''Up Close and Personal'' is the ninth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

(tenth included the co-credit on ''

Future Road ''Future Road'' is a studio album credited to Australian recording artist Judith Durham and The Seekers. It is Durham's eighth studio album and The Seekers' eleventh. The album was released in Australia in October 1997 and peaked at number 4 on ...

'') by Australian recording artist

Judith Durham Judith Mavis Durham (née Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. The group became the first Australian pop mus ...

. The album was released in Australia in May 2009.

Background and release

In July 2006, Durham was asked to sing a short set of spiritual songs

a cappella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

for a gathering in Sydney. Durham said; "I had certainly never thought of singing 'a cappella' in a large auditorium before. The purity of the simple presentation seemed to engender a very peaceful environment and for me the lyrics became more like prayers." Following this experience, Durham spent two years recording an a cappella album, focussing on a repertoire of spiritually focussed material. The album was launched with a one-off concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 23 May 2009. The album was re-released in November 2016 under the title ''An A Cappella Experience'' with a bonus DVD of the recital which had been recorded.

Track listing

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I'll Never Find Another You "I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by the Australian Folk music, folk-influenced Pop music, pop group the Seekers. It reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in February 1965. It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, and the secon ...

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Tom Springfield Tom Springfield (born Dionysius Patrick O'Brien, 2 July 1934 – 27 July 2022) was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was prominent in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfiel ...

) - 1:56 # "Just Do Your Best (And Leave The Rest To Him)" (

) - 2:39 # " His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (

Charles H. Gabriel Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (August 18, 1856 – September 14, 1932) was an American composer and lyricist of gospel songs and gospel tunes. He is said to have written and/or composed between 7,000 and 8,000 songs, many of which are available in 2 ...

, Civilla Martin) - 3:23 # "Calling Me Home" (Jeff Vincent, Durham) - 3:29 # "

Breathe On Me, Breath of God "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" is an English Christian hymn. It was written by Edwin Hatch, a Church of England vicar and the Professor of Classics at the University of Trinity College in Canada. It was first published privately in 1878 and publi ...

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Edwin Hatch Edwin Warren Hatch (4 September 1835 Derby, England – 10 November 1889 Oxford, England) was an English theologian. He is best known as the author of the book '' Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church'', which was based ...

, Robert Jackson) - 4:27 # "Nobody But You" (Springfield) - 1:39 # " Precious Lord, Take My Hand" (George Allen, Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey) - 3:01 # " In the Garden" (

C. Austin Miles Charles Austin Miles (January 7, 1868March 10, 1946) was a prolific American writer of gospel songs, who is best known for his 1912 Easter story-based hymn " In the Garden". He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University ...

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Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace The anonymous text that is usually called the Prayer of Saint Francis (or Peace Prayer, or Simple Prayer for Peace, or Make us an Instrument of Your Peace) is a widely known Christian prayer for peace. Often associated with the Italian Saint F ...

" (Springfield) - 1:58 # "Colours Of My Life" (David Reilly, Durham) - 2:06 # "Oh Lord, Take Me Home" (Durham) - 4:36 # "Land Of Peace" (

Bruce Woodley Bruce William Woodley (born 25 July 1942) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the successful folk-pop group the Seekers, and co-composer of the songs " I Am Australian," "Red Rubber Ball," and Simon & G ...

, Durham) - 2:52 # "Let Me Find Love" (Durham) - 3:07 # "Your Time is Now" (Ken Pearlman) - 2:01 # "I Cannot Cross This Wide Ocean" (Scott Dufault) - 2:12 # "

Speak to the Sky "Speak to the Sky" is the debut single by Rick Springfield. It reached No. 6 in Australia, No. 8 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart, No. 10 on the Canadian pop chart, No. 14 on the U.S. pop chart, and No. 16 on the U.S. Adult Contemporar ...

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Rick Springfield Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut ...

) - 2:09 # "Any Road You Choose" (Jeff Vincent, Durham) - 2:46 # "

Kumbaya "Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African-American spiritual of disputed origin, known to have been sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans. Originally an appeal to ...

" (Marvin V. Frey) - 2:29 # "Walk With Me" (Springfield) - 2:29 # "Walking Side By Side" (Judy Wall, Pearlman) - 1:56 # "Anchor of My Life" (John Durrell, Durham) - 1:56 # "There He Is" (

Peter Pye Peter Pye (1902 – 3 September 1966), Dr Edward Arthur (Peter) Pye. MRCS, LRCP, was a British yachtsman, author and doctor. Peter Pye was educated at Epsom College, then Trinity College, Cambridge and St George's Hospital, London. He married Dor ...

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Abide with Me "Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte (1793–1847). A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death, it was written by Lyte in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis. It is m ...

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Henry Francis Lyte Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet. Biography Youth and education Henry Francis Lyte was the second son of Thomas and Anna Maria (née Oliver) Lyte, whose family came orig ...

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The Lord's Prayer The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (, ), is a central Christian prayer attributed to Jesus. It contains petitions to God focused on God’s holiness, will, and kingdom, as well as human needs, with variations across manusc ...

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Albert Hay Malotte Albert Hay Malotte (May 19, 1895 – November 16, 1964) was an American pianist, organist, composer and educator, best known for his musical setting of "The Lord's Prayer". Biography and career Malotte was the son of Charles and Katherine (Donav ...

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