Fallow (Fanny Lumsden album) explained

Fallow
Type:studio
Artist:Fanny Lumsden
Cover:Fallow_by_Fanny_Lumsden.png
Released:[1]
Length:40:15
Prev Title:Real Class Act
Prev Year:2017
Next Title:Hey Dawn
Next Year:2023

Fallow is the third studio album by Australian country music singer, Fanny Lumsden. It was released in March 2020 and peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album.[2]

At the AIR Awards of 2021, the album won Best Independent Country Album or EP.[3]

Background and recording

Lumsden said, "I went into the record to make songs that were also a little more hopeful, because I'd talked about drought for so long and everyone in the music industry and my family are still going through it. It's not that I didn't want to acknowledge it, I just knew that the people going through it didn't want reminding. They know and they want an escape. I wanted to write about green grass, running water, mountains and sunsets. I was experiencing those things and it was giving me such joy. I wanted that glorious buzz in my songs."[4]

Reception

Liz Giuffre from The Music said "Fanny Lumsden's work covers the best of contemporary country music – acoustic story bases that reward close listening to the lyric sheets. It's rude to give away too much in a review, but let's just say she has a gift for matching the familiar with the unexpected in a chorus."

Track listing

  1. "Mountain Song" - 1:56
  2. "This Too Shall Pass" - 3:20
  3. "Peed in the Pool" - 3:41
  4. "Grown Ups" - 3:27
  5. "Fierce" - 2:38
  6. "Tidy Town" - 4:26
  7. "Fallow" - 4:39
  8. "Wishing" - 2:34
  9. "These Days" - 3:44
  10. "Dig" - 3:24
  11. "Black and White" - 3:57
  12. "Mountain Song" (Reprise) - 2:29

Charts

Year-end chart

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Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[5] 93

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fanny Lumsden Fallow . JB HiFi. 3 February 2021.
  2. News: ARIA Awards 2020: All the best moments as they happen . Bond . Nick . news.com.au . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 .
  3. Web site: 2021 AIR Awards Winners . Scenstr.com.au . 6 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Fanny Lumsden: My most hated thing is people saying ‘It’s just not done that way’ . Sydney Morning Herald. 18 March 2020. 8 August 2023. Craig. Mathieson.
  5. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Country Albums for 2020. Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 August 2023.