Heaven Knows (Rick Price album)

Heaven Knows
Studio album by
Released10 July 1992
Recorded1991
GenrePop, pop rock
LabelSony Music-Columbia
ProducerChris Lord-Alge
Rick Price chronology
Heaven Knows
(1992)
Tamborine Mountain
(1995)
Singles from Heaven Knows
  1. "Not a Day Goes By"
    Released: February 1992
  2. "Heaven Knows"
    Released: July 1992
  3. "What's Wrong with That Girl"
    Released: September 1992
  4. "A House Divided"
    Released: February 1993
  5. "Walk Away Renée"
    Released: May 1993

Heaven Knows is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Rick Price, released in July 1992 through Sony Music-Columbia. It peaked at No. 3 in Australia in July 1992 and spent 23 weeks in the ARIA top 40 chart, and was also successful internationally in numerous countries. The album spawned five singles, all of which charted on the ARIA charts, with its first two singles cracking the top ten. The second single and title track "Heaven Knows" also charted in many countries in Europe and Asia and won the APRA Award song of the year. The fourth single was a cover of The Left Banke hit Walk Away Renee.

There were three issues of the album including a U.S. release and a double deluxe-CD Australian Tour Pressing in 1993. The album features a duet with renowned singer Tina Arena.

Track listing

CD
  1. "What's Wrong with That Girl" (P. Buckle, R. Price) - 4:08
  2. "Not a Day Goes By" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:17
  3. "A House Divided" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:22
  4. "Walk Away Renée" (B. Calilli, M, Brown, T. Sansone) - 4:26
  5. "Heaven Knows" (H. Field, R. Price) - 4:25
  6. "Church on Fire" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 4:52
  7. "Life Without You" (P. Reswick, R. Price, S. Werfel) - 3:43
  8. "Foollin' Myself" (H. Field, R. Price) - 3:44
  9. "Forever Me and You" (H. Field, P. Gleeson, R. Price) - 4:14
  10. "Fragile" (H. Field, R. Price) - 3:28

Deluxe edition

1993 re-release bonus disc

  1. "Listen to Your Heart"
  2. "If You Were My Baby"
  3. "Wishin"
  4. "We've Got Each Other"
  5. "Not a Day Goes By" (Acoustic Version)
  6. "Where Are You Now"

Later pressings of the bonus disc also included Price's version of Peter Allen's classic "Tenterfield Saddler", which Price recorded as a tribute to Allen, who passed away in 1992.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[2] 96

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 45
Australian Artist Albums Chart 11

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Rick Price %5BAU%5D – Heaven Knows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rick Price – Heaven Knows" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.