land land studio album australian idol winner released australia august ireland september produced album seven months created album entirely acoustic songs wrote wrote songs collaborating music director songs original songs inspired friends family included cover songs album album rumours traditional irish song land received average reviews critics debuted australian albums_chart number certified platinum australian_recording_industry_association album spawned singles steps want weekend embarked national tour australia promote album november background stated debut studio album wanted pan didn want anybody songs wanted album immediately australian idol concluded convinced producers break protocol giving longer time record album protocol australian idol winners week competition ended record album decided work studio album months aware little success previous idol winners decided turn previous winners producing album original songs comments suppose main thing trying establish songwriter hasn promoted past determined create original material possible album create songs truly represent wanted themes lyrics personal broad listeners relate production recording remarked recording album exciting nerve experience recorded music recording studio producers mind kind album want produce wanted album totally acoustic knowing known australian public new australian idol knew risky produce acoustic based album different records produced previous idol contestants records predominantly featured beat pop songs noted music making album harder sell commercially result producers spent time work songs appeal broader audience holding elements music people enjoyed australian idol wanted new elements album held elements acoustic music comments didn want acoustic rocky conscious people bought winner journey conscious grabbing new audience think album got kind winner journey elements falsetto emotional thing got lot conscious lyrics wrote added emotional ballads contained strong lyrics left songs thought depressing spent seven months recording writing worked initially wanted album released march pushed august partly prolonged success winner journey partly large songs writing inspiration songs wrote inspired family friends songs explored themes love weekend song wrote birth second son song beautiful love song written wife songs album explored darker themes blew away heartfelt song suicide friend happened shortly friend died cancer song inspired friend struggling father death shine like sun friend ireland experiencing rough relationship wrote wrote total tracks album incidentally single opening track steps song write written canadian singer songwriter non original track recorded cover album rumours song holds special meaning sister sang song wedding collaborated australian writers songs including wrote songs beautiful blew away wrote songs include album alternative musical director wrote track left debut single night life originally written win idol relate lyrics everyday life context sony added raw bonus track traditional irish song recording fan initially hesitant include album raw chose album land described things happened past year individually professionally illustrated journey australia ways album single releases land officially released august australia single album steps released australian radio june physical release july track included land miss bonus track release steps available music video steps premiered rage june second single want released non commercial single music video debuted rage october land later released ireland september november limited special christmas edition land released australia included second disc bonus tracks including original track christmas chart performance week beginning august land debuted aria albums chart number album certified gold status week release sold copies second highest selling album week feat follows previous live album winner journey number earlier year january australian idol winner achieve consecutive number albums album dropped number second week charts replaced chance week land certified platinum status moved number dropped outside following week australian charts land debuted number week release ireland remaining second week falling chart week charts certification critical reception responses critics given average reviews album sunday_times considers complete artist uncovered rated album stars comments uses heavenly falsetto possible making appear trick pony says cover songs unnecessary age notices album different arrangement previous idol debuts considers better says album contains ballad songs remarks good choice cover song music scene songwriting composing says land great indication potential australia revamped idol franchise says album produced bland lack variety means gives listeners little think tyler notes land focuses aspects life remarks appears forgotten life happy promotion appearances week land released august performed songs album august performed songs town centre queensland guest appearance august performed live august australian idol special guest appearance australian idol october singing want currently embarking national land tour australia november touring venues located specifically sydney canberra brisbane melbourne newcastle performing tracks album classic performances australian idol announced september tour extended include major cities australia adelaide perth track listing steps want beautiful shine like sun miss long way weekend cover version blew away cold cold heart bonus track cover version christmas edition bonus tracks home christmas christmas song christmas holy night silent night sides singles steps single song steps single come night life sky winner journey personnel vocals guitar arranger bass guitar bass piano strings keyboards programmer producer guitar manager engineer art director designer photographer illustrator amy kelly design producer illustrator photographer mastering engineer
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