Circus Girl (album)
Circus Girl is the fifth studio album from Australian country music artist Sherrié Austin and was released independently on November 15, 2011.[1]
Circus Girl | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 15, 2011 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 45:10 | |||
Label | Circus Girl Records, LLC | |||
Sherrié Austin chronology | ||||
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Background
The album is portrayed as a group of tales analyzed by a powerful female, about females, and on behalf of females. Austin felts that the work was something her female supporters have been requesting for years.[2][3][4]
"The last few years I had been complaining about the fact that there weren’t any females speaking to women above the age of 30, so I started thinking about how I was writing my songs and came up with the idea for “Friday Night Girls" ...I wanted to write a three-minute song with every Sex and the City episode that had ever existed, so I did. I quickly noticed that the women in my audiences loved it and so I switched my songwriting focus for a while to concentrate on that audience, who are my peers, to speak to them,” says Austin.[2]
The final track on the album, "Naughty or Nice", was co-written by Shane Stevens.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Circus Girl" | Sherrié Austin, Will Rambeaux, Charity Daw | 3:16 |
2. | "Tryin' to Be Me" | Austin, Rodney Clawson, Dan Frizsell | 3:32 |
3. | "I Didn't" | Austin, Rambeaux, Steve Williams | 2:52 |
4. | "If I Was a Man" | Austin, Paul Duncan, Al Kasha | 3:09 |
5. | "Just Want to Love You Tonight" | Austin | 3:21 |
6. | "Get Your Leavin' Done" | Austin | 3:46 |
7. | "He's All Yours" | Austin, Rambeaux, Jaclyn North | 3:30 |
8. | "Bad for Me" | Austin, Rambeaux | 3:08 |
9. | "Friday Night Girls" | Austin | 3:49 |
10. | "Sleep with Me" | Austin, Steven Dale Jones, Lillie Mae Rische | 3:41 |
11. | "That Kind of Happy" | Austin, Mallary Hope, Rambeaux | 3:33 |
12. | "Streets of Heaven" (re-recorded 2011 version) | Austin, Duncan, Kasha | 4:29 |
13. | "Naughty or Nice" (duet with Shane Stevens) | Austin, Shane Stevens, Steven Lee Olsen, Rambeaux | 3:13 |
Total length: | 45:10 |
Personnel[6]
- Sherrié Austin - vocals
- Jim Hyatt - bass
- Joel Key - banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Wayne Killius - drums
- Mike Rojas - keyboards
- Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
- Shane Stevens - backing vocals
- Russell Terrell - backing vocals
References
- "Circus Girl - Sherrié Austin - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- http://www.sherrieaustinmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=219 SherrieAustinMusic.com
- "Circus Girl by Sherrié Austin - Country Weekly". Country Weekly. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "Sherrie Austin Goes DIY for First Album in 8 Years - Billboard". Billboard. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "CMT : News : Sherrie Austin Steps Right Up for Circus Girl, New TV Show". CMT: Country Music Television. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- "Circus Girl - Sherrié Austin - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2017.