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Edge (album)

Edge is an album by Daryl Braithwaite. It was recorded between April–September 1988 and released in November 1988. It reached No.1 on the Australian ARIA Charts[2] for 3 weeks in 1989.

Edge
Studio album by
Daryl Braithwaite
Released4 November 1988 (1988-11-04)
RecordedMay 1988, Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia
GenrePop rock, Soft rock
Length54:15
LabelCBS
ProducerSimon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite chronology
Out on the Fringe
(1979) 		Edge
(1988) 		Rise
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Braithwaite toured the album across Australia and New Zealand in 1989 and the album was certified 3× platinum in October 1989.[3]

Simon Hussey was nominated for Producer of the Year for Edge at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, but lost to Age of Reason.

Track listing

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  1. "As the Days Go By" (Ian Thomas) – 4:04
  2. "You Could Be Wrong" (Simon Hussey) – 3:22
  3. "All I Do" (Thomas) – 4:06
  4. "Let Me Be" (Hussey, David Reyne) – 5:36
  5. "Sugar Train" (Jef Scott) – 3:42
  6. "Down Down" (Scott) – 4:37
  7. "In My Life" (Chris Doheny) – 5:08
  8. "Edge (Instrumental)" (Jef Scott, Simon Hussey) – 0:34
  9. "I Don't Remember" (Peter Gabriel) – 4:09
  10. "One Summer" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:43
  11. "It's All in the Music" (Braithwaite, Garth Porter) – 3:40
  12. "All The Same" (Hussey, Lisa Bade, Mark Greig) – 3:57
  13. "Up-Out" (Andy Cichon, Braithwaite, Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Hussey) – 3:58
  14. "Pretending to Care" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:39

Personnel

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Release history

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Country Date Label Format Catalog
Australia 1988 CBS CD 462625 2
Australia 1988 CBS LP 462625 1
Australia 1988 CBS Cassette 462625 4

Chart positions

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1988/89) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 24

Year-end charts

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Year-end charts (1989) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 5

Singles

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Release date Single Peak chart positions
AUS
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		NOR
[9] 		SWE
[10]
September 1988 As the Days Go By 11 49 — —
October 1988 All I Do 23 — — —
January 1989 One Summer 8 — 5 4
April 1989 Let Me Be 26 — — —
July 1989 Sugar Train — — — —
"—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] 4× Platinum 280,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s

References

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  1. ^ ""Edge" by Daryl Braithwaite". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ Six Moons (CD). Daryl Braithwaite. Sony Music Australia. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 40.
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