Sleeping Child (album)

Sleeping Child is the fourth studio album by Australian recording artist Debra Byrne. The album was released in April 1994 and includes songs about her children, relationships, sexual abuse, substance dependence, loss and grief. Sleeping Child peaked at number 81 on the ARIA Charts.

Sleeping Child
Studio album by Debra Byrne
Released	April 1994
Studio	Sing Sing Studios, The Vault, Studios 301
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Mushroom Records
Producer	Debra Byrne, Mark Moffatt
Debra Byrne albums chronology
Caught in the Act (1991) Sleeping Child (1994) New Ways to Dream (1994)

Reception

Mike Daly of The Canberra Times described the album as a "strong adult contemporary recording in a country-flavored rock style, and the songs bear the imprint of experience and hard-won maturity."[1] Byrne told Daly that "If I'd written it all myself, I probably wouldn't have made the album. The songs are all co-written and, although the majority of the sources have been my own concepts, I don't hear them as autobiographical."[1] Daly's fellow journalist, Naomi Mapstone felt her "well-trained voice, and obvious grasp of the technical aspects of her craft are evident throughout... You keep expecting something more powerful and spontaneous."[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Diamond in the Rough"	Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal	4:08
2.	"Firing Line"		4:28
3.	"Stay Just a Little"		4:29
4.	"In My Heart"		5:13
5.	"Hearts Filled with Anger"		3:50
6.	"If It's Not What You Say"		3:40
7.	"Sleeping Child"		4:43
8.	"These Old Lies"		2:52
9.	"Warm Blanket of Love"		4:03
10.	"Nearly Home"		3:22
11.	"So Soon"		4:10
12.	"Don't Take This Love Away"		3:49

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	81

References

1. "Striking out with an individual voice". The Canberra Times. 69 (21, 633). 9 July 1994. p. 47. Retrieved 10 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
2. Mapstone, Naomi (23 May 1994). "Home Entertainment: Finding a Comfortable Formula". The Canberra Times. 69 (21, 586). p. 36. Retrieved 11 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.