Thursday, December 2, 1999
No need to worry
Marshall says CD doing fine
By DAVE VEITCH
Calgary Sun
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Amanda Marshall is in the Palliser Hotel's Rimrock Room, looking every bit like a rock star who's sitting on top of the world.
Back from a 3+-month tour of Europe supporting Whitney Houston, the big-voiced Canadian diva is now travelling across her native land, trying to reignite interest in her second album, Tuesday's Child. Or at least, that's what you'd naturally assume.
Released in May, the disc has sold more than 200,000 copies in Canada, but has been sliding down the charts for weeks. It's currently at No. 76 on Soundscan's album charts.
By comparison, her 1996 self-titled debut sold more than 900,000 copies in Canada and spawned seven Top-10 singles.
The situation begs an obvious question ...
"How disappointed am I? On a scale of, like, one to 10?" she says, rolling her eyes and laughing the laugh that means: You silly little man.
"The record is doing exactly as well as my first record did.
"I tend to be busy enough and I have a great record label and a great manager and I am permitted to do my work and not worry about stuff like that."
Then why bother with this promotional tour? "Because it's Christmastime," she deadpans icily, "and that's what people do at Christmastime."
From the outside, it seems Marshall, 27, took a big risk with Tuesday's Child. The songwriters from the first album did not return. Instead, Marshall co-wrote most of the songs with a new set of collaborators.
Marshall, though, says it was no big deal. She has no regrets.
"I was so productive so quickly with Eric (Bazilian, her primary collaborator), that it became patently obvious the record was writing itself. Nothing came in that anybody felt really strongly about."