| Amanda Marshall | ||||
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| Released | October 17, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soft rock, neo-soul | |||
| Length | 49:30 | |||
| Label | Sony Music/Epic | |||
| Producer | David Tyson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Cash Box | (favorable)[2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[3] |
Amanda Marshall is the 1995 debut album by Canadian singer Amanda Marshall. The album peaked at number four on the RPM Albums Chart and has also been certified Diamond by the CRIA with over 1,000,000 copies sold in Canada, making it Marshall's best-selling album of her career.[4] In the United States, the album charted at number 156 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 350,000 copies. It was particularly successful in Norway, where it reached number one and received a Platinum certification.[5] The album sold 2 million copies worldwide.[6]
Seven songs from the album were released as singles: "Let It Rain", "Birmingham", "Fall from Grace", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Dark Horse", "Sitting on Top of the World", and "Trust Me (This Is Love)". "Birmingham" is Marshall's highest-charting song in Canada, peaking at number three. "Fall from Grace", "Dark Horse", and "Sitting on Top of the World" all reached the top five. "Let It Rain" is her most successful international hit, reaching number three in Norway and the top 30 in Australia and New Zealand;[7] it was certified Gold in Norway.[5]
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Darzin, Daina (May 4, 1996). "Pop Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 13. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Helligar, Jeremy (December 13, 1996). "This Week". Entertainment Weekly. Issue 357.
- ^ CRIA searchable database Archived August 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine search Amanda Marshall in the artist field for certifications
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Amanda Marshall – Let It Rain (song)". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018.