Amazing (Marcia Hines album)


Amazing is the fourteenth studio album released by Australian musician Marcia Hines, released in April 2014. The album featured a duet with Russell Crowe. It debuted and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
It is her first album of original songs in two decades, with Hines crediting a chance meeting with Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles for this: "She played me her playlist of all the songs she would really dig if she was stranded on a desert island and told me I had to get mine together. I told her my ideas about what I wanted to do next and she told me to follow them."
Hines returned to the R&B sound that saw her reach No. 2 on the Australian charts in 1977 with her single "You".
A deluxe version of the album was released in April 2018, featuring six of Hines' biggest hits.

Promotion

Hines did an in store appearance on 19 April at the WOW Music store in Sydney
Four promotional video clips were released; "Amazing", "Remedy", "Let Love Flow" and "Chase the Feeling".

Critical reception

The Daily Telegraph wrote that on the album Hines "brings sexy back", while The Canberra Times called it "an uncompromising album, full of deep, heartfelt moments, where her royal Hines-ness shows a very intimate and tender side".

Track listing

Adapted from AllMusic.

Charts

Tour

Hines supported the album with a national tour.
DateLocationVenue
31 July 2014BangalowThe Bowlo
1 August 2014Tweed HeadsTwin Towns
2 August 2014BrisbaneRedlands Performing Arts Centre
3 August 2014BrisbaneKedron-Wavell Services Club
15 August 2014Ettalong BeachEttalong Diggers
16 August 2014Hurlstone ParkCanterbury Hurlstone Park RSL
18 September 2014SydneySlide Lounge
19 September 2014SydneySlide Lounge
21 August 2014FrankstonFrankston Arts Centre
22 August 2014MelbourneThe Palms at Crown
23 August 2014AlburySS&A Club
24 August 2014BendigoThe Capital
26 August 2014WarragulWest Gippsland Performing Arts Centre
28 August 2014BunburyEntertainment Centre
29 August 2014PerthAstor Theatre
31 August 2014AdelaideDunstan Playhouse Theatre
5 September 2014LauncestonCountry Club Casino
6 September 2014HobartWrest Point Hotel Casino

Release history