Watching Angels Mend is the second studio album released by Alex Lloyd

Alex Lloyd

Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...

. It features the No. 1 song "Amazing

Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)

"Amazing" is a single written by Australian singer Alex Lloyd and released in 2001. It was a successful single, which reached the top of the New Zealand chart, and topped the poll in youth radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2001....

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Album reviews and peaks

After his successful 1999 debut album "Black the Sun" reached No. 9 in Australia, Lloyd's second album went to incredible heights of success not just in Australia, but also in New Zealand. The album began to soar in popularity when the second single of the album "Amazing" was released, and proved to be Lloyd's first successful single, eventually being used on Ford commercials. The album itself meanwhile went double platinum in sales, stayed in the top fifty for 41 weeks and was the second highest selling album in Australia in 2002 beaten only by Kylie Minogue's album "Fever". The album also reached No. 22 in New Zealand and was in the top 50 for 8 weeks.

Singles success and chart performance

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 humoursly containing a puppet of Lloyd, as he couldn't be available to shoot the video clip. The second single, "Amazing" however proved to be Lloyds 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 Lloyds 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.

Nominations and success at the ARIA Music Awards

"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 came second in many of its nominations, including "Best Album of The Year" (second to Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls),"Best Rock Album" (second to Silverchair - Diorama) and "Producer Of The Year" (second to Daniel Johns (Co-Producer) for - Silverchair - Diorama). "Amazing" also came second, in "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".

Track listing

All tracks written by A. Wasiliev, except where noted.

1. "Everybody's Laughing"
2. "Green"
3. "Trigger"
4. "My Friend"
5. "Lost in the Rain"
6. "Sleep"
7. "Amazing
   Amazing (Alex Lloyd song)
   "Amazing" is a single written by Australian singer Alex Lloyd and released in 2001. It was a successful single, which reached the top of the New Zealand chart, and topped the poll in youth radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2001....
   
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8. "Downtown"
9. "Bus Ride" (A. Wasiliev/S. Miller)
10. "Burn"
11. "Easy Exit Station"

Singles peaks

Name of Single	Aus. Charts Peak	Weeks in Aus. Top 50	NZ Charts Peak	Weeks in NZ Top 50	Ned. Charts Peak	Weeks in Ned. Top 100	Peak in UK Top 200
"Downtown"	75	-	-	-	-	-	-
"Amazing"	14	21	1	22	91	5	176
"Green"	25	7	-	-	-	-	-
"Everybody's Laughing"	33	1	-	-	-	-	-
"Bus Ride"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Album Peaks

Album	Aus. Chart Peak	Weeks in Aus. Top 50	NZ Chart Peak	Weeks in NZ Top 50
Watching Angels Mend	2	41	22	8

Personnel

• Alex Lloyd
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  , Vocals
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  , Keys
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  , Bass
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• Magnus Fiennes
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• Brian Gascoigne - String Conductor
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• Tom Windriff - Vocals
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• Sedsil Top - Vocals
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• Bernard Fanning
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• Sharon Finn - Vocals
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• Lorna Marshall - Vocals
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• Dean Tidey
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• Graham Kearns - Guitar
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• William South - Piano
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• Jim Hayden - Keys
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• Guy Pratt
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• Shawn Lee
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• Clive Deamer
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  , Percussion
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• Ged Lynch - Drums
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External links

Alex Lloyd official site
Alex Lloyd at MySpace
Amazon artist page
Undercover news article on the birth of Lloyd's child
Chaos Music biography
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