43 Minutes

43 Minutes is the title of Sam Brown's third album.

The album was rejected by Brown's record label A&M as being uncommercial. Undeterred; Brown chose to release the album on her own Pod label - and as such; the album has become a firm favourite with fans who cite it as her strongest album in her portfolio. As Brown explains:

"My mum died in June 1991. While she was ill I started writing 43 Minutes and the main lesson I learnt was a record's no use to anybody unless you believe in what you're doing. All I want to do is sit down and write songs at the piano, not think about copying Stop and having hits, which everyone wanted me to do at the time. 43 Minutes is the first album that really represents me. It's not directly about my mother's death, but it is a whole piece and very fierce. Pete produced it and I basically said, "Don't change anything, this is how it is. It really homed in on what I thought, what death chucks up at you. So many people go through that experience and you're not supposed to talk about it. Well, how the fuck are you supposed to deal with it if you can't talk about it?"

Entirely self-penned; the album was written around the time of Brown's mother's death.

Only one single was lifted from the album, 'Fear Of Life'.