Wonder (Lisa Mitchell album)

Wonder is the first studio album by Australian pop and folk singer Lisa Mitchell, released 31 July 2009 in Australia by Scorpio Music. The album has yielded three singles; "Coin Laundry", "Clean White Love" and "Oh! Hark!".

Wonder
Studio album by Lisa Mitchell
Released	31 July 2009
Recorded	2008 in London
Genre	Indie pop, folk
Length	56:02
Label	Scorpio
Producer	Dann Hume
Lisa Mitchell chronology
Welcome to the Afternoon (2008) Wonder (2009) Spiritus (2012)
Singles from Wonder
"Coin Laundry" Released: 24 April 2009 "Clean White Love" Released: 6 November 2009 "Oh! Hark!" Released: 2 April 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Age	[1]
The Border Mail	[2]
The Music Magazine	(favorable)[3]
OzMusicScene	(favorable)[4]
The Times	[5]
Triple J	(favorable)[6]

Writing for the album began in 2007 where she collaborated with such artists as Ben Lee, Kevin Mitchell, Clare Bowditch and Katy Steele. At the end of 2007 Lisa moved to London to continue writing for the album collaborating with Ant Whiting, Ed Harcourt, Dann Hume and Sacha Skarbek.[7] She returned to Australia in 2008 and re-recorded most of it with Evermore's band member Dann Hume, stating their versions had more energy and were a lot lighter – "they were positive and uplifting." Mitchell explains, "With Anthony, I was homesick by the time I got around to doing the vocals."[8]

Wonder had commercial success in Australia. It debuted at number six on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 10 August 2009, becoming Mitchell's first top ten album.[9] The album spent three weeks in the top ten and twenty-four weeks in the top fifty, re-entering three times.[9] The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies and became the fifty-sixth highest selling album in Australia for 2009.[10][11] Wonder was nominated for one ARIA Award at the twenty-third ARIA Awards in 2009 for "Breakthrough Artist – Album", but lost the award to Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke.[12]

At the J Awards of 2009, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[13]

Track listing

Original release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh What a Beautiful Morning"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Dann Hume	0:46
2.	"Neopolitan Dreams"	Lisa Mitchell	Hume	3:14
3.	"So Jealous"	Mitchell, Anthony Whiting	Whiting	3:48
4.	"Coin Laundry"	Mitchell	Hume	3:12
5.	"Clean White Love"	Crispin Hunt, Mitchell	Hunt	3:48
6.	"Pirouette"	Mitchell	Hume	5:06
7.	"Love Letter"	Mitchell	Hume	4:04
8.	"Oh! Hark!"	Mitchell	Hume	4:32
9.	"Red Wine Lips"	Mitchell	Hume	3:25
10.	"Sidekick"	Mitchell	Hume	4:07
11.	"Stevie"	Ed Harcourt, Mitchell	Whiting	4:54
12.	"Animals"	Mitchell, Whiting	Whiting	3:42
13.	"Valium"	Mitchell	Hume	4:00

Australian only exclusive tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Heroine"	Mitchell, Whiting	Whiting	3:45
15.	"Time Means Nothing at All"	Mitchell	Hume	3:47

Australian only exclusive disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Remind Me" (demo)	Mitchell, Hume	3:50
2.	"Oh Nostalgia" (demo)	Mitchell	3:03
3.	"Sun Sun Sun" (demo)	Mitchell	3:32
4.	"Oh! Hark!" (acoustic demo)	Mitchell	3:11

Special edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweetest Ignorance"	Mitchell, Whiting	3:50
2.	"Running Through the Forest"	Mitchell	3:40
3.	"Pirouette" (live from the Woodford Folk Festival)	Mitchell	4:57
4.	"Oh! Hark!" (live & acoustic)	Mitchell	3:06
5.	"Romeo and Juliet"	Mark Knopfler	4:49
6.	"Sweet Serene Afternoon"	Mitchell, Whiting	2:59

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[9] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[10] 56

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia[14]	31 July 2009	Scorpio Music	double CD	5186509532

References

1. Mathieson, Craig (31 July 2009). "Review: Wonder". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
2. Horne, Jamie (4 August 2009). "Review: Wonder". Bordermail.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
3. Baker, Amy. "Review: Wonder". Themusicmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
4. lkatulka. "Review: Wonder". Ozmusicscene.com. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
5. Cairns, Dan (25 October 2009). "Review: Wonder". The Times. London. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
6. "Review: Wonder". Australia: ABC. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
7. Lisa Mitchell's new EP- Welcome To The Afternoon Retrieved 21 September 2008
8. Craig Mathieson "Lisa Mitchell has grown from Idol to Glastonbury". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
9. "Wonder – Australian chart run". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
10. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2009". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
11. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
12. "2009: 23rd Annual ARIA Awards" Archived 10 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
13. "The J Award 2009". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
14. "ARIA New Releases Albums – Week Commencing 3rd August 2009". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 28 September 2009.