Editing Beautiful Circle

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Beautiful Circle
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sara Storer]]
| cover      = Beautifulcircle.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 2002
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Universal Records]]
| producer   = [[Garth Porter]]
| prev_title = [[Chasing Buffalo]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[Firefly (Sara Storer album)|Firefly]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''Beautiful Circle''''' is the second studio album by Australian [[country music]] singer [[Sara Storer]]. It was released in November 2002.

At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003]], the album was nominated for [[ARIA Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]], losing to ''[[Golden Road (album)|Golden Road]]'' by [[Keith Urban]].<ref name="ARIA2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2003|title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2003: 17th Annual ARIA Awards|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|accessdate=13 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235713/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2003|archivedate=26 September 2007}}</ref>

At the [[Country Music Awards of Australia]] in 2004, Storer received eight nominations and won seven awards, including Album of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue804.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050819140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050820-0000/issue804.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-08-19|title=ARIA Report issue 804|publisher=ARIA|date=25 July 2005 |accessdate=9 October 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Making of the album==
It was recorded in the second half of 2002 with [[Garth Porter]] at the controls. The first single "Raining on the Plains" was written by Storer's brother Doug Storer who lives near [[Gulargambone]], New South Wales on a property facing the [[Warrumbungles]]. Sara Storer and Garth Porter also received songwriting credits for the track. It was sung as a duet with [[John Williamson (singer)|John Williamson]]. {{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

In January 2004, she recorded a [[Digital Video Disc|DVD]] called ''Stories to Tell'' on a family property near [[Dubbo]] where she tells the stories behind her songs. It was released as a bonus to the album in April 2004 and was also available separately.

==Promotion==
"Raining on the Plains" reached number one on the country singles charts. Leading Australian radio presenter [[John Laws]] helped promote sales of the song by playing it repeatedly and she appeared on his Australia wide radio program. "These Hands" was also a successful single off the album. {{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Storer promoted the album with extensive touring with Australian country singer [[Troy Cassar-Daley]] and British singer [[Charlie Landsborough]]. One of the highlights in her touring was playing at the [[Gympie Muster]] in [[Gympie]], Queensland where she played to an audience over 40,000.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==Critical success==
''[[The Age]]'' newspaper in Melbourne gave the album a five star rating describing her as "a rare commodity". The UK publication ''Country Music People'' also gave her a five star review saying "As we lament the death of [[Slim Dusty]], here is evidence that authentic, yet contemporary Australian bush country has not died with his passing."{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==Track listing==
#"Tell These Hands"
#"Back Out Back"
#"Drovers' Call"
#"Beautiful Circle"
#"Night after Night"
#"Old Piece of Tin"
#"Raining on the Plains" (Duet with [[John Williamson (singer)|John Williamson]])
#"Back on the Grader"
#"Sweet Dreams"
#"Kiss A Cowboy"
#"Kurrajong Tree"
#"Better Next Year"
#"Boss Driver's Pride"
#"Tell These Hands" (Reprise)
#"I'll Be Home Soon" (Duet with [[Travis Sinclair]])

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
''Beautiful Circle'' peaked at No.50 on the ARIA Album chart in March 2004.
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (2002–04)
! Peak<br>position
|-
| scope="row"{{album chart|Australia|50|artist=Sara Storer|album=Beautiful Circle|accessdate=6 April 2015|rowheader=true}}
|-
| scope="row"| Australian Artist Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue732.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040406140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040407-0000/Issue732.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-04-06|title=The ARIA Report/ Week Commencing 8th March 2004|issue=732|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=8 March 2004|accessdate=1 September 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| align="center"|11
|-
| scope="row"| Australian Country Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue732.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040406140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040407-0000/Issue732.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-04-06|title=The ARIA Report/ Week Commencing 8th March 2004|issue=732|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=8 March 2004|accessdate=1 September 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| align="center"|2
|-
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| ARIA Country Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2004/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Country Albums 2004|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=15 December 2016}}</ref>
| 9
|-
|}

==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Sara Storer|title=Beautiful Circle|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2004|refname="Album Certification"|access-date=9 October 2016}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sarastorer.com.au/ Sara Storer web page]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/countrymusic/stories/s1031186.htm ABC Online story about the Country Music Awards]

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