Mick Hart

{{Short description|Australian musician (1970–2020)}}

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| birth_name = Michael James Hart

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| birth_place = Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia

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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|8|23|1970|5|8}}

| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Michael James Hart (8 May 1970 – 23 August 2020) was an Australian musician.{{Citation | last = Zuel | first = Bernard | date = 25 October 2016 | title = Le folk de Mick Hart au cœur de ville | periodical = La Depeche | url = http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/10/25/2445858-le-folk-de-mick-hart-au-coeur-de-ville.html }}{{Citation | last = Purcell | first = Charles | date = 23 March 2001 | title = Hart's on Fire | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald }} His debut album, Still the Flowers Bloom (March 2001), reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 100.{{cite journal | date = 2 April 2001 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue579.PDF | title = Week Commencing ~ 2nd April 2001 ~ Issue #579 | journal = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 579 | pages = 2, 6, 11–12, 16 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue579.pdf | archive-date = 20 February 2002 | access-date = 21 October 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} It had been recorded in late 2000 with Jim Moginie (of Midnight Oil) producing. Hart's second album, Upside Down in the Full Face of Optimism, was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2002: 16th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher= Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110233233/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |access-date=21 October 2018|archive-date=10 January 2012 }}{{Citation | date = 17 September 2002 | title = ARIA nominees announced | periodical = The Age | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/16/1032054756677.html }}

On 25 August 2020, it was reported that Hart had died.{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-singer-songwriter-mick-hart-has-passed-away-20200827|title=Australian Singer Songwriter Mick Hart Has Passed Away |website=Noise11|date=27 August 2020|access-date=27 August 2020}}

Discography

=Albums=

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! scope="col"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
Still the Flowers Bloom

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  • Release date: March 2001{{Citation | last = Bridekirk | first = Sandra | date = 21 April 2001 | title = ROCK Still the Flowers Bloom | periodical = The Australian }}{{Citation | last = Casey | first = Marcus | date = 12 April 2001 | title = New Releases | periodical = Daily Telegraph }}
  • Label: Mushroom Records (333452)
  • Formats: CD

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Upside Down

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  • Release date: 2002{{Citation | last = Spann | first = Craig | date = 14 June 2002 | title = Mick Hart Upside Down in the Full Face of Optimism | periodical = The Courier Mail }}
  • Label: Mick Hart / SDS (000544)
  • Formats: CD

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No Compromise

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  • Release date: August 2004{{Citation | last = Norrie | first = Justin | date = 10 September 2004 | title = CD REVIEWS | periodical = Sydney Morning Herald }}{{Citation | last = Gadd | first = Michael | date = 24 August 2004 | title = CD REVIEWS | periodical = Newcastle Herald }}
  • Label: Mick Hart / SDS (000566)
  • Formats: CD

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Finding Home

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  • Release date: June 2007{{Citation | last = Nix | first = Stevie | date = 28 June 2007 | title = Music | periodical = MX (Brisbane) }}
  • Label: Mick Hart / SDS (000577)
  • Formats: CD

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What Lies Beneath

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  • Release date: May 2009{{Citation | last = Bridekirk | first = Sandra | date = 30 May 2009 | title = MUSIC REVIEWS | periodical = The Australian }}
  • Label: Mick Hart (MHCD06)
  • Formats: CD, DD

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Side By Side

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  • Release date: July 2012{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/side-by-side/537137320|title=Side By Side - album|website=Apple Music|date= July 2012|access-date=27 August 2020}}
  • Label: Mick Hart
  • Formats: DD

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Under a Vacant Sky

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  • Release date: 2014
  • Label: Mick Hart (MHCD08)
  • Formats: CD, DD

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Awake

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  • Release date: 26 April 2019{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/awake/1454327287|title=Awake DD|website=Apple Music|date= April 2019|access-date=27 August 2020}}
  • Label: Mick Hart
  • Formats: CD, DD

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=Extended plays=

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  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Mick Hart (999998)
  • Formats: CD
scope="row"| Kill Yourself for Love

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  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Mick Hart (Hart 2)
  • Formats: CD

=Singles=

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scope="row"| "Nothing is Real"

| 1997

| Release

scope="row"| "Watching it Fade"

| 2001

| rowspan="2"| Still the Flowers Bloom

scope="row"| "If You Could"

| 2002

scope="row"| "The Way it Is"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-way-it-is-single/1453908006|title=The Way it Is = single|website=Apple Music|date=February 2019|access-date=27 August 2020}}

| rowspan="2"| 2019

| rowspan="2"| Awake

scope="row"| "3am or Anytime"{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/3am-or-anytime-single/1456580648|title=3am or Anytime = single|website=Apple Music|date=April 2019|access-date=27 August 2020}}

References

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