Marcia Shines

Marcia Shines is the debut studio album as a solo artist for American-Australian singer Marcia Hines. Hines had been resident in Australia since 1970. Marcia Shines first made the Australian charts in October 1975, and peaked at number 4 in January 1976. Marcia Shines was the biggest selling album by an Australian female artist in 1975.[1] It was released digitally in 2019.

Marcia Shines
Studio album by Marcia Hines
Released	1975
Genre	Disco pop
Label	Wizard Records
Producer	Robie Porter
Marcia Hines chronology
Marcia Shines (1975) Shining (1976)
Singles from Marcia Shines
"Fire and Rain" Released: April 1975 "From the Inside / Jumpin' Jack Flash" Released: October 1975 "Trilogy / I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" Released: 1976 "Don't Let the Grass Grow / You Gotta Let Go" Released: 1976

Track listing

LP/Cassette[2]

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fire and Rain"	James Taylor	4:39
2.	"Trilogy"	Robie Porter	4:20
3.	"Don't Let the Grass Grow"	David Buskin	4:13
4.	"From the Inside"	Artie Wayne	3:43
5.	"If This Was the Last Song"	Jimmy Webb	3:50

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	Jagger/Richards	4:05
2.	"You Gotta Let Go"	Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike	4:30
3.	"But It's Alright"	J J Jackson	2:45
4.	"I Need It Just as Bad as You"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.	2:55
5.	"Easy Evil"	Alan O'Day	4:35

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[3]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[3]	18

References

1. "Marcia Hines - Bio". marciahines.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
2. "Marcia Hines Marcia Shines". Discogs. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
3. David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine