| Watching Angels Mend | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 2001 | |||
| Recorded | The Town House Rockfield Studios Dub Shack Canelot | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Magnus Fiennes Steve Osbourne | |||
| Alex Lloyd chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Watching Angels Mend | ||||
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Watching Angels Mend is the second studio album by Alex Lloyd. It was released on 17 September 2001 by EMI Records.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002, Lloyd was nominated for seven awards, and won ARIA Award for Best Male Artist.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Q |   |
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
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
Weekly charts
| Chart (2001/02) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] | 2 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] | 22 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Albums Chart[4] | 31 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
| ARIA Albums Chart[5] | 37 |
Certification
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
- 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
- ↑ "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.
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