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''Innocent Eyes'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem, released in Australia on 21 March 2003. It was later released in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2003. Goodrem co-wrote most of the material, excluding "Throw It Away", "Lost Without You" and "Butterfly". The album features two solely self-penned songs, "In My Own Time" and "Will You Fall for Me". Goodrem worked with writers and producers such as Audius Mtawarira, Bridget Benenate, Cathy Dennis, Eliot Kennedy, Gary Barlow, Jarrad Rogers, Kara DioGuardi, Vince Pizzinga and others to create the album with a collection of piano-based pop and ballad tracks. Five singles were released from the album. Its lead single "Born to Try" was released in November 2003 and became a massive commercial success, peaking atop the ARIA Singles Chart and the New Zealand Singles Chart, and was also a surprise Number One in Slovenia. The song is Goodrem's most successful single to date. Follow-up singles "Lost Without You", "Innocent Eyes", "Not Me, Not I" and "Predictable" also all reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart, and also did remarkably well in other countries, topping the charts in Sweden, Israel, Malta and Germany respectively. This giving Goodrem the record for becoming the first ever artist to have five number-one singles from a debut album.〔("Innocent Eyes – Biography" ). ''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 5 July 2007.〕 The first three singles charted within the top 10 in the United Kingdom. In order to promote the album, Goodrem embarked on The Visualise Tour. ''Innocent Eyes'' debuted at number one on the Australian Albums Chart, making it her first number-one album〔("Australian chart peak" ). ''Australian-charts.com''. Retrieved 25 June 2007.〕 and altogether selling 4.5 million copies worldwide〔("Delta Goodrem – Australian Idol Auditions 2009 – Delta's Intro" ). ''YouTube''. Retrieved 17 August 2008.〕 (1.2 million in Australia alone). ''Innocent Eyes'' is the most successful album in Australia in 19 years. It was the highest-selling album in Australia of the decade and is the equal 6th-highest-selling album in Australian history. ==Background== In September 2000, Goodrem signed to Sony Music and her original album which she planned to release with independent label Empire Records was shelved. A year later, Goodrem released her debut single "I Don't Care" which peaked at number 64 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Soon after, Goodrem began working on Innocent Eyes. She worked with a range of producers and songwriters, including the True North production and songwriting team Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Ric Wake (Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey), Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne), Matthew Gerrard (Mandy Moore, BBMak), Vince Pizzinga (Midnight Oil, Danielle Spencer), David Nicholas (INXS, Elton John, George), The Rembrandts and Mark Holden. Innocent Eyes is a Pop, pop rock and adult contemporary album which uses mostly live instruments. Talking about the album, Goodrem stated that "I wanted to make an album that reflected me at this time in my life", "Every song takes me to a place where I can remember what happened".〔 She also stated "The album is almost like a diary I have been keeping over the last two years", "Every track has a meaning behind it that's personal to me. I have been looking forward to this day for a long time and I just hope that everyone likes the music as much as I loved making it".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Innocent Eyes (Delta Goodrem album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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