Barren Ground (song)

"Barren Ground"
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Taste the Salt
B-side"The Other Side"
Released4 January 1994 (1994-01-04)
RecordedJuly & August 1993; Melbourne, Australia
GenrePop
Length4:42
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby
Producer(s)Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"The World as It Is"
(1993) 		"Barren Ground"
(1994) 		"Breaking the Rules"
(1994)

"Barren Ground" is a song written by Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby for the 1990 album, A Night on the Town, by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.

Daryl Braithwaite version

"Barren Ground" was covered by Australian singer-songwriter Daryl Braithwaite and released as the second single from his fourth studio album, Taste the Salt in January 1994.

Simon Hussey won the ARIA award for Engineer of the Year for his work on this track and "The World as It Is" at the ARIA Music Awards of 1994.[1]

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Barren Ground" – 4:42
  2. "The Other Side" – 4:10
  3. "The Horses" (acoustic) – 4:17

Charts

Chart performance for "Barren Ground"
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 61

References

  1. ^ "ARIA History - Engineer of the Year". ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.