Fresh (Melissa Tkautz album) explained

Fresh
Type:Album
Artist:Melissa Tkautz
Cover:Melissa_Tkautz - Fresh (Album).jpg
Released:15 June 1992[1]
Recorded:1991–1992
Label:Phantom Records & Westside Records
Producer:Leon Berger, Doug Henderson, Alston Koch
Next Title:Lost & Found
Next Year:2005

Fresh is the debut studio album by Australian actress, singer and model Melissa Tkautz, released in June 1992 and peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Charts.

Background and release

In 1991, playing the role of Nikki Spencer on Channel 10's drama soap, E Street, Tkautz embarked on a recording career. Melissa's debut single, "Read My Lips", reached number 1 on the Australian singles chart.,[2] was certified platinum and became the sixth highest-selling single of 1991 in Australia.[3] Tkautz's next single, "Sexy (Is The Word)", reached number 3,[2] was certified gold, and was the fifty-seventh highest-selling single of 1991 in Australia.[4] Her third single, 1992's "Skin to Skin", peaked at number 16 in Australia.[2]

Following the release of these three singles, the album Fresh was released in June 1992. The album did not fare as well as the singles, peaking at number 15 in Australia,[2] and spending only seven weeks in the top 100.[4] A fourth single from the album, "My House", was issued in November 1992, but peaked outside the top 100 at number 119.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Sexy (Is the Word)"
  2. "Let's Get Pumping"
  3. "My Imagination"
  4. "Skin to Skin"
  5. "If We Live Forever"
  6. "Read My Lips"
  7. "Tonight's The Night"
  8. "My House"
  9. "Something About You"
  10. "Ain't No Saint"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 15/06/92 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 124). ARIA. Imgur.com. 5 November 2016.
  2. Web site: australian-charts.com > Melissa Tkautz in Australian Charts. Hung Medien. 5 November 2016.
  3. Web site: 1991 ARIA Singles Chart. ARIA. 5 November 2016.
  4. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. PDF. 184.
  5. Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 July 2015. Imgur.com. 5 November 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150716153430/http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg. 16 July 2015.