| The Witness Tree | ||||
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| Released | 14 November 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 at The Plant in Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 53:42 | |||
| Label | rooArt | |||
| Producer | Booker T. Jones | |||
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The Witness Tree is the third solo studio album by Australian singer Wendy Matthews, released in Australia by rooArt on 14 November 1994. It is a non-traditional gospel album, with Matthews stating "the spirit of gospel is so uplifting, I have a lot of faith, but for me it's more nature and the elements." The Witness Tree debuted inside the Australian ARIA Albums Chart top twenty, but sales fell considerably short of those of Matthews's 1992 album Lily. The album was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1995 for "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and yielded three singles; "Standing Strong", "Love Will Keep Me Alive" and "Say a Prayer".
The Witness Tree debuted at number sixteen on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, becoming Matthews's fourth top twenty album.[1] The album dropped out of the top fifty after two months, and spent a total of twenty-one weeks in the top one hundred.[1] The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies.[2] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album but lost the award to "I've Got a Plan" by My Friend The Chocolate Cake.[3]
- ^ a b "The Witness Tree - Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ "Wendy Matthews ~ From Émigré to Stepping Stones ~" Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Wendymatthews.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ "1995: 9th Annual ARIA Awards" Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 5 June 2009.