You've Always Got the Blues

You've Always Got The Blues is a 1988 album that was recorded as the soundtrack for the ABC TV series Stringer.^[1] This album is primarily duets performed by Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews but also features Joy Smithers and Martin Armiger. According to Ceberano's 2014 autobiography, she and Matthews recorded the album in 48 hours. ^[2]

The album received two ARIA Awards in 1989, for Best Female Artist (Kate Ceberano) and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording. It was also nominated for Best Female Artist (Wendy Matthews), Best Jazz Album and Best Adult Contemporary Album.

Track listing

You've Always Got The Blues
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"You've Always Got The Blues"	Mickey Newberry	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	4:20
2.	"Guilty (Through Neglect)"	DD Smash, Dave Dobbyn	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	4:18
3.	"Back From the Dead"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	3:53
4.	"The Danger Zone"	Curtis Mayfield	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:18
5.	"Stringer"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:54
6.	"Sing to Me"	Don Walker	Kate Ceberano	3:33
7.	"The Girl in the Picture"	Don Walker, Steve Prestwich	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	3:48
8.	"3 = 2 + 1 (Shame)"	Martin Armiger	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:50
9.	"Cry Me A River"	Arthur Hamilton	Kate Ceberano, Wendy Matthews	2:47
10.	"Don't You Take It Too Bad"	Townes Van Zandt	Wendy Matthews, Martin Armiger	4:03
11.	"Young Love"	Joy Smithers, Martin Armiger, Rob Grosser	Joy Smithers	3:45
12.	"The Way You Look Tonight"	Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern	Wendy Matthews, Kate Ceberano	2:26

Commercial performance

The album debuted and peaked at number No. 7 on 26 June 1988 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum sales in Australia.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
ARIA Albums Chart	7^[4]

Chart (1988)	Position
ARIA End of Year Albums Chart^[5]	35

Credits

Musicians

Tony Buchanan – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Graham Jesse – horns
Kate Ceberano – vocals
Wendy Matthews – vocals
Joy Smithers – vocals ("Young Love")
Joe Creighton – bass
Ricky Fataar – drums
Ken Francis – guitar ("The Girl in the Picture", "Young Love")
Rex Goh – guitar
Martin Armiger – keyboards, vocals ("Don't You Take It Too Bad")
Andrew Thomas Wilson – hammond organ ("Guilty (Through Neglect)", "Stringer")
Kenny Kitchings – pedal steel guitar
Max Lambert – piano
Col Loughnan – tenor saxophone
Paul Panici – trumpet, flugelhorn

Production

Producer – Martin Armiger
Recording, Mixing – Mike Stavrou
Mastering – Don Bartley

References

↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156239/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4
↑ Ceberano, Kate (2014). I'm Talking. Sydney, Australia: Hachette. ISBN 978-0-7336-3023-1.
↑ http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/you-ve-always-got-the-blues/238456
↑ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Ceberano+%26+Wendy+Matthews&titel=You%27ve+Always+Got+The+Blues&cat=a
↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1988.htm

Kate Ceberano

Albums	Kate Ceberano and her Septet (1987) You've Always Got The Blues (1988) Brave (1989) Like Now (1990) Think About It! (1991) Kate Ceberano and Friends (1994) Blue Box (1996) Pash (1997) True Romantic (1999) The Girl Can Help It (2003) 19 Days in New York (2004) The Definitive Collection (2004) Kate Ceberano Live with the WASO (2006) Nine Lime Avenue (2007) So Much Beauty (2008) Bittersweet (2009) Merry Christmas (2009) Kensal Road (2013) Anthology (2016)

Notable singles	"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" "Bedroom Eyes" "Love Dimension" "Young Boys are My Weakness" "That's What I Call Love" "Nature Boy" "Every Little Thing" "Everything’s Alright" "I Don't Know How to Love Him" "Love and Affection" "Pash" "I Won't Let You Down" "It's Only Christmas"

Related artists	Models Out of Mind, Out of Sight I'm Talking Bear Witness

Wendy Matthews

Discography

Albums	You've Always Got The Blues (1988) Émigré (1990) The Way It Has to Be (1991) Lily (1992) The Witness Tree (1994) Ghosts (1997) Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews (1999) Beautiful View (2001) Café Naturale (2004) She (2008) The Welcome Fire (2013)

Notable Singles	"I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" (with Absent Friends) "Woman's Gotta Have It" "The Day You Went Away"

Related articles	Models (band) (Out of Mind, Out of Sight Rockmelons Absent Friends (band) It Takes Two (Australian TV series)

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