a winter's fire. This is suave, adult music that bears the intimacy of confessions whispered in the early hours. Australia – or anywhere else, for that matter – is unlikely to hear a record as gracefully accomplished in the whole of 1989."[3]
Clinton Walker from Rolling Stone Australia gave the album 4 out of 5 saying "A New Kind of Blue is luscious. Even when the melodies aren't arresting in their own right, Cummings knows, and uses well, the power of the gospelesque chorus, to lift them. The instrumentation and arrangements – mostly by O'Mara – are discrete and tasteful to a tee, and Cummings' tenor has that almost cracked, smokey allure."[3]
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kind, blue, fourth, studio, album, australian, singer, songwriter, stephen, cummings, album, released, march, 1989, peaked, number, australian, aria, charts, studio, album, stephen, cummingsreleasedmarch, 1989venueplatinum, studios, melbournegenrerocklength49,. A New Kind of Blue is the fourth studio album by Australian singer songwriter Stephen Cummings The album was released in March 1989 and peaked at number 53 on the Australian ARIA Charts A New Kind of BlueStudio album by Stephen CummingsReleasedMarch 1989VenuePlatinum Studios MelbourneGenreRockLength49 16LabelEMI True Tone PolydorProducerShane O Mara Stephen CummingsStephen Cummings chronologyLovetown 1988 A New Kind of Blue 1989 Good Humour 1991 Singles from A New Kind of Blue A Life Is a Life Released November 1988 Your House Is Falling Released March 1989 When the Day Is Done Released June 1989At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990 the album was nominated for three awards winning Best Adult Contemporary Album 1 2 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Release history 5 ReferencesReception editLynden Barber from Sydney Morning Herald said the album sets a new standard of maturity for Australian pop adding A New Kind of Blue is a record that takes some time to smoulder its way into your affections but once there it glows like embers on a winter s fire This is suave adult music that bears the intimacy of confessions whispered in the early hours Australia or anywhere else for that matter is unlikely to hear a record as gracefully accomplished in the whole of 1989 3 Clinton Walker from Rolling Stone Australia gave the album 4 out of 5 saying A New Kind of Blue is luscious Even when the melodies aren t arresting in their own right Cummings knows and uses well the power of the gospelesque chorus to lift them The instrumentation and arrangements mostly by O Mara are discrete and tasteful to a tee and Cummings tenor has that almost cracked smokey allure 3 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Length1 When the Day Is Done Stephen CummingsJoe Camilleri4 262 A Life Is a Life CummingsDean Richards3 183 Screwed Up State of Affairs CummingsRichards3 454 Running Away CummingsAndrew Pendlebury3 585 Your House Is Falling CummingsPendlebury3 346 Melancholy Hour CummingsShane O Mara4 247 Silent As the Grave Cummings3 538 When Love Comes CummingsO MaraColin Talbot3 409 Carrying a Torch for You For Years CummingsO Mara4 1810 Come On Come On CummingsPendlebury3 4111 Here Where the Sky Is Blue CD bonus track 3 2312 Questions CD bonus track 3 4313 The Last Thing CD bonus track 3 13Charts editChart performance for A New Kind of Blue Chart 1989 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 4 53Release history editRegion Date Label Format CatalogueAustralia March 1989 True Tone Records EMI Music Vinyl CD 791309References edit Winners by Year 1990 Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Retrieved 2 March 2019 Australia 1990 ARIA Awards ALLdownunder com Archived from the original on 25 February 2009 Retrieved 5 December 2009 a b MEDIA Reviews A New Kind LoveTown Retrieved 2 March 2019 Chartifacts Week Ending 03 March 1991 from The ARIA Report Issue No 58 Imgur com original document published by ARIA Retrieved 21 November 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A New Kind of Blue amp oldid 1103389501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
