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Up Close and Personal is the ninth studio album (tenth included the co-credit on Future Road) by Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album was released in Australia in May 2009.

Up Close and Personal
Studio album by Judith Durham
Released	May 2009
Genre	Easy listening, acoustic
Label	Musicoast
Judith Durham chronology
The Australian Cities Suite (2008) Up Close and Personal (2009) Epiphany (2011)
Judith Durham albums chronology
Live in London (2014) An A Cappella Experience (2016) So Much More (2018)
Alternate cover
An A Cappella Experience (2016)

Background and release

In July 2006, Durham was asked to sing a short set of spiritual songs a cappella 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.[1]

The album was launched with a one-off concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on 23 May 2009.[2][3]

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

1. "I'll Never Find Another You" (Tom Springfield) - 1:56
2. "Just Do Your Best (And Leave The Rest To Him)" (Judith Durham) - 2:39
3. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Charles H. Gabriel, Civilla Martin) - 3:23
4. "Calling Me Home" (Jeff Vincent, Durham) - 3:29
5. "Breathe On Me, Breath of God" (Edwin Hatch, Robert Jackson) - 4:27
6. "Nobody But You" (Springfield) - 1:39
7. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" (George Allen, Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey) - 3:01
8. "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) - 3:08
9. "Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace" (Springfield) - 1:58
10. "Colours Of My Life" (David Reilly, Durham) - 2:06
11. "Oh Lord, Take Me Home" (Durham) - 4:36
12. "Land Of Peace" (Bruce Woodley, Durham) - 2:52
13. "Let Me Find Love" (Durham) - 3:07
14. "Your Time is Now" (Ken Pearlman) - 2:01
15. "I Cannot Cross This Wide Ocean" (Scott Dufault) - 2:12
16. "Speak to the Sky" (Rick Springfield) - 2:09
17. "Any Road You Choose" (Jeff Vincent, Durham) - 2:46
18. "Kumbaya" (Marvin V. Frey) - 2:29
19. "Walk With Me" (Springfield) - 2:29
20. "Walking Side By Side" (Judy Wall, Pearlman) - 1:56
21. "Anchor of My Life" (John Durrell, Durham) - 1:56
22. "There He Is" (Peter Pye) - 2:02
23. "Abide with Me" (Henry Francis Lyte) - 2:28
24. "The Lord's Prayer" (Albert Hay Malotte) - 1:31

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak Position
Australian (ARIA) Jazz and Blues Chart	8

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	May 2009	CD	Musicoast
Australia	4 November 2016[4]	CD/DVD	Decca Records	3717961

References

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