A Million Year Girl

A Million Year Girl is the debut studio album by Australian singer Max Sharam. The album was released on 15 May 1995 and peaked at number 9 on the ARIA chart and was certified gold.^[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 the album was nominated for four awards; winning the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art.^[3]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Anthony Horan

Anthony Horan said "This is a debut album that hides its secrets in the songs themselves, and the trip inside them is well worth it. While a bit more weirdness wouldn't have gone astray, as a career opener, this is more than just a little impressive."^[4]

Track listing

*A Million Year Girl* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Be Firm"	Max Sharam, Daniel Denholm, James D'Arcy^[5]	3:47
2.	"Coma"	Max Sharam^[5]	3:43
3.	"Purple Flower"	Max Sharam^[5]	4:19
4.	"Lay Down"	Melanie Safka^[5]	4:01
5.	"Is it Okay if I Call You Mine?"	Paul McCrane^[5]	2:59
6.	"A Toast To ..."	Max Sharam^[5]	0:18
7.	"Jezu's Jewellery" (Backing vocals by Wendy Matthews)	Max Sharam^[5]	4:00
8.	"Hunting Ground"	Max Sharam, Daniel Denholm^[5]	4:29
9.	"Can I Catch Fire?"	Max Sharam^[5]	3:57
10.	"Alice"	Max Sharam, Stevie Nicks, Hine^[5]	4:34
11.	"Learning to Let Go"	Max Sharam^[5]	2:51
12.	"Raining Angels"	Sharam, Giancarlo De Matteis^[5]	4:11
13.	"Orchestra au Naturel"	Sharam, John D'Arcy^[5]	3:45
Total length:			46:54

Personnel

Tony Allayialis – vocals
Wendy Berge – viola
Aud Bill – double bass
Tim Bruer – piano
Amanda Brown – mandolin, violin
Lucie Miller – celli viola
Ian Cooper – violin
Rebecca Daniel – violin
Daniel Denholm – bass, guitar, piano, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), French horn, keyboards
Phillip Hartl – violin
Alex Hewetson – bass
Kirsty Hilton – violin
Nick Mainsbridge – keyboards
Wendy Matthews – vocals
Sofie Michalitsianos – vocals
Connie Mitchell – vocals
Anthony "Jake" Morgan – cello
Ben Nightingale – guitar (electric)
Paul Prestige– guitar (electric)
Mark Punch – guitar (acoustic)
Christian Pyle – guitar (acoustic)
Terepai Richmond – drums
Max Sharam – vocals
Jenny Taylor – violin
Ben Whatmore – guitar (electric)

Production

Tom Blaxland – assistant engineer
Brent Clark – mixing
Virginia Commerford – mixing
Daniel Denholm – programming, producer, string arrangements
Nick Mainsbridge – engineer, drum programming, mixing, assistant producer
Phil Munro – mixing assistant
David Nicholas – mixing
Dominic O'Brien – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *A Million Year Girl*
Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	9

Year-end charts

1995 year-end chart performance for *A Million Year Girl*
Chart (1995)	Rank
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7]	85

Certifications

Certifications for *A Million Year Girl*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 24/10/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 245)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
^ "ARIA Awards – Max Sharam". ARIA. Retrieved 3 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Max Sharam: Album Review". ariel. May 1995. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BE FIRM
^ "Australiancharts.com – Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1995 (page 2)". imgur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

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