Amazing (Marcia Hines album)

Amazing is the fourteenth studio album released by Australian musician Marcia Hines, released in April 2014.[3] The album featured a duet with Russell Crowe. It debuted and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Amazing
Studio album by
Marcia Hines
Released4 April 2014 (2014-04-04)
Recorded2013-2014
Genre
Length56:07
LabelAmbition Entertainment
ProducerTom Diesel
Marcia Hines chronology
Marcia Sings Tapestry
(2010)		 Amazing
(2014)		 Still Shining: The 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collection
(2023)
Singles from Amazing
  1. "Amazing"
    Released: 21 February 2014[1]
  2. "Remedy"
    Released: 6 July 2014
  3. "Heartache"
    Released: 14 November 2014[2]

It is her first album of original songs in two decades, with Hines crediting a chance meeting with Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles for this: "She played me her playlist of all the songs she would really dig if she was stranded on a desert island and told me I had to get mine together. I told her my ideas about what I wanted to do next and she told me to follow them."[4]

Hines returned to the R&B sound that saw her reach No. 2 on the Australian charts in 1977 with her single "You".[5]

A deluxe version of the album was released in April 2018, featuring six of Hines' biggest hits.

Promotion

Hines did an in store appearance on 19 April at the WOW Music store in Sydney [6]

Four promotional video clips were released; "Amazing",[7] "Remedy",[8] "Let Love Flow"[9] and "Chase the Feeling".[10]

Critical reception

The Daily Telegraph wrote that on the album Hines "brings sexy back",[11] while The Canberra Times called it "an uncompromising album, full of deep, heartfelt moments, where her royal Hines-ness shows a very intimate and tender side".[12]

Track listing

Adapted from AllMusic.[13]

All tracks are written by Tom Diesel, Marcia Hines and Ron E. Jones

No.TitleLength
1."Amazing"3:36
2."Line in the Sand"3:32
3."Coldest Winter Nights"4:14
4."Chase That Feeling"3:42
5."Remedy" (with Russell Crowe)3:29
6."Hung Up"3:45
7."Rain"4:35
8."Equals Three" (featuring Diesel))4:27
9."Heartache"4:05
10."Silent Tears"3:55
11."Holla"3:41
12."The Change"4:36
13."Let Love Flow"3:40
14."Imagine"4:50
Total length:56:07
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."You"Tom Snow 
16."I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"Burt Bacharach, Hal David 
17."I've Got the Music in Me"Bias Boshell 
18."Shining"Jill Wagner, Robie Porter 
19."Something's Missing (In My Life)"Paul Jabara, Jay Asher 
20."Fire and Rain"James Taylor 

Charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 27

Tour

Hines supported the album with a national tour.[15]

Date Location Venue
31 July 2014 Bangalow The Bowlo
1 August 2014 Tweed Heads Twin Towns
2 August 2014 Brisbane Redlands Performing Arts Centre
3 August 2014 Brisbane Kedron-Wavell Services Club
15 August 2014 Ettalong Beach Ettalong Diggers
16 August 2014 Hurlstone Park Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL
18 September 2014 Sydney Slide Lounge
19 September 2014
21 August 2014 Frankston Frankston Arts Centre
22 August 2014 Melbourne The Palms at Crown
23 August 2014 Albury SS&A Club
24 August 2014 Bendigo The Capital
26 August 2014 Warragul West Gippsland Performing Arts Centre
28 August 2014 Bunbury Entertainment Centre
29 August 2014 Perth Astor Theatre
31 August 2014 Adelaide Dunstan Playhouse Theatre
5 September 2014 Launceston Country Club Casino
6 September 2014 Hobart Wrest Point Hotel Casino

Release history
Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia 4 April 2014
Standard FanFare/ Ambition Entertainment FANFARE144
6 April 2018[16] Deluxe FANFARE299

References
  3. "Amazing Marcia Hines". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  4. "Marcia Hines divorcing husband number four with new single Amazing". www.news.com.au. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. "Marcia Hines brings sexy back with new record Amazing". News.com.au. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. "MARCIA HINES WITH WOW MUSIC AT ROYAL EASTER SHOW". www.recordstoreday.com.au. 14 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Marcia Hines - Amazing (OFFICIAL VIDEO). YouTube.
  8. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Marcia Hines - Remedy ft. Russell Crowe (OFFICIAL VIDEO). YouTube.
  9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Marcia Hines - Let Love Flow (OFFICIAL VIDEO). YouTube.
  10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Marcia Hines - Chase That Feeling (OFFICIAL VIDEO). YouTube.
  11. "Marcia Hines – The 'Amazing' Tour". Norths. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  12. "Marcia Hines' Amazing". smh.com.au. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  13. "Marcia Hines 'Amazing'". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  14. "Australiancharts.com – Marcia Hines – Amazing". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  15. "MARCIA HINES "AMAZING" TOUR DATES". au.tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  16. "Amazing (Deluxe Edition) by Marcia Hines – CD". JBHiFi. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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