Wonder (Lisa Mitchell album)

Wonder
Studio album by
Lisa Mitchell
Released31 July 2009
Recorded2008
GenreIndie pop, folk
Length56:02
LabelScorpio
ProducerDann Hume
Lisa Mitchell chronology
Welcome to the Afternoon
(2008) 		Wonder
(2009) 		Spiritus
(2012)
Singles from Wonder
  1. "Coin Laundry"
    Released: 24 April 2009
  2. "Clean White Love"
    Released: 6 November 2009
  3. "Oh! Hark!"
    Released: 2 April 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Age[1]
The Border Mail[2]
The Music Magazine(favorable)[3]
OzMusicScene(favorable)[4]
The Times[5]
Triple J(favorable)[6]

Wonder is the first studio album by Australian singer Lisa Mitchell. It was released on 31 July 2009 in Australia by Scorpio Music. The album has yielded three singles; "Coin Laundry", "Clean White Love" and "Oh! Hark!".

Writing for the album began in 2007 where she collaborated with artists such as Ben Lee, Kevin Mitchell, Clare Bowditch and Katy Steele. At the end of 2007, she moved to London to continue writing for the album and collaborating with Ant Whiting, Ed Harcourt, Dann Hume and Sacha Skarbek.[7] She returned to Australia in 2008 and re-recorded most of the album with Evermore member Dann Hume, stating their versions had more energy and were a lot lighter – "they were positive and uplifting." Mitchell explains, "With Anthony, I was homesick by the time I got around to doing the vocals."[8]

Wonder had commercial success in Australia. It debuted at number six on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 10 August 2009, becoming Mitchell's first top ten album.[9] The album spent three weeks in the top ten and twenty-four weeks in the top fifty, re-entering three times.[9] The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies and became the fifty-sixth highest selling album in Australia for 2009.[10][11] Wonder was nominated for one ARIA Award at the twenty-third ARIA Awards in 2009 for "Breakthrough Artist – Album", but lost the award to Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke.[12]

At the J Awards of 2009, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[13]

  1. ^ Mathieson, Craig (31 July 2009). "Review: Wonder". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  2. ^ Horne, Jamie (4 August 2009). "Review: Wonder". Bordermail.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  3. ^ Baker, Amy. "Review: Wonder". Themusicmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ lkatulka. "Review: Wonder". Ozmusicscene.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Cairns, Dan (25 October 2009). "Review: Wonder". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Review: Wonder". Australia: ABC. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  7. ^ Lisa Mitchell's new EP- Welcome To The Afternoon. Retrieved 21 September 2008
  8. ^ Craig Mathieson "Lisa Mitchell has grown from Idol to Glastonbury". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Wonder – Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2009". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  12. ^ "2009: 23rd Annual ARIA Awards" Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  13. ^ "The J Award 2009". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2020.