Counting Down the Days

Counting Down the Days is the third studio album by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia released by Brightside Recordings in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2005. The album included the two singles "Shiver" and "Counting Down the Days". The album entered the United Kingdom charts at #1, selling over 40,000 copies in its first week and becoming her highest charting release there. It is certified Gold in the UK and has sold approximately 600,000 copies worldwide. The album was released digitally in the United States on 7 September 2010, but has never received a formal physical release in the country.[3][4]

This article is about the album. For the namesake single, see Counting Down the Days (song).

Counting Down the Days
Studio album by
Natalie Imbruglia
Released4 April 2005
Studio
GenrePop[1]
Length42:40
LabelBrightside Recordings
Producer
Natalie Imbruglia chronology
White Lilies Island
(2001)		 Counting Down the Days
(2005)		 Live from London
(2007)
Singles from Counting Down the Days
  1. "Shiver"
    Released: 21 March 2005
  2. "Counting Down the Days"
    Released: 25 July 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Yahoo! Music UK[2]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Starting Today"
  • Harrington
  • Howes
2:54
2."Shiver"
3:42
3."Satisfied"Daniel Johns
3:28
4."Counting Down the Days"
  • Imbruglia
  • Matt Prime
Johns4:09
5."I Won't Be Lost"
  • Imbruglia
  • Harrington
  • Howes
  • Harrington
  • Howes
3:51
6."Slow Down"
  • Imbruglia
  • White
Eg3:30
7."Sanctuary"
3:07
8."Perfectly"
  • Harrington
  • Howes
3:22
9."On the Run"
  • Imbruglia
  • Harrington
  • Howes
  • DioGuardi
  • Harrington
  • Howes
3:37
10."Come on Home"Dan GlendiningBen Hillier3:55
11."When You're Sleeping"
  • Imbruglia
  • Clark
3:04
12."Honeycomb Child"
Kosten4:12

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[5]

  • Natalie Imbruglia – lead vocals (all tracks), art direction
  • Ash Howes – mixing (tracks 1–5, 8, 9, 11), production (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9), co-production (tracks 2, 11), keyboard (tracks 5, 8), bass (track 1)
  • Martin Harrington – production (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9), co-production (tracks 2, 11), keyboard (tracks 1, 8), piano & acoustic guitar (track 5)
  • Eg White – keyboard & guitar (tracks 2, 6), production, engineering, mixing, programming, drums & bass (track 6)
  • Gary Clark – production, engineering, guitar & strings (track 11), initial production (track 7)
  • Keith Uddin – engineering (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9, 11), mix engineering (tracks 3, 4), additional engineering (track 2)
  • Pete Davis – programming & keyboard (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9)
  • Rej Rheinallt ap Gwynedd – bass (tracks 2, 4, 7–10)
  • Chuck Sabo – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
  • Stephen Lipson – production, programming, keyboard, mandolin & guitar (track 2)
  • Peredur ap Gwynedd – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10)
  • Daniel Johns – production & backing vocals (tracks 3, 4), guitar (track 3)
  • David Kosten – production, mixing, programming, keyboard & strings (track 12)
  • Ben Hillier – production, mixing, piano & dulcimer (track 10)
  • Seton Daunt – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8)
  • Paul Mac – production, piano & keyboard (track 3)
  • Kenny Dickenson – piano (tracks 4, 9), keyboard (track 4)
  • John Themis – acoustic guitar (track 1), ethnic instruments (track 7)
  • Kim Moyes – drums & glockenspiel (track 3)
  • Geoff Dugmore – drums (tracks 5, 8)
  • Richard Morris – production assistance & mixing assistance (track 10)
  • Heff Moraes – engineering (track 2)
  • Rick Willson – guitar (track 2)
  • Anton Hagop – engineering (track 3)
  • James Haselwood – bass (track 3)
  • Julian Hamilton – keyboard (track 3)
  • Reece Gilmore – Pro Tools editing (track 3)
  • Chris Brown – engineering (track 4)
  • Izzy Dunn – cello (track 4)
  • Petra Jean Phillipson – backing vocals (track 4)
  • Katch Koffee – backing vocals (track 4)
  • Richard Jones – bass (track 5)
  • Ian Stanley – production (track 7)
  • Dave Bascombe – mixing (track 7)
  • Danton Supple – engineering (track 7)
  • Neil Taylor – guitar (track 7)
  • Alison Clark – backing vocals (track 7)
  • John Greswell – mandolin (track 10)
  • John Sundry – guitar (track 12)
  • Drusilla Harris – violin (track 12)
  • Roma – art direction
  • Steve Stacey – design
  • Hugh Goldsmith – A&R
  • Andy Stephens Management – management
  • Dean Freeman – photography

Charts
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 12
Austrian Albums Chart[7] 35
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart 59
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart 21
Canadian Albums Chart[8] 96
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 50
European Top 100 Albums[10] 8
French Albums Chart[11] 22
German Albums Chart[12] 35
Irish Albums Chart[13] 12
Italian Albums Chart[14] 10
Singapore iTunes Top 100 Album Chart[15] 16
Spanish Albums Chart[16] 66
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 9
UK Albums Chart[18] 1

Sales
Country Certification Sales
Australia — 15,000
Brazil — 4,000
France — 38,000[19]
Russia Gold 10,000[20]
United Kingdom Gold 206,000[21]

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
UK 4 April 2005 Brightside Recordings CD B0007YH6AG
Australia 11 April 2005 82876679672
Japan 20 April 2005 Sony BMG Japan BVCP-24064
France 25 April 2005 Brightside Recordings B0007TF19Y
Canada 9 September 2005 Sony Music Canada Inc. B0007TF19Y

References

Counting Down the Days - Press release

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