Affirmation is the second and final studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, released on 9 November 1999 by Columbia Records. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album. It was nominated for Best Group and Best Pop Release.
The band recorded their second studio album after they recorded "The Animal Song" for the soundtrack to the film The Other Sister. The majority of the album was written by Hayes in New York in September 1999 or slightly earlier that year. The exception was 'You Can Still Be Free', a much older song that dated back to at least 1995 - a demo recording appeared on their 1995 demo tape, then titled 'Free'. The track was written in tribute to a friend of the band who had committed suicide some years previously, and was revisited after said friends' family explained they loved the song and wanted to see it released on an album. Preceded by the second single "I Knew I Loved You", the album was released on 9 November 1999 to worldwide success. The album spawned a further five singles, one of which was exclusive to the Australian market ("Chained to You"), and one of which was exclusive to the British market ("The Best Thing").
Following the success of the Superstars and Cannonballs video album, the album was reissued in November 2000, containing a bonus live album, Declaration, featuring recordings from the concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 21 May 2000. Including sales of the re-issue, the album has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, being certified platinum in a number of countries.[10] It became the band's last studio album after Daniel decided to leave in 2001.
Similarly to Savage Garden, the album's track listing varied internationally. The Australian version of the album features a bonus remix of "The Animal Song", a CD-ROM featuring video footage and bonus material, and the uncut version of "Gunning Down Romance". The International version removes the remix, CD-ROM and features a cut version of "Gunning Down Romance", due to a manufacturing error where six seconds of music are cut between 4:36 and 4:42, causing the music to stop abruptly.
Strings arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock; contractor – Jules Chaikin
Productionedit
Arranged and produced by Savage Garden and Walter Afanasieff
Recorded and engineered by Jay Healy (vocals), Kent Matcke (basic tracking), David Frazer (guitars, strings on track 9), David Reitzas (guitars) and David Gleeson (drums, Fairlight, vocals and piano)
Assistant engineers – Brian Vibberts, Pete Krawiec, Tony Rambo, Dave Ashton, Ethan Schofer, Dave Ashton, Luis Quine, Mark Gregory, Ryan Hewitt
Mixed by Dave Way (tracks 1–6 and 8–12) and Chris Lord-Alge (track 7)
^ [Gold Albums, and other certified works. November 1999 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese). 482. Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan: 9. 10 January 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
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Affirmation is the second and final studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden released on 9 November 1999 by Columbia Records It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album It was nominated for Best Group and Best Pop Release AffirmationAustralian coverStudio album by Savage GardenReleased9 November 1999Recorded1998 1999GenreSoft rock 1 Length53 42 International edition 63 37 Australian edition LabelColumbiaProducerWalter Afanasieff Darren Hayes Daniel JonesSavage Garden chronologySavage Garden 1997 Affirmation 1999 Truly Madly Completely The Best of Savage Garden 2005 Singles from Affirmation The Animal Song Released 23 February 1999 I Knew I Loved You Released 28 September 1999 Affirmation Released 10 January 2000 Crash and Burn Released 20 March 2000 Chained to You Released 2 October 2000 Hold Me Released 13 November 2000 The Best Thing Released 19 March 2001 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Entertainment WeeklyC 3 PopMatters 4 Q 5 Robert Christgau 6 Rolling Stone 7 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 8 Sputnikmusic 9 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Credits 3 1 Savage Garden 3 2 Additional personnel 3 3 Production 4 Charts and certifications 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Decade end charts 5 Certifications and sales 6 ReferencesBackground editThe band recorded their second studio album after they recorded The Animal Song for the soundtrack to the film The Other Sister The majority of the album was written by Hayes in New York in September 1999 or slightly earlier that year The exception was You Can Still Be Free a much older song that dated back to at least 1995 a demo recording appeared on their 1995 demo tape then titled Free The track was written in tribute to a friend of the band who had committed suicide some years previously and was revisited after said friends family explained they loved the song and wanted to see it released on an album Preceded by the second single I Knew I Loved You the album was released on 9 November 1999 to worldwide success The album spawned a further five singles one of which was exclusive to the Australian market Chained to You and one of which was exclusive to the British market The Best Thing Following the success of the Superstars and Cannonballs video album the album was reissued in November 2000 containing a bonus live album Declaration featuring recordings from the concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 21 May 2000 Including sales of the re issue the album has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide being certified platinum in a number of countries 10 It became the band s