Savage Garden Affirmation Songbook Sheet Music Piano Vocal Guitar Tabs
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Savage Garden: Affirmation (Songbook)
Arranged by Joe Travers
Published by Warner Chappell Music, Australia (1999)
Condition:
Excellent Australian Printed Softcover Book from 1999! The binding is tight and all 83 pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers look very nice with only a small amount of cover wear as can be seen in my photos! You will be happy with this one! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
The songs / music that appear in this songbook are:
1. "Affirmation"
2. "Hold Me"
3. "I Knew I Loved You"
4. "The Best Thing"
5. "Crash and Burn"
6. "Chained to You"
7. "The Animal Song"
8. "The Lover After Me"
9. "Two Beds and a Coffee Machine"
10. "You Can Still Be Free"
11. "Gunning Down Romance"
12. "I Don't Know You Anymore"
About Savage Garden:
Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on instruments. Formed in Logan City, Queensland, in 1994, the duo achieved international success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the No. 1 hit singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", "Truly Madly Deeply", "The Animal Song" and "I Knew I Loved You".
The band's two studio albums, Savage Garden and Affirmation, reached No. 1 in Australia and peaked in the top ten in both the United Kingdom and United States.
Their two studio albums have sold 23 million copies worldwide. The group won a record number of ten ARIA Music Awards in 1997 for their debut album and its related singles. They disbanded in the end of 2001, and Hayes continued as a solo artist.
About the Affirmation Album:
Affirmation is the second and final studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. The album was released on 9 November 1999 by Columbia Records. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album along it nominated the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Best Group but lost to Killing Heidi's Reflector and Best Pop Release but lost to Kylie Minogue's "Spinning Around".
In February 1999, "The Animal Song", which was featured in the Touchstone film The Other Sister, became a No. 3 hit in Australia and Top 20 in the United Kingdom and United States. In September they released "I Knew I Loved You" – a love ballad – which peaked at No. 4 in Australia and No. 10 in the United Kingdom. It was followed in November by the duo's second album, Affirmation, produced by Walter Afanasieff (Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Céline Dion).
It was described by McFarlane as "pure unadulterated pop, boasting enticing melodies and a classy and sleek production sound." The album peaked at No. 1 in Australia and eventually achieved 8× platinum. Within a month, it went platinum in the United States, partly due to the success of the single "I Knew I Loved You", which hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, going platinum, and becoming the most-played single on US radio for the year.
Affirmation was a new turn for Savage Garden – it was mainstream pop and some songs had an adult contemporary sound. The group finished the year by winning two Billboard Music Awards: Adult Contemporary Single of the Year and Hot 100 Singles Airplay of the Year.
In February 2000, as "Crash and Burn" became the third single from their second album, 1997's "Truly Madly Deeply" was still on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart, breaking the record for length of time on that chart. It would finally drop off after 123 weeks, while "Crash and Burn" peaked at No. 10.
In June, Hayes performed "'O Sole Mio" at Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's annual charitable benefit concert Pavarotti and Friends. Savage Garden's success was reflected at the Billboard Music Awards, where they won Best Adult Contemporary Video and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Song of the Year, for "I Knew I Loved You", and No. 1 Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year. "I Knew I Loved You" stayed on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart for 124 weeks.
Savage Garden performed Affirmation at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in August 2000.