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The Sound of White
The Sound of White is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released 6 September 2004 by Eleven. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist. Higgins had secured recording contracts with Eleven and Warner Bros. while still in high school, after winning a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station Triple J. Her winning song, "All For Believing", is included on this album. After a backpacking trip in 2002, Higgins toured and wrote songs during 2003. She wrote most tracks alone and collaborated on three songs, with Kevin Griffin, Jay Clifford and Clif Magness respectively. The Sound of White was recorded in 2004 with producer John Porter.
Higgins' first single from the album was "Scar", released in August ahead of the album. Three more singles were released, "Ten Days" in November, "The Special Two" in April 2005 and "The Sound of White" in August. Critics gave the album mixed reviews and it achieved commercial success, reaching number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart and was accredited platinum twelve times. The album was nominated for five ARIA Awards in 2004 and won 'Best Pop Release'. The following year it was nominated for eight ARIA awards and won five. In 2005, Higgins won the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 'Song of the Year' award for "Scar".
In 2001, while still at high school, Higgins wrote the song "All for Believing" as part of a music assignment. The song won Unearthed, a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station Triple J and was added to their playlist. She was offered recording contracts by Sony and Eleven. She signed with Eleven before setting off in 2002 on a backpacking trip to Europe. She planned to write music during her trip but, leaving her guitar on a train in Spain, only completed one song. While holidaying, "All for Believing" was picked up by Los Angeles (LA) radio station KCRW and at the end of her trip, she flew to LA to sign an international recording contract with Warner Bros.
In 2003, Higgins spent several months touring as a support act for other artists, and writing music for her debut album. She wrote most of the songs alone, and most of them on the piano. She collaborated with Better Than Ezra musician Kevin Griffin on two songs; "Scar" and "Don't Ever". "Ten Days", inspired by Higgins' break-up with her boyfriend before she travelled to Europe, was co-written with Jay Clifford from Jump, Little Children. "The River" was co-written with Clif Magness.
In November, Higgins released a self-titled extended play (EP), which contains four songs, including "All for Believing" and "Greed for Your Love", the song she had written in Europe. In 2004, she travelled to the US to work with British musician and record producer John Porter and engineer and mixer Jay Newland. Porter assembled a group of session musicians for the album, including drummer Michael Barker, bassist John Patitucci and cellist Martin Tillman.
Higgins released her first single from the album, "Scar" on 2 August 2004; it entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 1. The Sound of White was released in Australia on 6 September. It entered the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 1 and stayed in the top 50 for 85 weeks. It was certified nine times platinum by ARIA. It entered the New Zealand album chart at No. 40, peaked at No. 19 and remained on the chart for 11 weeks. Three more singles were released from the album. "Ten Days" was released 15 November, entering at No. 14, later rising to No. 12. "The Special Two" was released as an EP on 4 April 2005. It entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 2 and stayed on the chart for 19 weeks. "The Sound of White" was released 15 August. It entered the chart at No. 22 and left it after five weeks. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June and the US on 7 June on Reprise (a label owned by Warner Bros.)
Higgins promoted the album in Australia in October 2004 with her first national tour as a headline act.
The album was released in the USA on 7 June 2005.
The Sound of White
The Sound of White is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released 6 September 2004 by Eleven. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist. Higgins had secured recording contracts with Eleven and Warner Bros. while still in high school, after winning a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station Triple J. Her winning song, "All For Believing", is included on this album. After a backpacking trip in 2002, Higgins toured and wrote songs during 2003. She wrote most tracks alone and collaborated on three songs, with Kevin Griffin, Jay Clifford and Clif Magness respectively. The Sound of White was recorded in 2004 with producer John Porter.
Higgins' first single from the album was "Scar", released in August ahead of the album. Three more singles were released, "Ten Days" in November, "The Special Two" in April 2005 and "The Sound of White" in August. Critics gave the album mixed reviews and it achieved commercial success, reaching number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart and was accredited platinum twelve times. The album was nominated for five ARIA Awards in 2004 and won 'Best Pop Release'. The following year it was nominated for eight ARIA awards and won five. In 2005, Higgins won the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) 'Song of the Year' award for "Scar".
In 2001, while still at high school, Higgins wrote the song "All for Believing" as part of a music assignment. The song won Unearthed, a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station Triple J and was added to their playlist. She was offered recording contracts by Sony and Eleven. She signed with Eleven before setting off in 2002 on a backpacking trip to Europe. She planned to write music during her trip but, leaving her guitar on a train in Spain, only completed one song. While holidaying, "All for Believing" was picked up by Los Angeles (LA) radio station KCRW and at the end of her trip, she flew to LA to sign an international recording contract with Warner Bros.
In 2003, Higgins spent several months touring as a support act for other artists, and writing music for her debut album. She wrote most of the songs alone, and most of them on the piano. She collaborated with Better Than Ezra musician Kevin Griffin on two songs; "Scar" and "Don't Ever". "Ten Days", inspired by Higgins' break-up with her boyfriend before she travelled to Europe, was co-written with Jay Clifford from Jump, Little Children. "The River" was co-written with Clif Magness.
In November, Higgins released a self-titled extended play (EP), which contains four songs, including "All for Believing" and "Greed for Your Love", the song she had written in Europe. In 2004, she travelled to the US to work with British musician and record producer John Porter and engineer and mixer Jay Newland. Porter assembled a group of session musicians for the album, including drummer Michael Barker, bassist John Patitucci and cellist Martin Tillman.
Higgins released her first single from the album, "Scar" on 2 August 2004; it entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 1. The Sound of White was released in Australia on 6 September. It entered the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 1 and stayed in the top 50 for 85 weeks. It was certified nine times platinum by ARIA. It entered the New Zealand album chart at No. 40, peaked at No. 19 and remained on the chart for 11 weeks. Three more singles were released from the album. "Ten Days" was released 15 November, entering at No. 14, later rising to No. 12. "The Special Two" was released as an EP on 4 April 2005. It entered the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 2 and stayed on the chart for 19 weeks. "The Sound of White" was released 15 August. It entered the chart at No. 22 and left it after five weeks. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June and the US on 7 June on Reprise (a label owned by Warner Bros.)
Higgins promoted the album in Australia in October 2004 with her first national tour as a headline act.
The album was released in the USA on 7 June 2005.