Chrissy Amphlett (2,937 views)

[Alex61]

Christina Joy Amphlett
Vocal Range: C♯3 – C6

Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Science Fiction")
B5 ("Ring Me Up")
B♭5 ("Science Fiction")
A5 ("Dirty Love", "Pleasure and Pain")
G♯5 ("Siren (Never Let You Go)", "What a Life!")
F♯5 ("Fighting")
E5 ("Dirty Love", "If Love Was a Gun", "Old Radios", "Siren (Never Let You Go)")
E♭5 ("Don't You Go Walking", "Temperamental")
D5 ("Elsie", "Only Lonely")
C♯5 ("Heart of Steel", "Love School", "Only You")
C5 ("Better Days", "Dear Diary", "I Touch Myself", "I'm Jealous", "Open Windows", "Pleasure and Pain", "Science Fiction")
B4 ("Fighting", "Follow Through", "Girlfriends", "Hard On Me", "I'll Make You Happy", "If Love Was a Gun", "Need a Lover", "Only an Older Woman", "Only You", "Punxsie", "Save Me", "Sorry", "Take a Chance", "Temperamental")
B♭4 ("All the Pretty Things", "Back to the Wall", "For a Good Time", "Hard On Me", "Heart Telegraph", "I'll Make You Happy", "I'm Jealous", "I'm On Your Side", "In My Life", "Lay Your Body Down", "Love School", "Ring Me Up", "Old Radios", "Out of Time", "Sahara Rock", "Take a Chance", "To Sir With Love", "Wild Thing")
A4 ("Asphyxiated", "Because", "Better Days", "Bless My Soul (It's Rock-n-Roll)", "Casual Encounter", "Dance of Love", "Dirty Love", "Don't You Go Walking", "Elsie", "For a Good Time", "Girlfriends", "Gonna Get You", "Good Die Young", "Guillotine Day", "Heart of Steel", "Hey Little Boy", "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore", "I Touch Myself", "I'm Jealous", "Love Is the Drug", "Make Out Alright", "Only Lonely", "Only You", "Pleasure and Pain", "Punxsie", "Run-a-Way Train", "Save Me", "Sex Will Keep Us Together", "Take a Chance", "Talk Like the Rain", "Victoria", "What a Life!")
G♯4 ("All I Wanted Was the Dream", "All the Pretty Things", "Back to the Wall", "Black Magic", "Boys in Town", "Come Down to Earth", "Follow Through", "Heart of Steel", "Human On the Inside", "I'll Make You Happy", "If Love Was a Gun", "Need a Lover", "Only an Older Woman", "Open Windows", "Ring Me Up", "Sahara Rock", "Siren (Never Let You Go)", "Sleeping Beauty", "Sorry", "Singing from a Corona Manual 1" live Spicks and Specks, "Temperamental", "Wild Thing")

Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Asphyxiated", "Because", "Better Days", "Bullet", "Casual Encounter", "Dear Diary", "Dirty Love", "Don't You Go Walking", "Elsie", "Gonna Get You", "Good Die Young", "Hey Little Boy", "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore", "I'm Jealous", "Love Is the Drug", "Make Out Alright", "Motion", "Only Lonely", "Only You", "Out of Time", "Pleasure and Pain", "Run-a-Way Train", "Science Fiction", "Talk Like the Rain", "Wild Thing")
G♯3 ("Back to the Wall", "Because", "Black Magic", "Come Down to Earth", "Dirty Love", "Follow Through", "Girlfriends", "Guillotine Day", "Human On the Inside", "I'm On Your Side", "If Love Was a Gun", "In My Life", "Lay Your Body Down", "Love School", "Need a Lover", "Open Windows", "Ring Me Up", "Save Me", "Sleeping Beauty", "Sorry", "Temperamental", "To Sir With Love", "Underworld", "What a Life!", "Wild Thing")
G3 ("All I Wanted Was the Dream", "Bless My Soul (It's Rock-n-Roll)", "Don't You Go Walking", "Elsie", "Gonna Get You", "Good Die Young", "Hard On Me", "Heart Telegraph", "I Touch Myself", "Lay Your Body Down", "Love Is the Drug", "Make Out Alright", "Motion", "Old Radios", "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage", "Science Fiction", "Singing from a Corona Manual 3" live Spicks and Specks"Summer Song", "Victoria")
F♯3 ("All the Pretty Things", "Because", "Bullet", "Dance of Love", "Don't Wanna Do This", "Follow Through", "For a Good Time", "Guillotine Day", "Heart of Steel", "If Love Was a Gun", "Need a Lover", "Ring Me Up", "Run-a-Way Train", "Sahara Rock", "Singing from a Corona Manual 2" live Spicks and Specks, "Take a Chance", "Talk Like the Rain", "What a Life!")
F3 ("Better Days", "Black Magic", "Casual Encounter", "Dear Diary", "Follow Through", "Heart Telegraph", "Hey Little Boy", "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore", "I'm On Your Side", "If Love Was a Gun", "Love in Motion", "Love School", "Only an Older Woman", "Open Windows", "Singing from a Corona Manual 1" live Spicks and Specks, "Summer Song", "To Sir With Love", "Wild Thing")
E3 ("All I Wanted Was the Dream", "Bless My Soul (It's Rock-n-Roll)", "Bullet", "Dance of Love", "For a Good Time", "Guillotine Day", "Old Radios", "Punxsie", "Sorry", "Take a Chance", "Victoria")
E♭3 ("All the Pretty Things", "Heart of Steel", "Only an Older Woman", "Save Me", "Sleeping Beauty")
D3 ("Don't Wanna Do This", "Hard On Me", "Love in Motion")
C♯3 ("Singing from a Corona Manual 2" live Spicks and Specks)
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Perhaps best known for her sexualised performances as the lead singer of Divinyls, the feisty Chrissy Amphlett was never one to shy away from the limelight. Co-writing songs like the provocative "I Touch Myself", she quickly became renowned for her on-stage persona - which consisted of Chrissy herself dressed as a schoolgirl while mimicking violence towards the audience. Despite the controversy, Chrissy became adored in her homeland Australia, where she is still seen today as an unapologetically unique frontwoman.

Chrissy's vocal approach mirrored her live performances. Described as both "unique" and "sexually charged", she was known for her voice's distinctive, gritty nature, exemplified by her potent, rough-around-the-edges fourth octave belts and her spontaneous brief jumps into head voice. She possessed a rather solid lower register which she used rather frequently, though Chrissy didn't focus on her vocal range as such, instead using her voice as a tool for delivering her bold, highly sexual lyrics.

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{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
Great showcase of her vocal style as a whole.


Some of her lower singing throughout here.


A nice display of some of her higher singing.

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{Questionable Notes}
A5 ("Boys in Town"^[1])
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1. Exclamations (vocal slide).
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Divinyls:
Monkey Grip (1982): G3 – D5^[1]
Desperate (1983): E3 – C6^[2]
What a Life! (1985): E♭3 – A5^[2]
Temperamental (1988): E3 – A5
Make Out Alright (1991): E3 – E5
Underworld (1996): D3 – C♯5
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1. Soundtrack album.
2. Australian track listing differs from international track listing.

Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61.