Marcia Shines

Marcia Shines
Marcia Shines
Studio album by Marcia Hines
Released	October 1975
Genre	Disco; pop;
Label	Wizard Records
Producer	Robie Porter
Marcia Hines chronology
Singles from Marcia Shines
	"Fire and Rain"; Released: April 1975; "From the Inside / Jumpin' Jack Flash"; Released: October 1975; "Don't Let the Grass Grow / You Gotta Let Go"; Released: June 1976;

Marcia Shines is the debut studio album as a solo artist for American-Australian singer Marcia Hines. Hines had been resident in Australia since 1970. Marcia Shines was released in October 1975, and peaked at number 4 in January 1976. Marcia Shines was the biggest selling album by an Australian female artist in 1975. In November 1976, Hines was given a platinum award for this album. It was the highest selling album by an Australian female artist at the time.^[1]^[2]

Track listing

LP/Cassette^[3]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fire and Rain"	James Taylor	4:39
2.	"Trilogy"	Robie Porter	4:20
3.	"Don't Let the Grass Grow"	David Buskin	4:13
4.	"From the Inside"	Artie Wayne	3:43
5.	"If This Was the Last Song"	Jimmy Webb	3:50

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	Jagger/Richards	4:05
2.	"You Gotta Let Go"	Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike	4:30
3.	"But It's Alright"	J J Jackson	2:45
4.	"I Need It Just as Bad as You"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.	2:55
5.	"Easy Evil"	Alan O'Day	4:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[4]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[4]	18

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	Platinum	100,000^[2]

References

^ "Marcia Hines - Bio". marciahines.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shining Over Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 20 November 1976. p. 57. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ "Marcia Hines Marcia Shines". Discogs. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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[1] "Marcia Hines - Bio". marciahines.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[aus76-2] "Shining Over Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 20 November 1976. p. 57. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.

[3] "Marcia Hines Marcia Shines". Discogs. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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