Jenny Morris - Shiver (30th Anniversary Edition Remastered) (2019) [Hi-Res]

On 24 July 1989, New Zealand singer Jenny Morris released "Shiver", the most commercially successful album of her solo career. Featuring singles including Saved Me (a favourite of Prince, who Morris would support on European tour dates in 1990), She Has To Be Loved (an ARIA top five single) and the Paul Kelly-penned Street Of Love, the album achieved double platinum sales in Australia.

Now, "Shiver" will be available on limited HighResAudio RemAster-Edition – for the first time since its initial release 30 years ago. Three decades on, "Shiver" stands up as an impressive blend of finely crafted songwriting, rhythmic production and powerful vocal performances.

"Shiver" was a collaboration with Andrew Farriss of INXS and featured two songs by Paul Kelly, "Street of Love" and "Self Deceiver" (the latter a co-write with Morris).

“From a producer’s point of view, it was great to have Paul Kelly on board,” noted Andrew Farriss. “Paul’s contributions to the Shiver album worked harmoniously with what Jenny and I were doing as songwriters.”

“When I wrote for the Shiver album, I wasn’t conscious of any particular theme or endgame,” Jenny says. “I felt like a conduit… opening my mind with a guitar and pen in hand and letting whatever needed to come out, come out. I loved Andrew’s unorthodox method of working: the arrangement of She Has To Be Loved is not formulaic, but that’s what made it stand out.”

"Shiver" also featured the hits ‘She Loved To Be Loved’ and "Saved Me".

The follow-up to her debut, Shiver became a huge hit in Australia. While not a huge leap from Body and Soul, Morris nonetheless shows that she is maturing as a songwriter, even if her singing still becomes grating by the end of the album. Produced by Andrew Farriss of INXS, the album is slick but not without substance, as shown on the tracks "Saved Me" and the Paul Kelly cover "(Beggar on The) Street of Love."

Produced by Andrew Farriss

Digitally remastered