Mistaken Identity (Delta Goodrem Album)

''Mistaken Identity'' is the second studio album by Australian singer Delta Goodrem, released in Australia on 8 November 2004, a day before Goodrem's twentieth birthday, by Epic and Daylight Records. Goodrem co-wrote all but one of the songs on the album, which was produced by Guy Chambers with Richard Flack and Steve Power. ''Mistaken Identity'' debuted at number-one on the Australian Albums Chart making it her second number-one album"Australian chart peak"
''Australian-charts.com''. Retrieved 25 June 2007. but the sales did not match up to her previous album '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003) which sold 4.5 million copies worldwide."Delta's secret video on net"
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The album produced Goodrem two more number-one singles with " Out of the Blue" and " Almost Here", and the rest of the album's singles; "Mistaken Identity" and " A Little Too Late", became top twenty hits. The album features Goodrem's first duet, "Almost Here" (with Irish singer Brian McFadden). Goodrem toured the album with The Visualise Tour in 2005 and for its twenty year anniversary in 2025.https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/delta-goodrem-new-album-mistaken-identity-anniversary-interview-70225/

Content

Music was one of the main comforts for Goodrem during the chemotherapy for her Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer diagnosis."Mistaken Identity - Biography"
. ''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 28 June 2007. Songs kept going around in her head: harmonies, melodies, lyrics, many deeper and darker than those that were on her debut album, ''Innocent Eyes''. Goodrem states "It's a more grown up album", "My music changed because my life had changed; the whole world around me had changed. My music had to reflect that". "Extraordinary Day" is about the day (8 July 2003) when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, "The Last Night On Earth" is a song about death and love, "The Analyst" tells the story of the hours of self-analysis she dealt with, " Be Strong" is an encouraging call for confidence and "Mistaken Identity" is Goodrem stating for the record where her head was at. She also stated "There are a lot of lyrics I wouldn't have used on the first album".

Musically the album is more classically piano driven and ventures into pop rock and pop jazz. The single "A Little Too Late" is guitar-driven pop rock song; "Mistaken Identity" is a dark, theatrical alternative pop song; while "The Last Night On Earth" is a pop rock ballad.

Goodrem states that "This time around I had time to think 'What kind of song do I want to create here?'", "I really felt the sky was the limit with this record, you could do anything in a song. I didn't feel limited at all. There were a lot more options, a lot more paths I could go down, more directions I could choose". Songwriter Guy Chambers had been keeping an eye on Goodrem's career and was impressed with her vocals and songwriting skills. The two writing together resulted in many of the album's key tracks. "'It's really unusual to work with somebody so talented, young, and brave. Who's not scared to take risks and who has the most emotional voice in pop music", You cannot help but believe every word Delta sings." Chambers states about working with Goodrem. Goodrem stated that Chambers was a classy producer and that he was an inspiration to work with. She felt they had a good connection on a musical level. "There's a definite story in the tracklisting," Goodrem says. "I felt I had to be really honest. Songs that people could still relate to but songs that also confronted issues. This past chapter of my life has been such an intense one and I wanted people to know my thoughts".

Singles

" Out of the Blue" was the first song off the album to be released and was released to radio on 24 September 2004"Delta's 'Out Of The Blue' Is On Air!!"
. ''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 25 June 2007. and quickly became the most added song to radio for that week. The music video was directed by Nigel Dick and made its premier to television on 1 October, 004, right after the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours">soap_opera.html" ;"title="004, right after the Australian soap opera">004, right after the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''."Catch The World Premiere Of Delta's 'Out Of The Blue' Video"
. ''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 26 June 2007. Goodrem performed the song live for the first time on 17 October 2004 at the eighteenth Annual ARIA Awards"Delta Goodrem Set To Perform At The ARIA Awards!"
. ''Deltagoodrem.com.au''. Retrieved 26 June 2007. and that same night "Out of the Blue" made its debut in the charts at number-one, Goodrem's sixth consecutive number-one single in Australia. Debuting at number-one on its first week, the song also was certified platinum by ARIA