last studio album after Daniel decided to leave in 2001 Similarly to Savage Garden the album s track listing varied internationally The Australian version of the album features a bonus remix of The Animal Song a CD ROM featuring video footage and bonus material and the uncut version of Gunning Down Romance The International version removes the remix CD ROM and features a cut version of Gunning Down Romance due to a manufacturing error where six seconds of music are cut between 4 36 and 4 42 causing the music to stop abruptly Track listing editAll songs written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones and produced by Walter Afanasieff Standard editionNo TitleLength1 Affirmation 4 562 Hold Me 4 503 I Knew I Loved You 4 104 The Best Thing 4 195 Crash and Burn 4 416 Chained to You 4 087 The Animal Song 4 398 The Lover After Me 4 509 Two Beds and a Coffee Machine 3 2710 You Can Still Be Free 4 1811 Gunning Down Romance 5 3412 I Don t Know You Anymore 3 50 Australian special editionNo TitleLength13 The Animal Song Hex Hector Club Mix 9 5514 The Animal Song Making of the Video 3 00 Declaration live bonus discNo TitleLength1 The Best Thing 5 242 The Lover After Me 4 383 I Don t Know You Anymore 3 374 Two Beds and a Coffee Machine 4 465 You Can Still Be Free 4 586 Hold Me 4 527 Gunning Down Romance 6 368 Crash and Burn 5 139 Chained to You 6 3310 I Knew I Loved You 8 0511 Affirmation 6 17 Expanded Edition 2015 Disc 2 No TitleLength1 Hold Me Live at London Radio 2 Crash amp Burn Live at London Radio 3 I Knew I Loved You Live at Paris Radio 4 The Lover After Me Live at Paris Radio 5 I Don t Know You Anymore Live from The Panel 6 I Knew I Loved You Eddie s Rhythm Radio Mix 7 Affirmation 2004 Almighty Mix 8 Chained To You Justin Shave Remix 9 Crash amp Burn Eddie s Bumped Up Dance Mix 10 Hold Me 2004 Almighty Mix Credits editSavage Garden edit Darren Hayes vocals Daniel Jones additional guitars keyboards synthesizers drum and rhythm programming Additional personnel edit Walter Afanasieff keyboards synthesizers drum and rhythm programming acoustic piano on track 9 Greg Bieck keyboards and programming Michael Landau electric guitars Michael Thompson electric guitars and lead baritone guitar on track 6 Dean Parks acoustic guitars Nathan East bass Steve Smith drums Strings arranged and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock contractor Jules Chaikin Production edit Arranged and produced by Savage Garden and Walter Afanasieff Recorded and engineered by Jay Healy vocals Kent Matcke basic tracking David Frazer guitars strings on track 9 David Reitzas guitars and David Gleeson drums Fairlight vocals and piano Assistant engineers Brian Vibberts Pete Krawiec Tony Rambo Dave Ashton Ethan Schofer Dave Ashton Luis Quine Mark Gregory Ryan Hewitt Mixed by Dave Way tracks 1 6 and 8 12 and Chris Lord Alge track 7 Mastered by Vlado MellerCharts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Chart 1999 2000 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 11 1 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 12 26 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 13 43 Canadian Albums Billboard 14 1 Danish Albums Hitlisten 15 3 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 16 46 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 17 8 French Albums SNEP 18 45 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 19 11 Irish Albums IRMA 20 12 Japanese Albums Oricon 21 12 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 22 3 Norwegian Albums VG lista 23 4 Scottish Albums OCC 24 4 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 25 1 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 26 8 UK Albums OCC 27 7 US Billboard 200 28 6 Year end charts edit Chart 1999 Position Australian Albums ARIA 29 4 UK Albums OCC 30 89 Chart 2000 Position Australian Albums ARIA 31 3 Canadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 32 41 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 33 39 UK Albums OCC 34 21 US Billboard 200 35 25 Chart 2001 Position Australian Albums ARIA 36 71 Decade end charts edit Chart 2000 2009 Position Australian Albums ARIA 37 46 US Billboard 200 195Certifications and sales edit See Tfd See Tfd Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 38 8 Platinum 560 000 Canada Music Canada 39 2 Platinum 200 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 40 2 Platinum 100 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 41 Gold 31 905 41 Germany BVMI 42 Gold 150 000 Japan RIAJ 43 Gold 100 000 Mexico AMPROFON 44 Platinum Gold 225 000 New Zealand RMNZ 45 Platinum 15 000 Sweden GLF 46 2 Platinum 160 000 United Kingdom BPI 47 3 Platinum 900 000 United States RIAA 48 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Summaries Europe IFPI 49 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Affirmation Savage Garden Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Erlewine Stephen Thomas Affirmation at AllMusic Retrieved 2011 06 27 Morgan Laura 12 November 1999 Affirmation Review Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 25 April 2009 Retrieved 4 September 2013 Angotti Chris Savage Garden Affirmation PopMatters Retrieved 4 September 2013 Savage Garden Affirmation CD Album CD Universe Retrieved 4 September 2013 Christgau Robert CG Savage Garden RobertChristgau com Retrieved 4 September 2013 Walters Barry 9 December 1999 Savage Garden Affirmation Music Review Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 25 July 2008 Retrieved 4 September 2013 Cross Charles R 2004 Savage Garden In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster pp 718 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 Med57 19 June 2006 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