Delta's self-titled album will be released stateside later this year.

 

Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem is not well known in the U.S. Her single "Lost Without You" didn't perform well on this side of the world, whereas all her songs shot to No. 1 in Australia. The underperformance was a combination of her contemporary styling and current mainstream standard that put her U.S. album debut at a halt as it peaked at No. 18 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart but never entered the Hot 100 ("Lost Without You" was reworked as an alternate version for the U.S. and can be purchased on iTunes). The release of her previous records in the U.S. was put on hold.

 

Delta returned to the studio once more for her third recording, a self-titled effort consisting of catchy pop tunes covered in maturity. She gathered a powerful team of writers and producers who's careers have fallen into the hands of some of the world's greatest including U2, Madonna, Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera. John Shanks (K. Clarkson, C. Aguilera, Celine Dion, Ashlee Simpson) lent his helping hand as part of the team who recorded the new sound for Delta.

 

The record opens with her second single from the record "Believe Again." It's almost majestic as she sings about everything she's given up on until the one moment she finds happiness. It doesn't signify a strong opening to the album, but leaves the mind wondering what is to follow.

 

The second track is the first single released in Australia from the record called "In This Life." Delta is well aware of her surroundings and what she has overcome. At a tender age of 18 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has since then been clean of the cancer. She has been through a few relationships that didn't work out and even attempted a world-wide career that has only built in a few countries outside of her native Australia. She sings about knowing how far she has come and where she is going.

 

Filled with pop songs tainted with her piano playing, "Possessionless" and "You Will Only Break My Heart" can remind us of the bubble gum era that faded out to hip-hop.

 

It's in "Woman" she finds herself all grown up from the child piano singer-songwriter she was in 2003 with her debut album. She sings "I'm not some girl who don't know what she wants/ I'm a woman and I need to be touched/ And I need to be loved/ Cuz being just your woman is not enough." Behind the makeup and beauty, she's a person who wants respect and love. A big departure from her previous songs recorded, this marks Delta's maturity as a 20 something year old discovering what she wants out of life. There's no denying her strength vocally near the end of the song either.

 

"I Can't Break It To My Heart" is a lie to herself. When relationships go bad, sometimes people tend to pretend everything is ok because it hurts too bad to admit the truth. Here she expresses she isn't able to let herself know he's gone and she wants to believe he loves her so she can survive. Not a ballad, but not an uptempo song, it perfectly captures the emotion through the lyrics and the pop rockish edge she has aquired.

 

"One day I'll learn to like myself/ One day I'll get it right/ I'll try till time catches up with me/ One day I'll be too old to care," she smoothly says about everything being ok one day. She seems to have goals like learning Japanese and learning guitar.

 

Delta is closed with "Angels in the Room." Hauntingly, she finds peace on the winding road of change.

 

"Eyes On Me" was discarded from the final setlist and recorded by Celine Dion for her upcoming record Taking Chances, boosting Delta's chance of success in the U.S.

 

Delta was released only in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand this past Saturday and can be found on Amazon and Sony music stores. Compared to her previous Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity, Delta is strong and shows promise for when the official date to be released in the U.S. and globally is announced sometime this winter.

 

 

 

ok not released in NZ or Ireland yet is it?

Ireland already have it? :s I think she should release a mix of all 3 albums in the USA as her first two albums include so many good songs that are better than alot which are included on the 3rd.

Ireland don't have it....

You Will Only Break My Heart could be huge over there in July :wub:

excellent! what makes you think this? summer song or?