"Coma" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter

Max Sharam Leanna Maree "Max" Sharam (born 1969) is an Australian interdisciplinary musician and singer-songwriter. In the mid-1990s, Sharam had three top 40 hit singles in Australia, "Coma", "Be Firm" and "Lay Down", from her top 10 album '' ...

. In 1992, she performed the song on

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, which led to an extended play album being released in October 1994 and as the lead single from her debut studio album '' A Million Year Girl'' (1995). The song peaked at number 14 in Australia. At the

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, the song was nominated for three awards; ARIA Award for Single for the Year, Song for the Year and Breakthrough Artist - single.

Reception

Anthony Horan said "A five track EP, it's a remarkable piece of work that sounds quite unlike anything else you'll hear this year. While the title track, courtesy of a very radio-friendly mix, has just been added to the playlists of chart-fodder radio stations after a large amount of play on

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, there's a lot more to Max than meets the eye. The EP's brief journey takes in everything from twisted jazz-pop to searing acoustic emotion to very, very strange and rather wonderful operatic experimentation."

Track listings

Extended play (4509976752) # "Coma (A Million Year Girl)" – 3:46 # "Hunting Ground" – 4:33 # "U Cradle Me" – 3:46 # "Is It Ok...?" – 2:59 # "Crash Landing" – 4:24 CD single (4509993912) # "Coma (A Million Year Girl)" – 3:46 # "U Cradle Me" – 3:46 # "Crash Landing" – 4:24

Charts

References

{{authority control 1992 songs 1994 debut singles 1994 EPs East West Records EPs East West Records singles EPs by Australian artists