Symphony of Life is the fourth live album released by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena on 23 November 2012.[1] The album was filmed and recorded at the Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall during a series of sold-out concerts for her Australian fans. A DVD of this audio album was also released on the same date with the same cover artwork. Anthony Callea stepped in as special guest for the concert series.[2]
Promotion
The live record and the DVD was heavily promoted on Arena's official website, Facebook and various online media outlets. Before the record was released, a TV special titled 'Tina Arena: Live in Melbourne' on Foxtel aired at 8:30 PM Saturday 17 November 2012. The same footage from the DVD was shown. Free Tina Arena postcards were given to those who pre-ordered the album prior to the release date.[3][4]
Track listing
CD disc one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Arenature Overture"
2.
"Living a Lifetime Together"
Tina Arena, Francesco De Benedittis, Emanuelle Vidal De-Fonseca, Paul Manners
Tina Arena, Francesco De Benedittis, Emanuelle Vidal De-Fonseca, Paul Manners
3.
"Oh Me Oh My"
Jim Doris
4.
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"
Kate Bush
5.
"I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself"
David Bacharach
6.
"My Husband Makes Movies"
Karen Akers
7.
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
Tim Rice
8.
"The Prayer" (with Anthony Callea)
David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis
9.
"I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" (with Anthony Callea)
James Horner
10.
"Wasn't It Good"
Arena, Heather Field, Robert Parde
11.
"Burn"
Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel)
12.
"Sorrento Moon (I Remember)"
Arena, David Tyson, Christopher Ward
13.
"You Made Me Find Myself"
Arena, Desmond Child, Ty Lacy
14.
"Je m'appelle Bagdad"
David Gategno, Elodie Hesme
15.
"Only Women Bleed"
Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner
16.
"GoldenEye"
Bono, The Edge
17.
"Maybe This Time"
Ebb, Kander
18.
"Symphony of Life"
Arena, Peter-John Vettese
19.
"Cry Me a River"
Arthur Hamilton
20.
"Chains"
Arena, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel
21.
"Both Sides Now"
Joni Mitchell
22.
"Call Me"
Debbie Harry, Giorgio Moroder
Charts
The live album debuted at #60 on the ARIA Main Australian Artist Chart. It has just spent a week on the top 100 and has been off the chart right after the next week. The album re-entered the charts at #95 a few weeks later. Meanwhile, the record debuted at #18 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums Chart making it Arena's 10th Top 20 album on the said Australian-only Artist chart.[5][6] The DVD debuted at #4 on the Top 40 ARIA Music DVDs Chart.[7]
