Chameleon Dreams

Chameleon Dreams is the second solo album by Margaret Urlich, released in September 1992. The first single from the album, Boy In The Moon, was highly successful, reaching the top ten in New Zealand. The video for the single was filmed in Paris. The Album achieved platinum status in both New Zealand and Australia.

Chameleon Dreams
Studio album by
Margaret Urlich
Released25 September 1992
Recorded1991-1992
GenrePop
LabelSony
Margaret Urlich chronology
Safety in Numbers
(1989)		 Chameleon Dreams
(1992)		 Live
(1994)
Singles from Chameleon Dreams
  1. "Boy in the Moon"
    Released: August 1992
  2. "Human Race"
    Released: November 1992
  3. "(I Don't Want to be) Second Best"
    Released: April 1993
  4. "Burnt Sienna"
    Released: July 1993

Recording

In March 1991, Urlich, armed with a half million dollar recording budget, returned to the studio to commence pre-production for her second album, Chameleon Dreams, with English writer/producer Robyn Smith, the man behind her highly successful debut. By mid year, Urlich and Smith had entered Sydney's 301 Studios to record their two songs, plus a third track written by Smith and Barry Blue. The same team had been responsible for two of the best tracks on Safety in Numbers ("Escaping" and "Guilty People"), and their latest offering "Boy In The Moon", proved pivotal to the sound of the new album. Other tracks were collected by travelling all over the world.

First Urlich went to London to co-write with celebrated writers like Rob Fisher with whom she wrote the album's title track Chameleon Dreams. She then went on to Los Angeles, where she met up with Grammy Award-winning writer/producer Ian Prince, and with whom she wrote two songs for the album and he produced four tracks. She returned to London again, where she co-wrote a number of songs with Simon Law and Tony Swain before completing the project with three tracks produced by Swain.

The success of Chameleon Dreams earned Urlich the "Best Selling New Zealand Artist of the Year" award at The 1992 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. She attended the awards ceremony and performed Love Train.

Chameleon Dreams was nominated for two ARIA Award in 1993 and has sold over 75,000 copies.

Track listing
  1. "Human Race" - 4:29
  2. "Love Train" - 4:22
  3. "Boy in the Moon" - 6:37
  4. "(I Don't Want to be) Second Best" - 4:50
  5. "Chameleon Dreams" - 5:02
  6. "It Ain’t Easy" - 4:40
  7. "Man Overboard" - 4:18
  8. "Cover to Cover" - 4:59
  9. "Never Be the Same" - 4:43
  10. "Burnt Sienna" - 5:47

Charts
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[2] 18

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[4] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Awards and recognition
1992World Music AwardsBest Selling New Zealand Artist of the YearWon
1993ARIA AwardsBest Female ArtistNominated
1994ARIA AwardsBest Female ArtistNominated

References
  1. "Australiancharts.com – Margaret Urlich – Chameleon Dreams". Hung Medien.
  2. "Charts.nz – Margaret Urlich – Chameleon Dreams". Hung Medien.
  3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 290.
  4. Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966 – 2006. Wellington: Maurienne House. p. 63 . ISBN 978-1877443-00-8.


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