Savage Garden (Savage Garden album)

Savage Garden
Studio album by
Savage Garden
Released4 March 1997
Recorded1995–1996
Genre
Length49:44 (Australia)
44:35 (International)
Label
ProducerCharles Fisher
Savage Garden chronology
Savage Garden
(1997) 		Affirmation
(1999)
Singles from Savage Garden
  1. "I Want You"
    Released: 27 May 1996
  2. "To the Moon and Back"
    Released: 18 November 1996
  3. "Truly Madly Deeply"
    Released: 3 March 1997
  4. "Break Me Shake Me"
    Released: 16 June 1997
  5. "Universe"
    Released: 20 October 1997
  6. "All Around Me"
    Released: 20 March 1998
  7. "Santa Monica"
    Released: 7 December 1998
  8. "Tears of Pearls"
    Released: 11 May 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Music Week[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Savage Garden is the debut studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, released on 4 March 1997 in Australia by Columbia Records and Roadshow Music. The album won the award for Highest Selling Album at the 12th Annual ARIA Music Awards, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide, according to Billboard magazine.[6] In September 1997, Savage Garden won a record ten ARIA Awards from 13 nominations for the album and associated singles.[7][8] As of 2005, Savage Garden had been certified diamond in Canada,[9] 12× platinum in Australia,[10] 7× platinum in the US,[11] 2× platinum in New Zealand, Singapore, and in the UK.[12]

  1. ^ "Affirmation - Savage Garden | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Savage Garden at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "CG Book '90s: S". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan. ISBN 0312245602. Retrieved 30 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Reviews: Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 16 August 1997. p. 31. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Savage Garden". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 718. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Christie Eliezer (3 June 2000). "Savage Garden wins multiple honours at Australasian Awards". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 68.
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