Brave (Kate Ceberano album)

A mix of contemporary pop and dance tracks and soul covers, Brave became a major success on the Australian albums chart, firmly establishing Ceberano as one of Australia's premier artists, and would become the most commercially successful album of her solo career.

Brave was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Australian Album - making Ceberano the first female solo artist to be nominated for this award.^[2] Brave also established Ceberano's role as a chameleon of sorts, following on from successful jazz and adult-oriented releases, Brave also seemed to, in part, pay homage to her dance roots as a vocalist in Australian band I'm Talking.

Two tracks, "Young Boys Are My Weakness" and "Obsession", were recorded with Phil Harding and Ian Curnow at PWL Studios, with Harding recalling, "for us to work with such a great singer was an unusual treat."^[3]

The album spawned a succession of four top 40 singles; "Bedroom Eyes", "Love Dimension", "Brave"/"Young Boys Are My Weakness" and "That's What I Call Love", all of which achieved strong rotation on Australian radio and helped propel the album to triple platinum status.^[4]

Brave went on to become the fifth highest selling album of 1989 by a local artist on the ARIA Albums Chart. It reached a peak of number 2 on the Australian albums chart.

Overall sales placed it as the 20th highest selling album of 1989 in Australia.^[5]

Side one

1. "Since You've Been Gone"
2. "Love Dimension"
3. "Quasimodo's Dream"
4. "Young Boys Are My Weakness"
5. "Brave"

Side two

6. "Bedroom Eyes"
7. "That's What I Call Love"
8. "Higher Ground"
9. "Obsession"
10. "Changing with the Years"