Watching Angels Mend
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| Studio album by Alex Lloyd | ||||
| Released | September 2001 | |||
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The Town House Rockfield Studios Dub Shack Canelot |
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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Magnus Fiennes Steve Osbourne |
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Watching Angels Mend is the second studio album by Alex Lloyd on 17 September 2001 by EMI Records. It won the 2002 ARIA Music Award for Best Male Artist. And it was nominated for the ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album but lost to Kylie Minogue's Fever.
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".
The first single of the album released was "Downtown" which proved to be a successful opening single, reaching No. 75 in Australia, and its video clip humorously containing a puppet of Lloyd, as he couldn't be available to shoot the video clip. The second single, "Amazing" however proved to be Lloyd's first major breakthrough, reaching No. 14 in Australia, stayed in the top fifty for 21 weeks and had gold sales. "Amazing" did even better in New Zealand, reaching No. 1 and staying the top fifty for 22 weeks. "Amazing" was a minor hit in The Netherlands, where it reached No. 91 and stayed in the top 100 for 5 weeks. "Amazing" was also Lloyd's first song to enter the top 200 in the UK, peaking at No. 176. In 2002, Lloyd released two more singles "Green" and "Everybody's Laughing" both of which entered the top forty in Australia. "Green" peaked at No. 25, staying in the top fifty for 7 weeks while "Everybody's Laughing" peaked at No. 33, and stayed in the top fifty for one week. Late in 2002, Lloyd realised the fifth and final single of the album "Bus Ride", although it didn't enter the top fifty, the song still proved to be successful and it was released to celebrate Lloyd's marriage to his wife, Amelia.
"Watching Angels Mend" dominated the line up of the ARIA awards of 2002. The album won Lloyd "Best Male Artist" for a second time. The album itself received many nominations, including "Best Album of The Year" (lost to Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls),"Best Rock Album" (lost to Silverchair - Diorama) and "Producer Of The Year" (lost to Daniel Johns (Co-Producer) for - Silverchair - Diorama). "Amazing" also was nominated for "Single Of The Year" and "Highest Selling Single" losing both times to Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". Lloyd still played an important role in the night, including singing one the albums hit singles "Green".
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