As Day Follows Night is the third album by Australian singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko

Sarah Blasko

Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow , is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. After fronting Sydney-based band Acquiesce from the mid-1990s, Blasko developed her solo career from 2002. In 2007, she won the 'Best Pop Release' for What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have at the ARIA Music Awards, which...

. It was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John and recorded in early 2009 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. It was released in Australia

Australia

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 on 10 July 2009. The making of As Day Follows Night was chronicled by Blasko on her blog.

In regards to the album's lyrical themes, Blasko told Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia is an Australian-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published monthly, it is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone was initially released in Melbourne in May 1970 as a supplement in Revolution, an...

 magazine: "The basis is definitely my life, but I like to take it into a heightened reality. I like the idea of 'the character' on the record. I like musicals, I like it to be fancy."

The first single "All I Want" debuted on Richard Kingsmill

Richard Kingsmill

Richard "The King" Kingsmill is an Australian radio announcer and music journalist.He is best known for his work at national youth broadcaster triple j. His career at the station started in 1988 as a producer for station presenters George Wayne, Tracee Hutchison and Tim Ritchie...

's show on radio station Triple J

Triple J

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 on 2 May 2009. Two subsequent singles have since been released "No Turning back" and "We Won't Run". In the UK I Never Knew received a special promotional single release in August 2010.

A special edition was also released, consisting of the album, a bonus disc of Sarah performing some of her favorite songs from movies, and four magic ink cards with paintbrushes.

The album was nominated for the ARIA Album of the Year Award

ARIA Music Awards of 2009

The 23rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 26 November 2009 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. The ceremony was telecast on the Nine Network at 8:30pm that night...

 in 2009 and won the ARIA for Best Female Artist. On 4 December 2009, she was awarded Triple J's J Award for Australian Album of the Year. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 19 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

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"We Won't Run" and "All I Want" made the Triple J Hottest 100

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The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs...

 list for 2009, coming in at 28 and 29 respectively. "We Won't Run" also appeared in the pilot episodes of The CW shows, The Secret Circle and Ringer

"Over and Over" contains a few lines of the Talking Heads

Talking Heads

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 song "Road To Nowhere

Road to Nowhere

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Track listing

All songs by Sarah Blasko, unless otherwise noted

1. "Down on Love" – 2:31
2. "All I Want" – 3:54
3. "Bird on a Wire" – 3:14
4. "Hold on My Heart" – 4:04
5. "We Won't Run" – 4:01
6. "Is My Baby Yours?" – 3:38
7. "Sleeper Awake" – 6:18
8. "No Turning Back" – 4:02
9. "Lost & Defeated" – 3:34
10. "Over & Over" (Blasko/David Byrne
    David Byrne
    David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
    
    ) - 3:59
11. "I Never Knew" – 4:11
12. "Night & Day" – 4:00

Bonus disc "Cinema Blasko"

1. "Seems Like Old Times" (from Annie Hall) – 2:31
2. "Something Good" (from The Sound Of Music) – 3:21
3. "Maybe This Time" (from Cabaret) – 3:23
4. "Out Here On My Own" (from Fame) – 3:20
5. "Xanadu" (from Xanadu) – 3:43