*first week #1 debut on ARIA Album Chart
In the 3 years since recording Barricades And Brickwalls, Kasey Chambers' life has changed dramatically...or has it? It's true that the 'best album' for 2002 (Aria Awards) inspired devotional media attention, sat on top of the national charts and sent Kasey to the US, the home of many country luminaries. But Kasey seems like the same gal. After being raised by Australia's most famous country family, Kasey has her own family now and a new home on the central coast. Despite all her successes, Kasey knows that Barricades was the winning formula and it would be crazy to mess with such a perfect combination of talent. So, brother Nash slipped back into his chair at the controls as producer, a host of local players returned to contribute their stylised brilliance and Kasey delivered another slab of infectious tunes. Wayward Angel is a fitting title considering the duality of this performer - one foot in Tamworth, the other in the city - who accidentally became the poster girl for the alt-country revolution. She reinvents the self-defacing sadness of Not Pretty Enough on More Than Ordinary, but Wayward Angel seems like a pure country effort and players like Steuart Smith, Mark Punch and Bill Chambers add their own deft touches of genius to Kasey's laments. Kasey sounds best of paper Aeroplane, matched by minimal piano courtesy of Bill Risby; a tearjerker written from the eyes of bereaved old man. Fans will be happy to hear that Kasey's third album is a case of 'more of the same' and considering the success of Barricades And Brickwalls, that will be enough to sate the Kasey-deprived army of devotees.

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Tracklisting
1 LIKE A RIVER
2 FOR SALE
3 FOLLOW YOU HOME
4 MOTHER
5 GUILTY AS SIN
6 LOST AND FOUND
7 SATURATED
8 PONY
9 HOLLYWOOD
10 STRONGER
11 BLUEBIRD
12 MORE THAN ORDINARY
13 WAYWARD ANGEL
14 PAPER AEROPLANE

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