Albertine

[ Columbia Records / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday, 11 April, 2002

At the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards, Brooke Fraser won the 'International Achievement' award, in recognition of her profile and album sales worldwide.

New Zealand singer / songwriter Brooke Fraser returns with her second album 'Albertine' -- the follow-up to her 2003 debut 'What To Do With Daylight', which catapulted her into the charts with four number one radio hits and sales exceeding seven times platinum!

'Albertine' is the sound of Brooke in 2006, having toured the world over the last few years with her songs, playing shows as far afield as Japan, the USA and UK as well as her newly adopted home of Australia, where she relocated in 2004. It's also the sound of her blossoming love affair with Africa (the album is named for an orphan in Rwanda with whom Brooke has a special bond).

2006 saw Brooke camped out in Los Angeles through a Californian summer, recording 'Albertine' at Track Record in North Hollywood. At the controls was producer Marshall Altman, a recording artist and former Columbia Records A&R director who recently hit success producing Marc Broussard. Engineer Joe Zook had gone from working alongside legendary producer Jack Joseph Puig to recording and mixing for everyone from Modest Mouse and Rufus Wainwright to Pink and Tricky. And on the other side of the glass with Brooke was her new studio band, a bunch of good-hearted and super-talented fellows who have played for stars including Jane's Addiction, Gwen Stefani, Alanis Morrisette, Lionel Richie, Jewel, John Mayer, Sarah McLachlan and more.

"Built by one of the greats, Emmylou Harris, Track Record had all the vibe and history we could have wanted and was the perfect place to record 'Albertine'", says Brooke. "It was void of the mechanical, commercial air that most studios reek of and matched the organic approach we took to making this record.

The lead single "Deciphering Me" has the hallmarks that will see 'Albertine' held up as remarkable album. Immaculately crafted pop that is going to stand the test of time for all the right reasons.

Tracks:
1. Shadowfeet
2. Deciphering Me
3. Love, Where Is Your Fire?
4. Love Is Waiting
5. Albertine
6. C.S. Lewis Song
7. Epilogue
8. Faithful
9. Seeds
10. Hosea's Wife
11. The Thief
12. Hymn