Marcia Shines

Marcia Shines is the debut studio album as a solo artist for American-Australian singer Marcia Hines. Hines had been resident in Australia since 1970. Marcia Shines was released in October 1975, and peaked at number 4 in January 1976. Marcia Shines was the biggest selling album by an Australian female artist in 1975. In November 1976, Hines was given a platinum award for this album. It was the highest selling album by an Australian female artist at the time.^[1][2]

Marcia Shines
Studio album by Marcia Hines
Released	October 1975
Genre	Disco pop
Label	Wizard Records
Producer	Robie Porter
Marcia Hines chronology
Marcia Shines (1975) Shining (1976)
Singles from Marcia Shines
"Fire and Rain" Released: April 1975 "From the Inside / Jumpin' Jack Flash" Released: October 1975 "Don't Let the Grass Grow / You Gotta Let Go" Released: June 1976

Track listing

LP/Cassette^[3]

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fire and Rain"	James Taylor	4:39
2.	"Trilogy"	Robie Porter	4:20
3.	"Don't Let the Grass Grow"	David Buskin	4:13
4.	"From the Inside"	Artie Wayne	3:43
5.	"If This Was the Last Song"	Jimmy Webb	3:50

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	Jagger/Richards	4:05
2.	"You Gotta Let Go"	Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike	4:30
3.	"But It's Alright"	J J Jackson	2:45
4.	"I Need It Just as Bad as You"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.	2:55
5.	"Easy Evil"	Alan O'Day	4:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975–76)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[4]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[4]	18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2]	Platinum	100,000[2]

See also

• List of Top 25 albums for 1976 in Australia