Counting Down
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Counting Down is the second album by Australian boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...

 and pop vocal group Human Nature
Human Nature (band)
Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...

, released on 25 May 1999.

Track listing

  1. "Last To Know" (Steve Kipner
    Steve Kipner
    Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...

    , Sean Hosein, Dane DeViller) 4:26
  2. "Cruel" (Andrew Klippel, Shep Solomon) 5:16
  3. "Mary's Garden" (Andrew Tierney
    Andrew Tierney
    Andrew James Tierney is a member of Human Nature.Andrew and brother Mike are the main songwriters of the group, co-writing the singles, Got It Goin' On, Telling Everybody, Don't Say Goodbye, Whisper Your Name, Be There With You, When We Were Young , Always Be With You and Don't Come Back...

    , Klippel, Michael Tierney
    Michael Tierney
    Michael Tierney is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He is the nephew of actors Lawrence Tierney and Scott Brady. His directorial debut, Evicted opened the 1st Annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival in Australia in July 2000....

    ) 4:00
  4. "Counting Down" (Tierney, Klippel, Tierney) 3:24
  5. "Don't Cry (U.S. Radio Remix)" (Klippel, Glass) 3:59
  6. "Depend On Me" (Tierney, Paul Begaud, Tierney) 4:42
  7. "Be There With You" (Tierney, Paul Begaud, Tierney) 3:50
  8. "Bring Her Back" (Klippel, Werfel, Reswick) 4:45
  9. "Send It In A Letter" (Klippel, Tierney, Toby Allen, Phil Burton
    Phil Burton
    .Phillip Andrew "Phil" Burton is a member of the Australian pop vocal band Human Nature with Toby Allen, Andrew Tierney and his brother Michael Tierney since 1989....

    , Tierney, Glass) 3:58
  10. "7 Lonely Days" (Tierney, George Merril, Tierney) 3:54
  11. "Now That I Found You" (Begaud, Corish, Martin) 3:28
  12. "Temperature Rising" (Klippel, Glass) 4:29
  13. "Everytime You Cry" (with John Farnham
    John Farnham
    John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

    ) (Peiken, Sutton) 4:45
  14. "Eternal Flame
    Eternal Flame (song)
    "Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles from their 1988 album Everything. It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and...

    " (Susanna Hoffs
    Susanna Hoffs
    Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.-Early life:...

    , Tom Kelly
    Tom Kelly (musician)
    Thomas F. Kelly is an American musician, best known for his songwriting partnership with Billy Steinberg. Steinberg and Kelly co-wrote numerous hit songs for popular music artists, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the 1980s....

    , Billy Steinberg
    Billy Steinberg
    William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...

    ) 3:20 / "We Can Fly Away" (Hidden Song) (Burton, G. Cunningham) 3:00

Bonus Disc edition

  1. "Last To Know"
  2. "Cruel"
  3. "Mary's Garden"
  4. "Counting Down"
  5. "Don't Cry"
  6. "Depend On Me"
  7. "Be There With You"
  8. "Bring Her Back"
  9. "Send It In A Letter"
  10. "7 Lonely Days"
  11. "Now That I Found You"
  12. "Temperature Rising" / "We Can Fly Away" (Hidden Song)

Bonus Disc tracks

  1. "Everytime You Cry"
  2. "Eternal Flame"
  3. "Last To Know (Radio Remix)"
  4. "Last To Know (VV Club Remix)"
  5. "Cruel (Radio Remix)"

Singles

  • "Everytime You Cry" (with John Farnham) (1997)
  • "Cruel" (14th August 1998)
  • "Last To Know" (12th March 1999)
  • "Don't Cry" (2nd July 1999)
  • "Eternal Flame
    Eternal Flame (song)
    "Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles from their 1988 album Everything. It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and...

    "
  • "Eternal Flame"/"Shake You Outta My Head"
  • "Be There With You" (17th March 2000)

Credits

  • Arranged By [Additional] – Andrew Tierney
    Andrew Tierney
    Andrew James Tierney is a member of Human Nature.Andrew and brother Mike are the main songwriters of the group, co-writing the singles, Got It Goin' On, Telling Everybody, Don't Say Goodbye, Whisper Your Name, Be There With You, When We Were Young , Always Be With You and Don't Come Back...

