Circus Girl (album)

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Circus Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2011 (2011-11-15)
GenreCountry
Length45:10
LabelCircus Girl Records, LLC
Sherrié Austin chronology
Streets of Heaven
(2003)
Circus Girl
(2011)

Circus Girl is the fifth studio album from Australian country music artist Sherrié Austin and was released independently on November 15, 2011.[1]

Background[edit]

The album is portrayed as a group of tales analyzed by a powerful female, about females, and on behalf of females. Austin felts that the work was something her female supporters have been requesting for years.[2][3][4]

"The last few years I had been complaining about the fact that there weren’t any females speaking to women above the age of 30, so I started thinking about how I was writing my songs and came up with the idea for “Friday Night Girls" ...I wanted to write a three-minute song with every Sex and the City episode that had ever existed, so I did. I quickly noticed that the women in my audiences loved it and so I switched my songwriting focus for a while to concentrate on that audience, who are my peers, to speak to them,” says Austin.[2]

The final track on the album, "Naughty or Nice", was co-written by Shane Stevens.[5]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Circus Girl"Sherrié Austin, Will Rambeaux, Charity Daw3:16
2."Tryin' to Be Me"Austin, Rodney Clawson, Dan Frizsell3:32
3."I Didn't"Austin, Rambeaux, Steve Williams2:52
4."If I Was a Man"Austin, Paul Duncan, Al Kasha3:09
5."Just Want to Love You Tonight"Austin3:21
6."Get Your Leavin' Done"Austin3:46
7."He's All Yours"Austin, Rambeaux, Jaclyn North3:30
8."Bad for Me"Austin, Rambeaux3:08
9."Friday Night Girls"Austin3:49
10."Sleep with Me"Austin, Steven Dale Jones, Lillie Mae Rische3:41
11."That Kind of Happy"Austin, Mallary Hope, Rambeaux3:33
12."Streets of Heaven" (re-recorded 2011 version)Austin, Duncan, Kasha4:29
13."Naughty or Nice" (duet with Shane Stevens)Austin, Shane Stevens, Steven Lee Olsen, Rambeaux3:13
Total length:45:10

Personnel[edit]

  • Sherrié Austin - vocals
  • Jim Hyatt - bass
  • Joel Key - banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Wayne Killius - drums
  • Mike Rojas - keyboards
  • Adam Shoenfeld - electric guitar
  • Shane Stevens - backing vocals
  • Russell Terrell - backing vocals

[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Circus Girl - Sherrié Austin - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b http://www.sherrieaustinmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=219 SherrieAustinMusic.com
  3. ^ "Circus Girl by Sherrié Austin - Country Weekly". Country Weekly. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Sherrie Austin Goes DIY for First Album in 8 Years - Billboard". Billboard. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ^ "CMT : News : Sherrie Austin Steps Right Up for Circus Girl, New TV Show". CMT: Country Music Television. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Circus Girl - Sherrié Austin - Credits". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2017.