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{{Infobox album
| name       = Both Sides Now
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Marina Prior]]
| cover      = Both Sides Now by Marina Prior.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 7 September 2012
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Pop music]]
| length     = 52:08
| label      = [[Ambition Entertainment]]/ [[Universal Music Australia]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[The Essential Marina Prior]]
| prev_year  = 2010
| next_title = [[Encore (Marina Prior album)|Encore]]
| next_year  = 2013
}}
'''''Both Sides Now''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by Australian singer [[Marina Prior]]. It is her first studio album since ''[[Somewhere – The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein]]'' in 1994.
She says the main reason for taking so long since her last album was that she was simply busy. “The thing is because I work in theatre it is all encompassing and all consuming. You do eight shows a week and for quite a few years I went from show to show to show. I wasn’t in a position to do an album. I feel like now the time is right”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/marina-prior-to-release-first-album-since-1994-20120723|title=Marina Prior To Release First Album Since 1994|publisher=www.noise11.com|date=23 July 2012|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>
''Both Sides Now'' was inspired by the singer’s years as a young artist busking around Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/marina-prior-is-australias-leading-lady/story-fn3o6wog-1226639273165|title=Marina Prior is Australia's leading lady|publisher=www.adelaidenow.com.au|date=11 May 2013|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>
Prior said; “This is the music I grew up on, and the songs that made me who I am. I’ve loved every moment of creating ''Both Sides Now''. I hope you can sense that, and enjoy these songs with me. This is an album that I’ve been wanting to make for years...Finally, here it is, and I believe it has arrived at exactly the right time.” <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213742/Both_Sides_Now|title=Both Sides Now (CD)|publisher=Sanity.com.au|accessdate=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602191056/http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213742/Both_Sides_Now|archive-date=2 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The album peaked at number 42 in September 2012.
==Review==
Simon Parris of Theatre People said: "The songs of love, loss and longing on ''Both Sides Now'' have all clearly been carefully selected for their beauty and their personal meaning for Prior. Mostly written in the late 1960s and 1970s, these songs are the soundtrack of Prior’s life away from the footlights and greasepaint. Traditional tunes “[[By the Waters of Babylon|Waters of Babylon]]”, which has never sounded as beautiful, and “[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair]]” are joined by tracks from some of the greatest pop songwriters of all time, such as [[The Beatles]]’ [[Paul McCartney]] and [[John Lennon]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Kate Bush]], [[ABBA]]’s [[Benny Anderson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]], and Queen’s [[Freddie Mercury]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/cd-review-marina-prior-both-sides-now/|title=CD REVIEW: MARINA PRIOR – BOTH SIDES NOW|publisher=www.theatrepeople.com.au|date=9 September 2012|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing==
; CD/ DD
# "[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]" - 3:22
# "[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair]]" - 3:42
# "You Weren’t in Love With Me"- 3:33
# "Superstar" - 4:31
# "[[Both Sides, Now]]" - 4:21
# "[[Midnight at the Oasis]]" - 3:30
# "In My Life" / "[[Here Comes the Sun]]"- 3:41
# "[[Love the One You're With]]" - 3:21
# "Waters Of Babylon" - 2:33
# "River" - 4:13
# "Day You Went Away" - 3:58
# "[[Windmills of Your Mind]]" - 3:31
# "[[Killer Queen]]" - 3:09
# "[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]" - 4:43
Deluxe edition (CD2) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambitionentertainment.com/#!product-page/cyay/67c9067f-25bb-5a4c-52c8-f74555e1266d|title=MARINA PRIOR - BOTH SIDES NOW (2 CD DELUXE)|publisher=www.ambitionentertainment.com|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>
# "[[Vincent (Don McLean song)|Vincent]]" - 4:11
# "[[Songbird (Fleetwood Mac song)|Songbird]]" -  3:06
# "[[The Carnival is Over]]" - 3:17
# "Time in the Bottle"- 2:58
# "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" - 4:23
==Weekly charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|42|artist=Marina Prior|album=Both Sides Now|accessdate=7 May 2016|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| Catalogue
|-
| Australia
| 7 September 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/both-sides-now-deluxe-edition/id721263318|title=Both Sides Now (Deluxe Edition)|publisher=iTunes Australia|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>
|{{flatlist|
*CD / Digital Download
}}
| [[Ambition Entertainment]] / [[Universal Music Australia]]
| FANFARE080
|-
|}
== References ==
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{{Marina Prior}}
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[[Category:2012 albums]]
[[Category:2010s covers albums]]
[[Category:Marina Prior albums]]
[[Category:Universal Music Australia albums]]