''Rise'' is an album by Daryl Braithwaite released in November 1990. The album reached No. 3 on the Australian

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. Braithwaite commenced a national tour on 26 December 1990 in Warrnambool. Although this album was not officially released in the U.S., it includes what would become Braithwaite's biggest stateside hit, " Higher Than Hope", which reached number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The tune appeared as the title track for a compilation album, '' Higher Than Hope'', which was released to the American market in 1991. The album was certified 4× platinum in Australia in 2016. It was written based on his travel to China as a tourist in 1989.

Track listing

#" Rise" (Paul Read, Danny McCarthy) – 3:56 #"Nothing to Lose" (Mike Caen, Steve Bull) – 4:08 #"Modern Times" (Roger Hart, Paul Bell) – 5:12 #"Ghost There Waiting" (Jef Scott) – 2:55 #"Waters Rising" ( Simon Hussey) – 4:24 #" Higher Than Hope" (Simon Hussey, Daryl Braithwaite) – 4:59 #"Don't Hold Back Your Love" ( David Tyson, Richard Page, G. O'Brien) – 5:09 #" The Horses" (

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, Walter Becker) – 4:16 #"Where the Famous Came Out to Play" (Jef Scott) – 4:28 #"I Can See Higher Than Before" (Daryl Braithwaite) – 3:49 #"Poverty Dancing" (Phil Manikiza) – 3:53 #"Goodbye Blue Sky" (Simon Hussey,

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) – 3:54

Personnel

* Daryl Braithwaite – vocals, harmonica on "Waters Rising", Hammond Leslie organ on "Higher than Hope" * Simon Hussey – keyboards, electric piano, nylon string acoustic guitar (tracks 5 and 12),

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(tracks 5–7, 9, and 12), synth bass (tracks 5 and 6),

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and brass arrangements on "Higher than Hope" (track 6), producer * Jef Scott – acoustic guitars, electric guitars; bass (tracks 1, 10–12), mandolin (tracks 1 and 5), Dobro (tracks 5, 7, and 9), backing vocals (track 9) * Andy Cichon – bass (tracks 2, 3, and 5–7) * John Watson – drums (all tracks except 9 and 10) * Scott Griffiths – keyboards (tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, and 11), piano (tracks 7 and 8), Hammond organ (tracks 7, 9, and 10), orchestral introduction (track 11) * "The Brasstards" (tracks 2 and 6) ** Mark Dennison –

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** Kevin Dubber –

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* Tommy Emmanuel – electric guitars (tracks 1 and 8) * Alex Pertout – percussion (tracks 1, 7, and 8), tuned percussion (tracks 5 and 12), tambourine (track 11) * Dino Baptiste – harmonica (track 1) * Jeremy Alsop – bass (track 8) * Chuck Hargreaves – acoustic guitars (track 12) *

– backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 10, and 12) *

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– backing vocals (track 2) * Margaret Urlich – backing vocals (track 8)

Release history

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

Daryl Braithwaite- ''Rise'' (cassette release with more track-by-track information)
Discogs.com. {{Authority control Daryl Braithwaite albums 1990 albums