Sony Music is proud to announce Delta Goodrem’s fourth studio album release titled ‘Child of the Universe’ on November 9th.

With multiple number one albums, countless number one and top 10 singles, multi-ARIA Awards and over 6 million units sold worldwide already to her credit – Delta Goodrem makes a triumphant return to music after a five year break since her last album ‘Delta’ was released in 2007; with the release of ‘Child Of The Universe’.

Production of ‘Child of the Universe’ dates as far back as 2009, Delta had a strong vision for the album from the outset and the music quickly began taking shape as she worked with friends, collaborators and celebrated songwriters/pro­ducers in their own right: Gary Clark, Vince Pizzinga and John Shanks.

Then one thing after another kept delaying the process – great things, most often. She relocated her life to Los Angeles; Andrea Bocelli invited her to tour the world; Michael Bolton heard a demo version of “I’m Not Ready” and asked to use it as the lead single on his own album, as a duet with Delta. And most recently, the singer was invited to take on the role of coach on the record-breaking The Voice Australia, an experience she found in equal parts challenging and so richly inspiring.

The bulk of the recording of ‘Child of the Universe’ took place in two of the most iconic music studios in the world – the famed Capitol and Henson Studios, both in Hollywood – with additional sessions taking place at Delta and Gary Clark’s respective home studios. One track, “Knocked Out” was brought to life in Sony Studios in Sydney, the very same room where Delta recorded “Born To Try” a decade earlier.

It was during a more recent trip back home to Sydney that Delta was inspired to add a whole new dimension to ‘Child of the Universe’. She asked her live touring band to join her in 301 Studios and, in a frenetic three-day session, Delta rearranged, reinterpreted, produced and rerecorded a dozen of these new songs how she originally wrote them in their acoustic form. These 12 acoustic readings of the songs, which present a completely different perspective to the fully produced versions of the compositions, will be presented as bonus tracks on the album.

It’s certainly been a long and winding road to here, but now the journey is complete and the result is Delta Goodrem’s extra­ordinary new album, ‘Child of the Universe’.
(Record Company press release)

Child of the Universe is the upcoming fourth studio album by Australian singer–songwriter Delta Goodrem.

The album was originally in pre-production and writing stages in 2008 while Goodrem was in the United States, and was expected to be released in 2010 at some point. However, after some personal issues and moving countries the album was delayed. Goodrem said the album would be out “soon” and eventually said it would be out in late 2011. The album was again pushed back and said to be out early 2012. Although this didn't happen due to her role as a coach on The Voice Australia. The album is now scheduled for release 26th October 2012.
(wikipedia)