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Real Life (Marie Wilson album)

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Real Life
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1998 (1998-10)
LabelEastWest, Warner
ProducerJoe Hardy
Marie Wilson chronology
Temptation
(1996)
Real Life
(1998)
Studio Sessions
(2002)
Singles from Real Life
  1. "Next Time"
    Released: March 1998
  2. "Won't Keep a Good Girl Down"
    Released: July 1998
  3. "Rescue Me"
    Released: 1998

Real Life is the debut studio album by Australian singer and songwriter, Marie Wilson. It was released in October 1998, peaking at number 7 on the ARIA Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, the album was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Album.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Heather Phares from AllMusic said "[Wilson's] passionate vocals and lyrics lend themselves to unvarnished acoustic numbers as well as straight-ahead rock, with samples and loops mixed in for good measure."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Won't Keep a Good Girl Down" - 3:25
  2. "Next Time" - 4:24
  3. "Real Life" - 3:48
  4. "Making It Up As I Go Along" - 4:13
  5. "On My Own" - 4:25
  6. "Rescue Me" - 3:49
  7. "Without My Lover" - 5:17
  8. "Ordinary Girl" - 3:16
  9. "Take Me As I Am" - 4:05
  10. "Impossible" - 4:18
  11. "Runaway" - 4:31

Charts

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 7

References

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  1. ^ "ARIA Nominees", Billboard, 16 October 1999
  2. ^ a b "Real Life Marie Wilson". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Marie Wilson – Real Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2019.