Beautiful View is the seventh studio album

Studio album

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 released by Australia

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n singer Wendy Matthews

Wendy Matthews

Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...

 released by BMG

BMG

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 in Australia on 7 May 2001. It yielded three singles "Free", "Beautiful View" and "Like the Sun".

Matthews wrote the majority of the album on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. She chose the name "Beautiful View" for the album because she wanted to "link it [the album] to this special place where I can look to the islands in winter and watch the whales frolicking in the ocean."

Track listing

1. "Like the Sun" (Matthews, R. Reid, Michael Szumowski) – 4:16
2. "Free" (S. Peiken, G. Wells) – 3:54
3. "Beautiful View" (Greg Arnold
   Greg Arnold
   Greg Arnold is a singer/songwriter who won the prestigious APRA songwriter of the Year award in 1993 and performs regularly with his folk/rock band, Things of Stone and Wood....
   
   , Cameron McKenzie) – 2:57
4. "Hollow Boy" (Matthews, Reid, Szumowski) – 4:08
5. "Roll Away the Stone" (Matthews, Reid, Szumowski) – 3:28
6. "No Vacancy" (Matthews, G. Skinner) – 4:27
7. "Maybe" – 3:52
8. "Right Now" – 3:38
9. "Waiting" (Mark Duffy) – 4:17
10. "Unravelling" – 4:45
11. "My Boy Before" (Paul Kelly
    Paul Kelly (musician)
    Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
    
    , Matthews, Szumowski) – 4:27

Bonus CD

1. "I've Got to Have You" (3AM mix) – 4:14
2. "These Streets" (Sorry's mix) – 5:02
3. "Day by Day" (Last Suppers mix) – 4:56
4. "If Only I Could" (Timebomb mix) – 5:45
5. "Beautiful View" (View from Ashfield mix) – 4:32

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	36