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Lovegrass (album)

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Lovegrass
Studio album by
Released23 August 2013
GenreCountry
Length41:58
LabelABC Music, Universal Music Australia
ProducerMatt Felltake
Sara Storer chronology
Calling Me Home - The Best of Sara Storer
(2010)
Lovegrass
(2013)
Silos
(2016)

Lovegrass is the fifth studio album by Australian country music singer Sara Storer. It was released in August 2013[1][2] and peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Charts.

The title track is a song written about her husband Dave. "This is my love song for Dave. How lucky is he to have a song written for him about a noxious weed, every now and then I threaten him with Roundup!" Storer said. The album was launched at the 2013 Gympie Music Muster.[3]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, the album was nominated for Best Country Album, losing to Wreck & Ruin by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson[4]

At the Country Music Awards of Australia of 2014, Storer won Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year.

Critical reception

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Scott Fitzsimons from The Music AU gave the album 3.5 out of 5 saying; "Storytelling is at the heart of any great country artist and Sara Storer is still a great storyteller. Lovegrass...comes after marriage and family life – experiences that are on this album's sleeve. She openly admits the title track is written for her husband and other cuts – "Come On Rain", "Heart & Sold", "You're My Everything" – can be attributed to that same family muse. Even when it's not about them, a romanticised Australian country life underpins everything here" adding "Storer doesn't need to prove anything on Lovegrass after the career she's had, and the break has given her a chance to choose the time and manner of her return. This feels right, it feels natural and it feels comfortable."[5]

Katie Davern from Alt Media said "The stories are intimate and unique." adding "Lovegrass toes the line between folk and Storer's distinctively Australian brand of country; the former finds a home nestled in the title track whose feel-good melodies intertwine to tell Storer's own tale of a lover's rejoice. "[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Come on Rain" – 3:17
  2. "Lovegrass" – 2:42
  3. "Canoe" – 3:11
  4. "Heart & Sold" – 3:32
  5. "Shuffling Mess" – 2:59
  6. "Pozie" – 5:36
  7. "You're My Everything" – 3:11
  8. "Next Year" – 4:01
  9. "Sun Shower" – 3:08
  10. "Chapters" – 4:32
  11. "Willie Paroo" – 2:51
  12. "Apple Seeds" – 2:58

Weekly charts

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Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 25
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[8] 9
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[9] 5

Year-end charts

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Chart (2013) Position
ARIA Country Albums Chart[10] 37

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 23 August 2013
  • CD
  • digital download
ABC Music, Universal Music Australia 3737063

References

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  1. ^ "Lovegrass by Sara Storer". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Lovegrass by Sara Storer". Sanity. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sara Storer Releases New Album 'Lovegrass' (Aus)". Brendon Veevers. Renowned for Sound. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "2013 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Sara Storer Lovegrass". The Music. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Sara Storer Lovegrass". 30 August 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Sara Storer – Lovegrass". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  8. ^ "ARIA Report issue 1227" (PDF). ARIA. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  9. ^ "ARIA Report issue 1227" (PDF). ARIA. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Country Albums 2013". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 December 2016.