Innocent Eyes (Delta Goodrem album)
Released 21 March 2003 (Australia)
30 June 2003 (UK)
Recorded 2001–2003
Genre
Pop pop rock adult contemporary
Length 56:06
Label
Epic Daylight
Producer
Gary Barlow John Fields Matthew Gerrard Delta Goodrem Eliot Kennedy David Nicholas Ric Wake
Innocent Eyes is the debut studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem, released in Australia on 21 March 2003. It was later released in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2003. Goodrem co-wrote most of the material, excluding “Throw It Away”, “Lost Without You” and “Butterfly”. The album features two solely self-penned songs, “In My Own Time” and “Will You Fall for Me”. Goodrem worked with writers and producers such as Audius Mtawarira, Bridget Benenate, Cathy Dennis, Eliot Kennedy, Gary Barlow, Jarrad Rogers, Kara DioGuardi, Vince Pizzinga and others to create the album with a collection of piano-based pop and ballad tracks.
Five singles were released from the album. It’s lead single “Born to Try” was released in November 2002 and became a massive commercial success, peaking atop the ARIA Singles Chart and the New Zealand Singles Chart and becoming Goodrem’s most successful single to date. Follow-up singles “Lost Without You”, “Innocent Eyes”, “Not Me, Not I” and “Predictable” also all reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. Goodrem thus became the first artist to have five number-one singles from a debut album. The first three singles charted within the top 10 in the United Kingdom. In order to promote the album, Goodrem embarked on The Visualise Tour.
Innocent Eyes debuted at number one on the Australian Albums Chart, making it her first number-one album and altogether selling 4.5 million copies worldwide (1.2 million in Australia alone). Innocent Eyes is the most successful album in Australia in 19 years. It was the highest-selling album in Australia of the decade and is the equal sixth highest-selling album in Australian history.
In September 2000, Goodrem signed to Sony Music and her original album which she planned to release with independent label Empire Records was shelved. A year later, Goodrem released her debut single “I Don’t Care” which peaked at number 64 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
Soon after, Goodrem began working on Innocent Eyes. She worked with a range of producers and songwriters, including the True North production and songwriting team Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy (Spice Girls), Ric Wake (Celine Dion, Taylor Dayne, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey), Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff), Matthew Gerrard (Mandy Moore, BBMak), Vince Pizzinga (Midnight Oil, Danielle Spencer), David Nicholas (INXS, Elton John, George), The Rembrandts and Mark Holden. Innocent Eyes is a Pop, pop rock and adult contemporary album which uses mostly live instruments. Talking about the album, Goodrem stated that “I wanted to make an album that reflected me at this time in my life”, “Every song takes me to a place where I can remember what happened”. She also stated “The album is almost like a diary I have been keeping over the last two years”, “Every track has a meaning behind it that’s personal to me. I have been looking forward to this day for a long time and I just hope that everyone likes the music as much as I loved making it”.
In 2004, Goodrem had been accused of owing thousands of dollars to songwriter Mark Holden. Holden wanted to clear up the terms of his contract with Goodrem and her record label Sony and requested all consultancy fees owed to him under the agreement.
She also faced legal action that same year with her former music producers Trevor Carter and Paul Higgins. They sued Goodrem and her parents over unpaid royalties and for the right to release a 13-track album recorded with Goodrem in 2000.
Track listing
1. “Born to Try” Delta Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira Ric Wake 4:13
2. “Innocent Eyes” Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga John Fields 3:53
3. “Not Me, Not I” Goodrem, Kara DioGuardi, Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Jarrad Rogers Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy 4:25
4. “Throw It Away” Barlow, Kennedy, Cathy Dennis Barlow, Kennedy 3:52
5. “Lost Without You” Matthew Gerrard, Bridget Benenate Matthew Gerrard 4:10
6. “Predictable” Goodrem, DioGuardi, Rogers Fields 3:40
7. “Butterfly” Barlow, Kennedy, Tim Woodcock Barlow, Kennedy 4:00
8. “In My Own Time” Goodrem David Nicholas 4:06
9. “My Big Mistake” Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock Barlow, Kennedy 3:44
10. “This Is Not Me” Goodrem, Pizzinga Nicholas 4:29
11. “Running Away” Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock Barlow, Kennedy 3:21
12. “A Year Ago Today” Goodrem, Mark Holden, Paul Wiltshire Nicholas 4:13
13. “Longer” Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock Barlow, Kennedy 3:53
14. “Will You Fall for Me” Goodrem Goodrem 3:59
Total length: 56:06
Personnel
Delta Goodrem — vocals, writer, producer, piano, keyboards, concept
Mark Russell — production coordination
Mark Fields — arranger, keyboards, producer, engineer, string arrangements, bass, guitar
Matthew Gerrard — arranger, programming, producer, instrumentation
Gary Barlow — keyboards, programming, producer
Eliot Kennedy — producer, guitar
Audius Mtawarira – co-writer, producer
David Nicholas — producer, vocal engineer
Rick Wake — producer
Daniel Denholm — conductor, string arrangements
Mike Ruekberg — guitar (baritone)
Steve MacKay — guitar
Mark Punch — guitar
Phil Solem — guitar
Craig Myers — guitar
Jeremy Meek — bass guitar
Chris Cameron – string arrangements
Vince Pizzinga — cello arrangement
Ameena Maria Khawaja— cello
Richard Sanford — piano
David Falzone — piano
Matt Mahaffey — keyboards, noise
Billy Hawn — percussion
Dorian Crozier — drums
Cathy Dennis — vocals (background)
Ami Richardson — vocals (background)
Bob Cadway — engineer
Chong Lim — vocal engineer
Jim Annunziatto — assistant engineer
Michael Brauer— mixing
Greg Calbi — mastering
Robbie Adams — assistant
Sam Story – assistant
Blair Simmons — assistant
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