[1] Immediately after Australian Idol concluded, he convinced the producers of the show to break from protocol by giving him longer time to record the album.

[6] Knowing that he was well known by the Australian public as the new Australian Idol, he knew that it was risky to produce an acoustic based album because it was very different from the records produced by the previous Idol contestants, as many of their records predominantly featured up-beat pop songs.

He added a few emotional ballads which contained strong lyrics, but had left out the songs he thought were too depressing.

[7] Leith spent seven months of recording and writing and worked with Bryon Jones, James Roche and Ross Fraser.

Incidentally, the first single and the opening track "22 Steps" was a song he did not write; it was written by Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Stochansky.

Another non-original track Leith recorded was a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird" from their album Rumours.

[2] Sony BMG added a raw bonus track, the traditional Irish song "Danny Boy" which Leith did a one-take recording of for a fan.

[4] Damien Leith chose to name the album Where We Land as it described all the things that happened to him in the past year individually and professionally, and also illustrated his journey to Australia in various ways.

[17] In the week beginning on 27 August 2007, Where We Land debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at number one.

[20] This feat follows his previous live album The Winner's Journey which was at number-one earlier in the year in January.

[18] The album dropped to number-two in its second week on the charts, replaced by Paul Potts' One Chance.

Polly Coufos from The Sunday Times considers Damien Leith as "the most complete artist Australian Idol has yet uncovered".

Coufos rated the album 3.5 stars, and comments that "Leith uses that heavenly falsetto as often as possible without making himself appear a one-trick pony".

[27] Lauren Katulka from 'Oz Music Scene' compliments Leith's songwriting and composing, and says that Where We Land "is a great indication of the potential of Australia's revamped Idol franchise".

[28] Lucy Tyler from the Sydney Anglican Network says that though the album is well-produced; it is unbalanced and bland, and "its lack of variety means that it gives listeners little to think about".

[33] He again made a special guest appearance on Australian Idol on 7 October, singing "All I Want Is You".

[35] It was announced on 28 September that the tour was extended to include the other major cities of Australia; Adelaide and Perth.