The excellent voice from down under …
Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1949, Daryl Braithwaite became one of Australia’s most successful pop singers, both as a solo act and with the band Sherbet. Braithwaite moved to Sydney in the mid-’60s and sang in a number of bands before joining Sherbet in 1970.
Between 1970 and Sherbet’s demise in 1983, Braithwaite enjoyed huge success, both with the band and with a number of solo single releases. Following the breakup of Sherbet, Braithwaite left the music industry for a number of years. This period saw him working, for a time, as a labourer on a council road gang.
In 1988, however, Braithwaite returned to music when he signed with CBS/Sony and released Edge. Featuring four hit singles (including the Australian number one “As the Days Go By”), Edge became a huge success and was followed in 1991 by the triple-platinum Rise. Rise became Braithwaite’s second number one album in as many releases and gave him only his second solo number one single since 1974 with “The Horses.”
Braithwaite returned in 1993 to find that his audience had deserted him. Taste the Salt was a flop, selling less than 30,000 copies. A best-of collection, gathering songs from 1988 to 1994, was released in late 1994.
Discography
Forever The Tourist
Sony Music 2013
Tracks: Forever The Tourist, Not Too Late, Beautiful Feeling, Good People, Is This Love, Perfect Day, See You Smile & Mountain.
Musicians on the Forever The Tourist album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Greatest Hits Acoustics
Liberation Music 2012
Tracks: As The Days Go By, Rise, Free The People, Higher Than Hope, These Days, Howzat, The Horses, You're My World, My Man, One Summer, I Haven't Met You Yet, Old Sid & Waters Rising.
Musicians on the Greatest Hits Acoustics: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
The Lemon Tree
Liberation Music 2008
Tracks: As The Days Go By, Rise, Free The People, Higher Then Hope, These Days, Howzat, The Horses, You´re My World, My Man, One Summer, I Haven´t You Yet, Old Sid & Water Rising.
Musicians on the The Lemon Tree album: Daryl Braithwaite, David Champell, Chris Bekker & Dale Kruse.
The Essential
Sony Music 2007
Tracks: As The Days Go By, All I Do, One Summer, Let Me Be, Sugar Train, Rise, The Horses, Higher Than Hope, Don't Hold Back Your Love, Nothing To Lose, Ghost There Waiting, Waters Rising, Modern Times, Ain't No Angels (Company Of Strangers), The World As It Is, Barren Ground, As The Days Go By - Extended Mix & The Horses - Acoustic Live Version.
Musicians on the Essential album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Snapshot
Sony Music 2005
Tracks: Where The Poor Boys Dance, Is This Love, On Loves Ocean, See You Around Sometime, Duende, Start All Over Again, S.M.T.A.M, Walkin' Away, Lullaby & Nobodys Side.
Musicians on the Snapshot album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
The Great Daryl Braithwaite
Rajon Records 2004
Tracks: The Horses, All I Do, Higher Than Hope, Sugar Train, How Can I Be Sure, Blue Hills, Escape From Reality, Ding To Care, In The Distance, Breakin The Rules, As The Day Go By, Let Me Be, Dont Hold Back Your Love, Nothing To Lose, Modern Times, Ghost There Waiting, You Could Be Wrong, Down Down, In My Life, I Don't Remember, It's All In The Musin, Up Out, Gonna Be Somebody, One Summer, Rise, The World As It Is, Barren Ground, Waters Rising, Where The Famous Came Out To Play, Wind And Sea, Reflection Of Me, Look What Your Love Has Done To Me, Trust Somebody, Hundreds Of Tears, Shout, Poverty Dancing, Hundreds Of Tears, Shout & Poverty Dancing.
Musicians on the Great Daryl Braithwaite album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Afterglow
Raven Records 2002
Tracks: Can You Feel It Baby, You've Got The Gun, Cassandra, Slipstream, Summer Love, You're My World, Love Has No Pride, Life, Child´s Play, Howzat, Magazine Madonna, Afterglow- Of Your Love, If You Walked Away, As The Days Go By, All I Do, One Summer, Rise, Horses, Higher Than Hope, How Can I Be Sure & Solsbury Hill.
Musicians on the Afterglow album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Six Moons
Festival Records 2001
Tracks: As The Days Go By (Extended Mix), All I Do, One Summer, Let Me Be, Sugar Train, Rise, The Horses, Higher Than Hope (Single Edit), Dont Hold Back Your Love, Nothing To Lose, The World As It Is, Barren Ground, How Can I Be Sure, Blue Hills, Escape From Reality, As The Days Go By, You Could Be Wrong, Down Down, In My Life, I Don't Remember, It's All In The Music, All The Same, Up-Out & Pretending To Care.
Musicians on the Six Moons album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Taste The Salt
Columbia Records 1993
Tracks: In The Distance, Barren Ground, Breakin' The Rules, The World As It Is, Wind And Sea, Reflection Of Me, Look What Your Love Has Done To Me, Gonna Be Somebody, Trust Somebody, Hundreds Of Tears & Shout.
Musicians on the Taste The Salt album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Higher Than Hope
Epic Records 1991
Tracks: Higher Than Hope, Nothing to Lose, As the Days Go By, Waters Rising, As I Do, One Summer, Don't Hold Back Your Love, Horses, I Can See Higher Than Before & Goodbye Blue Sky.
Musicians on the Higher Than Hope album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Rise
CBS Records 1991
Tracks: Rise, Nothing To Lose, Modern Times, Ghost There Waiting, Waters Rising, Higher Than Hope, Don't Hold Back Your Love, Horses, Where The Famous Came Out To Play, I Can See Higher Than Before, Poverty Dancing & Goodbye Blue Sky.
Musicians on the Rise album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.
Edge
CBS Records 1988
Tracks: As The Days Go By, You Could Be Wrong, All I Do, Let Me Be, Sugar Train, Down Down, In My Life, Edge (instrumental), I Don´t Remember, One Summer, It´s All In The Music, All The Same, Up-Out & Pretending To Care.
Musicians on the Edge album: Daryl Braithwaite, Andy Cichon, Jef Scott, John Watson, Simon Hussey, Scott Griffiths, John Farnham & Glenn Braithwaite.
Out On The Fringe
Infinity Records 1979
Tracks: Out On The Fringe, I Thought It Was You, Hit Onto Something Good, Love Like a Child, Bandits, Desperately, They Don't See What I Do, Prove Your Love, Lips That Taste Of Wine, That's Right & Out On The Fringe (Reprise).
Musicians on the Out On The Fringe album: Daryl Braithwaite and others.