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Counting Down
Studio album by
Released14 May 1999
Recorded1997–1999
Genre Pop
Label Sony/ Columbia
Producer
Human Nature chronology
Telling Everybody
(1996)
Counting Down
(1999)
Human Nature
(2000)
Singles from Counting Down
  1. " Cruel"
    Released: August 1998
  2. " Last to Know"
    Released: March 1999
  3. " Don't Cry"
    Released: June 1999
  4. " Eternal Flame"
    Released: October 1999
  5. " Be There with You"
    Released: March 2000

Counting Down is the second studio album by Australian boy band and pop vocal group Human Nature, released on 14 May 1999.

Track listing

  1. " Last to Know" ( Steve Kipner, Sean Hosein, Dane DeViller) – 4:26
  2. " Cruel" ( Andrew Klippel, Shep Solomon) – 5:16
  3. "Mary's Garden" ( Andrew Tierney, Klippel, Michael Tierney) – 4:00
  4. "Counting Down" (Tierney, Klippel, Tierney) – 3:24
  5. " Don't Cry" (U.S. Radio Remix) (Klippel, Glass) – 3:59
  6. "Depend on Me" (Tierney, Paul Begaud, Tierney) – 4:42
  7. " Be There With You" (Tierney, Paul Begaud, Tierney) – 3:50
  8. "Bring Her Back" (Klippel, Werfel, Reswick) – 4:45
  9. "Send It in a Letter" (Klippel, Tierney, Toby Allen, Phil Burton, Tierney, Glass) – 3:58
  10. "7 Lonely Days" (Tierney, George Merril, Tierney) – 3:54
  11. " Now That I Found You" ( Paul Begaud, Vanessa Corish, JD Martin) – 3:28
  12. "Temperature Rising" (Klippel, Glass) – 4:29
  13. " Everytime You Cry" (with John Farnham) (Peiken, Sutton) – 4:45
  14. " Eternal Flame" ( Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:20 / "We Can Fly Away" (hidden track) (Burton, G. Cunningham) – 3:00

Bonus disc tracks

  1. "Everytime You Cry"
  2. "Eternal Flame"
  3. "Last to Know" (Radio Remix)
  4. "Last to Know" (VV Club Remix)
  5. "Cruel" (Radio Remix)

Personnel

  • Arrangement (additional) – Andrew Tierney (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Michael Tierney (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Rod Temperton (track 5)
  • Arrangement (vocals) – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 10, 12, 13), Human Nature (tracks: 1 to 13, 15), Phil Burton (tracks: 1 to 13, 15), Rod Temperton (track 3)
  • Arrangement (strings) – Jamie Muhoberac, Larry Muhoberac (track 2)
  • Design (booklet design) – Erica McIntyre
  • Design (cover design) – New Moon
  • Engineering (additional) – Andrew Scheps (tracks: 2, 3, 10, 12), John Paterno (tracks: 3, 5, 10, 12), Nick Brophy (track 2, 10)
  • Engineering (mix) – Doug Brady (track 6)
  • Guitar – Alan Kato (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 10), Peter Northcote (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11), Shep Solomon (track 2), Christopher Bruce (track 4), Paul Begaud (track 11), Tim Pierce (track 12)
  • Mastering – Vlado Meller
  • Mixing – Dave Way (tracks: 1, 3, 14), David Sussman (tracks: 8 to 10, 12), Mick Guzauski (track 2, 7), Carmen Rizzo (track 4), David Hemming (track 11), Paul Begaud (track 11)
  • Photography – Tony Duran
  • Producer – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 10, 12, 14), Paul Begaud (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11)
  • Producer (additional vocals) – Andrew Tierney, George Merrill, Michael Tierney (track 10)
  • Programming – Andrew Klippel (tracks: 2 to 5, 8 to 10, 12), Paul Begaud (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11)
  • Programming (additional) – Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Steve Kipner (track 1)
  • Recording – David Hemming (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11, 14)
  • Recording (vocals) – David Hemming (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12), Arabella Rodriguez (track 4, 8)
  • Synthesizer (additional) – Jamie Muhoberac (tracks: 2 to 5)
  • Talkbox effects – Cameron Hanly
  • Additional drums – Damien Wagner
  • Additional drum programming and mixing – Angela Piva (track 5)
  • "Everytime You Cry"
    • Assistant engineer – Aaron Humphries
    • Producer – John Farnham, Ross Fraser
    • Producer [Human Nature vocals] – Andrew Klippel
    • Mixing – Doug Brady
    • Vocals – John Farnham
    • Vocal engineer – Arabella Rodriguez
    • Assistant vocal engineer – Richard Woodcraft
  • "We Can Fly Away"
    • Recording – Vince Pizzinga
    • Piano – Phil Burton
    • Mixing – Doug Brady
    • Producer – Human Nature

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Counting Down
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [1] 1
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [2] 74

Year-end chart

Weekly chart performance for Counting Down
Chart (1999) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 29

Certifications

Certifications for Counting Down
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia ( ARIA) [4] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Human Nature – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ "ヒューマン・ネイチャーのアルバム売上ランキング".
  3. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1999". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.