White Lilies Island
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White Lilies Island is the second album
Album
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 by Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...

. It was released in Europe
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 and Australia
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 in late 2001 and in the United States
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 on 5 March 2002. The name of this album comes from the location of Imbruglia's home in Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
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.

Sales

Despite failing to reach the UK top 10, the album sold over 150,000 copies. The US release had limited success but again sales of around 200,000 have been reported. Worldwide, White Lillies Island has sold around 1 million copies.

Singles

  • "That Day" was released on 29 October 2001 as the lead single of the album. It peaked at number 11 at the UK Singles Chart
  • "Wrong Impression" was released on 29 January 2002 as the second single of the album. It peaked at number 7 at the U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40.
  • "Beauty on the Fire" was released on 22 July 2002 as the third and last single of the album. It peaked at number 26 at the UK Singles Chart.

Critical response

The album met with positive reviews. At Metacritic
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 it received a score of 54 out of 100. Allmusic gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars saying: "Imbruglia has made a brilliant pop record -- contemporary, yet timeless. White Lilies Island would have suffered without Natalie Imbruglia's perfectionism, and it would have lost sight of the elegance it so perfectly exudes". Blender
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 gave a rating of 2 out of five stars, commenting: "White Lilies Island skips from one song to the next without leaving any great impression or displaying a single sentiment Jessica Simpson would find distressing. If, however, she was trying to remake Jagged Little Pill, it’s all gone horribly wrong". Entertainment Weekly
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 gave a positive review and said: "The disc continues in the same vein of agreeable pop-radio fodder as Torn, with an all-new group of distraught romantics and connection seekers singing creamy choruses". Rolling Stone
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 gave the album a negative review and said: "A great brother of her debut". Yahoo! Music UK
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 gave the album a rating of 8 out of ten stars and said: "she's certainly on the way to achieving her goal. She chips in a hefty wedge of the lyric sheet to the album in the shape of confessional lovesick outpourings that, despite lapses, bind the gutsy album cohesively giving it sophistication, direction and genuine feeling".

Commercial

Despite only charting at No. 15, the album sold over 230,000 copies in the UK overall. The US release had mediocre success, debuted at No. 35, selling 36,000 copies in its first week and 220,000 copies overall. It debuted at No. 2 beating Britney Spear's new album and was certified Gold in Australia one week after its release. Worldwide, White Lilies Island has sold 1.2 million copies.

Track listing

  1. "That Day
    That Day
    "That Day" is a song by Natalie Imbruglia, released as the first single from her second album White Lilies Island. In Australia, the song reached the top ten, while it peaked at #11 in the UK...

    " (Natalie Imbruglia
    Natalie Imbruglia
    Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...

    , Patrick Leonard
    Patrick Leonard
    Patrick Raymond Leonard is an American songwriter, keyboardist and music producer, known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna on many different recordings....

    ) – 4:44
  2. "Beauty on the Fire
    Beauty on the Fire
    "Beauty on the Fire" was the third and final single to be released from Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia's second studio album, White Lilies Island. The single charted at #26 in the UK, and #78 in Australia, making it the least successful single from her first two albums...

    " (Gary Clark
    Gary Clark (musician)
    Gary Clark is a Scottish musician who formed a band with his brother Kit Clark, and long time friend, Ged Grimes in 1984, initially under the name of Spencer Tracy...

    , N. Imbruglia, Mat Wilder) – 4:21
  3. "Satellite" (N. Imbruglia, Phil Thornalley
    Phil Thornalley
    Phil Thornalley is a songwriter-producer who has worked in the music industry since 1978. He is perhaps best known for co-writing the song "Torn" which Natalie Imbruglia later covered to great success for her 1997 debut album, Left of the Middle...

    ) – 3:08
  4. "Do You Love?" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 4:43
  5. "Wrong Impression
    Wrong Impression
    Wrong Impression is the title of a pop rock song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia. The song was written by Imbruglia and Gary Clark, and was released as the second single from Imbruglia's second studio album, White Lilies Island...

    " (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 4:17
  6. "Goodbye" (N. Imbruglia, M. Wilder) – 5:01
  7. "Everything Goes" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 4:01
  8. "Hurricane" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 3:38
  9. "Sunlight" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 5:01
  10. "Talk in Tongues" (N. Imbruglia, P. Thornalley) – 3:29
  11. "Butterflies" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 4:56
  12. "Come September" (G. Clark, N. Imbruglia) – 4:10

Target exclusive bonus track

One bonus track was exclusive to the Target release of the album.
  1. "Just Another Day" – 4:22

Japanese bonus track

Exclusive to Japan, was one bonus track:
  1. "Shikaiya (for Billy)" – 3:41

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 3
Austrian Albums Chart 59
Canadian Albums Chart 37
French Albums Chart 43
German Albums Chart 49
Irish Albums Chart 44
Swiss Albums Chart 23
UK Albums Chart 15
US Billboard 200 35
Top Internet Albums 19

Sales

White Lilies Island has sold approximately 1 million copies worldwide to date.
Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold 60,000
France 40,000
United Kingdom Gold 185,200
United States 200,000+


First week sales:
  1. UK: 25,500
  2. Australia: 37,500
  3. USA: 36,800
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