The Captain (album)

The Captain is the solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers.[5] The Captain won the 1999 ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album. Prior to releasing this album, Chambers had performed more than a decade with her family's Dead Ringer Band, a popular Australian country music group. The title track was featured in "He Is Risen", an episode of The Sopranos, while "The Hard Way" was featured in the season 2 episode of Lost, "Two for the Road".

The Captain
Studio album by Kasey Chambers
Released	17 May 1999 (Australia)[1] 5 June 2000 (US)
Genre	Country
Length	42:13
Label	EMI (Australia) Asylum (USA)
Producer	Nash Chambers
Kasey Chambers chronology
The Captain (1999) Barricades & Brickwalls (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

The album has been certified 3x platinum in Australia.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kasey Chambers, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cry Like a Baby"	03:58
2.	"The Captain"	04:37
3.	"This Flower"	02:47
4.	"You Got the Car"	04:03
5.	"These Pines"	03:59
6.	"Don't Talk Back"	04:45
7.	"Southern Kind of Life"	03:59
8.	"Mr. Baylis"	03:47
9.	"The Hard Way"	02:52
10.	"The Last Hard Bible"	02:20
11.	"Don't Go" (K. Chambers, Worm Werchon)	02:58
12.	"We're All Gonna Die Someday" (K. Chambers, Werchon, Bill Chambers, Paul Henning)	02:08

Special limited Edition Bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Still Pray"
2.	"Dam"
3.	"Freight Train"
4.	"Water in the Fuel"
5.	"Another Lonely Day"
6.	"Better Be Home Soon"
7.	"Heartbreak Heartened" (with Paul Kelly)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999-2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	11
Australian Country Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	49

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Australian Albums Chart[7]	41
Chart (2001)	Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[8]	4
Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[9]	5
Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Country Albums Chart[10]	14

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10]	3× Platinum	210,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "ariaNET New Releases! – Available from 17th May 1999 > Albums (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 481)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. "The Captain - Kasey Chambers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (6 January 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
5. "Kasey Chambers: The Captain". Music.
6. "Australiancharts.com – Kasey Chambers – The Captain". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
7. "2000 ARIA ALBUMS CHART". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
8. "2001 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
9. "2002 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
10. "2003 ARIA COUNTRY ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 19 January 2020.