Lily (Wendy Matthews album)

Lily
Studio album by
Released28 September 1992
RecordedFebruary–March 1992 at Kiva West in Los Angeles and Rhinoceros Studio in Sydney, Australia
GenrePop
LabelrooArt
ProducerT-Bone Burnett
Wendy Matthews chronology
The Way It Has to Be
(1991)
Lily
(1992)
The Witness Tree
(1994)
Singles from Lily
  1. "The Day You Went Away"
    Released: 31 August 1992
  2. "Friday's Child"
    Released: 18 January 1993
  3. "If Only I Could"
    Released: April 1993
  4. "T.K.O."
    Released: September 1993
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Lily is the second solo studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Wendy Matthews released by rooArt in Australia on 28 September 1992 (see 1992 in music). Matthews travelled to Canada with her mother for the album to discover their heritage, which influences the album. Matthews states the album "overall, has vulnerability . . . [it is] really heart on your sleeve stuff". The album won Matthews the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993. It yielded four singles: "The Day You Went Away", "Friday's Child", "If Only I Could" and "T.K.O."

The album reached #2 on the Australian album charts and was certified triple-platinum in Australia.

A limited edition version was later released with a bonus CD, IX, of live tracks. The first five tracks on the bonus disc were recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 1993 and the last track is a French version of "The Day You Went Away".

The album was also released in North American and Europe on Atlantic/WEA.