Amazing is the fourteenth studio album released by Australian musician Marcia Hines, released in April 2014. The album featured a duet with Russell Crowe. It debuted and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
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."
Hines returned to the R&B sound that saw her reach No. 2 on the Australian charts in 1977 with her single "You".
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
Four promotional video clips were released; "Amazing",Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Remedy",Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Let Love Flow"Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: and "Chase the Feeling".Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Critical reception The Daily Telegraph wrote that on the album Hines "brings sexy back", 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".
Track listing Adapted from AllMusic.
Charts Chart (2014) Peakposition
Tour Hines supported the album with a national tour.
Date Location Venue31 July 2014BangalowThe Bowlo 1 August 2014Tweed HeadsTwin Towns2 August 2014BrisbaneRedlands Performing Arts Centre3 August 2014BrisbaneKedron-Wavell Services Club15 August 2014Ettalong BeachEttalong Diggers16 August 2014Hurlstone ParkCanterbury Hurlstone Park RSL18 September 2014SydneySlide Lounge19 September 201421 August 2014FrankstonFrankston Arts Centre22 August 2014MelbourneThe Palms at Crown 23 August 2014AlburySS&A Club 24 August 2014BendigoThe Capital 26 August 2014WarragulWest Gippsland Performing Arts Centre28 August 2014BunburyEntertainment Centre29 August 2014PerthAstor Theatre31 August 2014AdelaideDunstan Playhouse Theatre5 September 2014LauncestonCountry Club Casino6 September 2014HobartWrest Point Hotel Casino
Release history Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue Australia 4 April 2014 Standard FanFare/ Ambition Entertainment FANFARE144 6 April 2018 Deluxe FANFARE299
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