Biography
Courtesy of BMG Records
for the "Counting Down
the Days Release"
(February 2005)
Natalie
Imbruglia is back with a
sensational, brand new studio
album; ‘Counting Down
the Days’, released
April 4th on Brightside
Records.
Stuffed
with contemporary pop anthems
as well as tender, beguiling
and utterly winning ballads,
the album eloquently showcases
Natalie’s talents
as both a songwriter and
wonderfully expressive vocalist.
Natalie co-writes 10 of
the 12 tracks on the album
including the infectious
first single, ‘Shiver’,
released March 21st.
“I
am so happy and truly proud
of this album,” says
Natalie. “With me
it’s always about
feeling genuinely comfortable
with the music I am working
on as well as with the people
and producers around me
and on ‘Counting Down
the Days’ I worked
with some amazing people
and I am so pleased with
this record.”
Natalie’s
last album, ‘White
Lilies Island’, was
released in November 2001
and featured the singles,
‘That Day’ and
‘Wrong Impression.
‘White Lilies Island’,
followed the massive worldwide
success of 1997’s
‘Left of the Middle’
album and the phenomenally
successful single ‘Torn’.
Initial
writing for, ‘Counting
Down the Days’ began
in 2002. Enough material,
according to Natalie was
assembled for two albums
and the recording process
was really a matter of refining
ideas and identifying the
direction Natalie wanted
to take the album in.
“The
process is always very organic.
I didn’t go in with
too many set ideas, except
that I wanted it to reflect
the place I am in at the
moment and to have fun with
it. My mindset with this
album was all about enjoying
myself and feeling confident
in my own abilities. Hugh
Goldsmith was instrumental
in helping me find the direction
of the album and assembling
a wonderful team.”
Hugh Goldsmith
is one of the most respected
A & R men/label bosses
in the UK. He has formed
a new record company, ‘Brightside’,
in association with Sony/BMG
after considerable success
with the ‘Innocent’
label he founded at EMI/Virgin.
The team
assembled includes producer
Ben Hillier who worked on
Blur’s album, ‘Think
Tank’, writers/producers,
Ash Howes, Martin Harrington,
Daniel Johns, Eg White and
David Koston aka Faultline,
who collaborated with Natalie
on one of her favourite
tracks on the album, ‘Honeycomb
Child’.
Other
album highlights include
the triumphant ‘Counting
Down the Days’, ‘Satisfied’
, ’Slow Down’,
‘Come on Home’
and ‘Starting Today’
– a
song, as the title implies,
about new beginnings, and
of course the addictive
first single, ‘Shiver.’
Natalie
was born in New South Wales
on February 4th, 1975. Her
father is Italian and her
mother Australian. She began
her career in television
at the age of 17, in the
hugely popular soap ‘Neighbours’.
It was through this programme,
in which she appeared until
1994, that she first made
a name for herself.
In 1997,
whilst living in the UK
she recorded her first album,
‘Left of the Middle’,
which was a massive global
success, selling more than
six and a half million copies
worldwide. ‘Torn’,
her first single, made her
an overnight star and brought
worldwide fame. With the
help of Phil Thornalley
(of The Cure), she developed
her own particular style,
which captivated the whole
of Europe.
In November
2001, she released her second
album, ‘White Lilies
Island’ which she
wrote while touring and
travelling back and forth
between the UK and the United
States.
In 2002,
her music featured in the
film, ‘Stigmata’,
in which she sang a song
composed by Billy Corgan
of The Smashing Pumpkins.
In December 2002, Natalie
took part in the Rumba Festival
in Australia and New Zealand.
The same year Natalie also
became one of the faces
of L’Oreal and took
her first steps in the world
of cinema, starring alongside
Rowan Atkinson and John
Malkovich in the Working
Title Feature film, ‘Johnny
English’.
Natalie
is looking forward to the
year ahead, promoting and
touring ‘Counting
Down The Days.’