     (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Michael Tierney
    Michael Tierney
    Michael Tierney is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He is the nephew of actors Lawrence Tierney and Scott Brady. His directorial debut, Evicted opened the 1st Annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival in Australia in July 2000....

     (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Rod Temperton
    Rod Temperton
    Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton is an English songwriter, record producer and musician most famous for writing a number of songs performed by Michael Jackson, including the title track of Jackson's Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.-Biography:As Temperton remembers music was in his bones...

     (track 5)
  • Arranged By [Vocals] – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 10, 12, 13), Human Nature (tracks: 1 to 13, 15), Phil Burton
    Phil Burton
    .Phillip Andrew "Phil" Burton is a member of the Australian pop vocal band Human Nature with Toby Allen, Andrew Tierney and his brother Michael Tierney since 1989....

     (tracks: 1 to 13, 15), Rod Temperton (track 3)
  • Arranged By [Strings] – Jamie Muhoberac, Larry Muhoberac (track 2)
  • Design [Booklet Design] – Erica McIntyre
  • Design [Cover Design] – New Moon
  • Engineer [Additional] – Andrew Scheps (tracks: 2, 3, 10, 12), John Paterno (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 12), Nick Brophy (track 2, 10)
  • Engineer [Mix] – Doug Brady (track 6)
  • Guitar – Alan Kato (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 10), Peter Northcote (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Shep Solomon (track 2), Christopher Bruce (track 4), Paul Begaud (track 11), Tim Pierce (track 12)
  • Mastered By – Vlado Meller
  • Mixed By – Dave Way
    Dave Way
    Dave Way is a successful mixer, producer and audio engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Babyface, TLC, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ziggy Marley,...

     (tracks: 1, 3, 14), David Sussman (tracks: 8 to 10, 12), Mick Guzauski (track 2, 7), Carmen Rizzo
    Carmen Rizzo
    Carmen Rizzo is a producer and music engineer who has worked with Alanis Morissette, Oakenfold, Kate Havnevik, Huun-Huur-Tu, Temposhark, Jem, Niyaz and Esthero. In addition, he has recorded his own albums entitled The Lost Art of the Idle Moment , Ornament of an Imposter , and Looking Through...

     (track 4), David Hemming (track 11), Paul Begaud (track 11)
  • Photography – Tony Duran
  • Producer – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 10, 12, 14), Paul Begaud (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11)
  • Producer [Additional Vocal] – Andrew Tierney, George Merrill, Michael Tierney (track 10)
  • Programmed By – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 10, 12), Paul Begaud (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11)
  • Programmed By [Additional] – Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Steve Kipner
    Steve Kipner
    Steve Kipner is a multi-platinum-selling songwriter and record producer with hits spanning over a 40 year history, including chart-topping songs such as Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", Chicago's Grammy-nominated "Hard Habit to Break", "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, for which he won an...

     (track 1)
  • Recorded By – David Hemming (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11, 14)
  • Recorded By [Vocals] – David Hemming (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12), Arabella Rodriguez (track 4, 8)
  • Synthesizer [Additional] – Jamie Muhoberac
    Jamie Muhoberac
    Jamie Muhoberac is a session keyboardist with numerous credits, including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones , Backstreet Boys, Aly & AJ, Bob Dylan, Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Cornell , My Chemical Romance, Paradise Lost, Girlfriend, Carmen Rizzo and Pet Shop Boys...

     (tracks: 2 to 5)
  • Effects [Talkbox] – Cameron Hanly
  • Drums [Additional] – Damien Wagner
  • Drum Programming [Additional], Mixed By – Angela Piva (track 5)
  • "Everytime You Cry"
    • Engineer [Assistant] – Aaron Humphries
    • Producer – John Farnham
      John Farnham
      John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

      , Ross Fraser
    • Producer [Human Nature Vocals] – Andrew Klippel
    • Engineer, Mixed By – Doug Brady
    • Vocals – John Farnham
    • Engineer [Vocals] – Arabella Rodriguez
    • Engineer [Vocals Assistant] – Richard Woodcraft
  • "We Can Fly Away"
    • Recorded By – Vince Pizzinga
    • Piano – Phil Burton
    • Mixed By – Doug Brady
    • Producer – Human Nature

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1999 Australian ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Albums Chart
1

External links

  • Human Nature web page
  • Counting Down at Discogs
    Discogs
    Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...

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