Barricades & Brickwalls is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers released in Australia on 3 September 2001 by Essence Records and on 12 February 2002 on Warner Bros. Records in the US. The album was mainly written by Chambers with help from Worm Werchon and her father Bill Chambers. Barricades & Brickwalls debuted in the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, and sales were considerably high of those of Chambers first album, The Captain (1999). Its singles were successful in most music markets, "Not Pretty Enough", the most successful song from the album gave Chambers her first number-one single in Australia and reached number 4 in New Zealand. Other singles includes "Runaway Train", "On a Bad Day", "Million Tears" and "If I Were You". The commercial success of the album led the album to eight nominations at the ARIA Awards.
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| Released | 3 September 2001 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 54:16 | |||
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| Producer | Nash Chambers | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    link |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| Rolling Stone | link |
The song "Not Pretty Enough" reached number-one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, going double platinum, and Chambers became the first musical act in Australian history to have an album and single sit at the top of the charts at the same time. The singles "Million Tears" and "If I Were You" would later reach the top forty in Australia. The album did not reach quite the same audience in the United States, peaking just outside the top 100 of the Billboard 200. It did, however, reach the top of the Heatseekers chart as well as hitting the top 20 of the Top Country Albums. The track "Crossfire" features the Living End.
The album would end up going platinum in 2002, becoming the highest selling album by an Australian artist in that year, along with the highest selling single. Chambers, because of the success of this album, won Best Country Album, Best Female Artist, and Album of the Year at the 2002 ARIA Awards. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 40 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Kasey Chambers, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Barricades & Brickwalls" (Kasey Chambers, Worm Werchon, Bill Chambers) | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Not Pretty Enough" | 3:20 |
| 3. | "On a Bad Day" (with Lucinda Williams) | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Runaway Train" (K. Chambers, Werchon) | 3:25 |
| 5. | "A Little Bit Lonesome" | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Nullarbor Song" | 4:27 |
| 7. | "Million Tears" | 5:02 |
| 8. | "Still Feeling Blue" (Gram Parsons) | 2:44 |
| 9. | "This Mountain" | 4:54 |
| 10. | "Crossfire" | 2:16 |
| 11. | "Falling into You" | 3:45 |
| 12. | "If I Were You" | 4:10 |
| 13. | "I Still Pray (featuring Paul Kelly and Uncle Bill)" (hidden song "Ignorance" at end) | 11:10 |
| Total length: | 54:16 | |
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (2001–2004) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[5] | 104 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 12 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (2001) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 52 |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[8] | 3 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 3 |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[10] | 1 |
| Chart (2003) | Position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] | 39 |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[12] | 3 |
| Chart (2004) | Position |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[13] | 14 |
| Chart (2005) | Position |
| Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[14] | 17 |
Decade-end chart
edit| Chart (2000–2009) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 26 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[16] | 7× Platinum | 490,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Barricades & Brickwalls". Robert Christgau.
- ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Kasey Chambers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Kasey Chambers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "2001 ARIA Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2001 ARIA Country Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2002 ARIA Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2002 ARIA Country Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2003 ARIA Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2003 ARIA Country Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2004 ARIA Country Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2005 ARIA Country Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". ARIA. January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.