Edge (album)

Edge
Studio album by Daryl Braithwaite
Released	4 November 1988 (1988-11-04)
Recorded	May 1988, Platinum Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Genre	Pop rock, Soft rock
Length	54:15
Label	CBS
Producer	Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite chronology
Out on the Fringe (1979) Edge (1988) Rise (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Edge is an album by Daryl Braithwaite. It was recorded between April–September 1988 and released in November 1988. It reached No.1 on the Australian ARIA Charts[2] for 3 weeks in 1989.

Braithwaite toured the album across Australia and New Zealand in 1989 and the album was certified 3× platinum in October 1989.[3]

Simon Hussey was nominated for Producer of the Year for Edge at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, but lost to Age of Reason.

Track listing

1. "As the Days Go By" (Ian Thomas) – 4:04
2. "You Could Be Wrong" (Simon Hussey) – 3:22
3. "All I Do" (Thomas) – 4:06
4. "Let Me Be" (Hussey, David Reyne) – 5:36
5. "Sugar Train" (Jef Scott) – 3:42
6. "Down Down" (Scott) – 4:37
7. "In My Life" (Chris Doheny) – 5:08
8. "Edge (Instrumental)" (Jef Scott, Simon Hussey) – 0:34
9. "I Don't Remember" (Peter Gabriel) – 4:09
10. "One Summer" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:43
11. "It's All in the Music" (Braithwaite, Garth Porter) – 3:40
12. "All The Same" (Hussey, Lisa Bade, Mark Greig) – 3:57
13. "Up-Out" (Andy Cichon, Braithwaite, Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Hussey) – 3:58
14. "Pretending to Care" (Todd Rundgren) – 3:39

Personnel

• Daryl Braithwaite – vocals
• Andy Cichon – bass
• Jef Scott – guitars, keyboards, additional backing vocals, additional drumming
• John Watson – drums
• Simon Hussey – keyboards, drum machine, producer
• Scott Griffiths – keyboards
• John Farnham – additional backing vocals
• Glenn Braithwaite – additional backing vocals
• David Hussey – additional drumming
• Brett Kingman – guitar (on track "Up-Out")

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	1988	CBS	CD	462625 2
Australia	1988	CBS	LP	462625 1
Australia	1988	CBS	Cassette	462625 4

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1988/89)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5]	14
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	24

Year-end charts

Year-end charts (1989)	Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	5

Singles

Release date	Single	Peak chart positions
		AUS [7]	NZ [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [10]
September 1988	As the Days Go By	11	49	—	—
October 1988	All I Do	23	—	—	—
January 1989	One Summer	8	—	5	4
April 1989	Let Me Be	26	—	—	—
July 1989	Sugar Train	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11]	4× Platinum	280,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s

References

1. ""Edge" by Daryl Braithwaite". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
2. "Daryl Braithwaite albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
3. Six Moons (CD). Daryl Braithwaite. Sony Music Australia. 1994.
4. "Australiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
5. "Norwegiancharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
6. "Swedishcharts.com – Daryl Braithwaite – Edge". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
7. "Daryl Braithwaite singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
8. "Daryl Braithwaite". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
9. "Daryl Braithwaite". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
10. "Daryl Braithwaite". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 40.