Simple Sum is the first studio album by Australian singer-songwriter, Wes Carr

Wes Carr

Wes Carr is an Australian singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album Simple Sum independently in 2008 shortly before entering Australian Idol. In November 2008 he was announced as the winner of the sixth season of Australian Idol...

. Carr recorded the album in 2007 at Sydney

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's Electric Avenue Studios. The album was released independently and features tracks that were written by Carr, including many at the age of fourteen and fifthteen The album was released digitally on 11 June 2008 and peaked at number 12 on the iTunes Album Chart

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 shortly after Carr was crowned the winner of Australian Idol

Australian Idol

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in 2008.

Track listing

"Cherrokee Dream" was wriiten about the nightmares Carr used to suffer as a child. In fact, his song choice for Australian Idol’s top 4 American Hits night, "What A Wonderful World", was inspired by this very fact. Carr listened to the song as a child frequently, and on repeat, to help him sleep.

The song "Elsie Brown (Simple Sum)" was written by Carr in 2003, inspired by a news story he read about a lady of that name, who died alone in her Sydney home and was speculated to have been left undiscovered for up to 22 months. She was elderly and neighbours claimed she rarely left her house or had visitors.