- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Aqualung
Album: Memory Man
Label: BMG
Playtime: 50:38 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.aqualung.net/
Rip date: 2007-02-17
Street date: 2007-03-13
Size: 61.27 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Track 8, "Black Hole", has a skip a few seconds into the song which is also
on the actual CD so please accept our apologies for this small glitch. There
are no other skips/jumps on the CD so please enjoy this album.
Memory Man is the eagerly-awaited successor to Aqualung's critically-
acclaimed U.S. debut, 2005's Strange and Beautiful collection, a #1 Billboard
Heatseekers album which introduced American audiences to the music of Matt
Hales with hits like the Triple A chart-topper "Brighter Than Sunshine" and
"Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)." Strange and Beautiful has
gone on to sell more than 250,000 copies in the U.S.
Memory Man is the artist's first new set of songs since being named a VH1
"You Oughta Know" artist in late 2005. Aqualung headlined a VH1-presented
North American concert tour that year, returning to the states in early 2006
for a series of concerts with David Gray. In addition to performing at Austin
City Limits 2005 and Lollapalooza 2006, Aqualung has toured with Jason Mraz,
Cary Brothers, Dido, and The Fray.
Memory Man premieres 11 new Aqualung songs, each of them written or co-
written by Matt Hales with his long-time collaborators: brother Ben Hales and
"co-pilot" Kim Oliver. Tracks include the album's first single, "Pressure
Suit," "Outside," "Rolls So Deep," "Something To Believe In," and "Garden Of
Love" featuring guest vocals from Paul Buchanan (of the Scottish cult band
The Blue Nile).
As with previous Aqualung albums most of the music comes from multi-
instrumentalist Matt Hales (vocals, piano, moogbass, broken synthesizer,
glockenspiel, pretend orchestra, programming, harmonium, echo choir, electric
guitar, Rhodes, stairwell drums, feedback, ghosts, sirens, vocoder,
memoryman, noise) with invaluable contributions from Ben Hales (guitars,
bass) and David Price (drums, percussion).
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Cinderella ( 4:33)
02. Pressure Suit ( 5:11)
03. Something To Believe In ( 3:40)
04. Glimmer ( 3:58)
05. Vapour Trail ( 5:47)
06. Rolls So Deep ( 4:29)
07. The Lake ( 4:28)
08. Black Hole ( 5:05)
09. Outside ( 3:58)
10. Garden Of Love ( 5:57)
11. Broken Bones ( 3:32)
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