Watching Angels Mend is the second studio album by Alex Lloyd. It was released on 17 September 2001 by EMI Records.
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| Released | September 2001 | |||
| Recorded | The Town House Rockfield Studios Dub Shack Canelot | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Magnus Fiennes Steve Osbourne | |||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002, Lloyd was nominated for seven awards, and won ARIA Award for Best Male Artist.
Reception edit
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Daniel Werner from CMJ called the album "one of Australia's biggest homegrown albums of 2002" and "a serious contender for record of the year".[1]
Track listing edit
All tracks written by A. Wasiliev, except where noted.
- "Everybody's Laughing"
- "Green"
- "Trigger"
- "My Friend"
- "Lost in the Rain"
- "Sleep"
- "Amazing"
- "Downtown"
- "Bus Ride" (A. Wasiliev/S. Miller)
- "Burn"
- "Easy Exit Station"
Charts edit
Weekly charts edit
| Chart (2001/02) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 2 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] | 22 |
Year-end charts edit
| Chart (2001) | Position |
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| ARIA Albums Chart[4] | 31 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
| ARIA Albums Chart[5] | 37 |
Certification edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel edit
- Alex Lloyd - guitar, vocals, programming, keys, bass
- Magnus Fiennes - programming, keys, string arrangement
- BJ Cole - pedal steel guitar
- The Weatherman - programming, drums, percussion
- Ric Featherstone - Programming
- Brian Gascoigne - string conductor
- Tom Windriff - vocals, drums, percussion
- Sedsil Top - vocals
- Bernard Fanning - vocals
- Sharon Finn - vocals
- Lorna Marshall - vocals
- Dean Tidey - guitar
- Graham Kearns - guitar
- William South - piano, Hammond organ
- Jim Hayden - keys
- Guy Pratt - bass
- Shawn Lee - drums, percussion
- Clive Deamer - drums, percussion
- Ged Lynch - drums, percussion
References edit
- ^ "Alex Lloyd - Watching Angels Meld". 72 (771). CMJ New Music Report. 15 July 2002: 4.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Australiancharts.com – Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End of year 2001". ARIA. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – End of year 2002". ARIA. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 December 2010.