Real Life (Marie Wilson album)

Real Life
Studio album by Marie Wilson
Released	October 1998 (1998-10)
Label	EastWest, Warner
Producer	Joe Hardy
Marie Wilson chronology
Temptation (1996) Real Life (1998) Studio Sessions (2002)
Singles from Real Life
"Next Time" Released: March 1998 "Won't Keep a Good Girl Down" Released: July 1998 "Rescue Me" Released: 1998

Real Life is the debut studio album by Australian singer and songwriter, Marie Wilson. It was released in October 1998, peaking at number 7 on the ARIA Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, the album was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Album.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Heather Phares from AllMusic said "[Wilson's] passionate vocals and lyrics lend themselves to unvarnished acoustic numbers as well as straight-ahead rock, with samples and loops mixed in for good measure."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Won't Keep a Good Girl Down" - 3:25
2. "Next Time" - 4:24
3. "Real Life" - 3:48
4. "Making It Up As I Go Along" - 4:13
5. "On My Own" - 4:25
6. "Rescue Me" - 3:49
7. "Without My Lover" - 5:17
8. "Ordinary Girl" - 3:16
9. "Take Me As I Am" - 4:05
10. "Impossible" - 4:18
11. "Runaway" - 4:31

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	7

References

1. "ARIA Nominees", Billboard, 16 October 1999
2. "Real Life Marie Wilson". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
3. "Australiancharts.com – Marie Wilson – Real Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2019.