Aqualung (Aqualung album)
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| Studio album by Aqualung | ||||
| Released | 30 September 2002 | |||
| Genre | Piano rock | |||
| Length | 46:38 | |||
| Label | B-Unique | |||
| Producer | Aqualung (Matt Hales) | |||
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Aqualung is the eponymous debut album by Aqualung, released on 30 September 2002 on the B-Unique label. It reached #15 in the UK albums chart and went gold in December 2002.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)" | Matt Hales/Kim Oliver | 03:52 |
| 2. | "Falling Out Of Love" | Matt Hales/Kim Oliver | 04:01 |
| 3. | "Good Times Gonna Come" | Matt Hales | 04:28 |
| 4. | "If I Fall" | Matt Hales/Kim Oliver | 04:55 |
| 5. | "Just For A Moment" | Matt Hales | 04:04 |
| 6. | "Tongue-tied" | Matt Hales/Kim Oliver | 03:50 |
| 7. | "Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" | Matt Hales/Ben Hales | 04:02 |
| 8. | "Everything Changed" | Matt Hales | 03:21 |
| 9. | "Gentle" | Matt Hales/Matt Vincent-Brown | 05:18 |
| 10. | "Nowhere" | Matt Hales | 02:32 |
| 11. | "Halfway To The Bottom" | Matt Hales/Ben Hales | 06:23 |
Singles
The first single from the album, "Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)", was released on September 16, 2002 and reached #7 on the CIN chart.
The second single from the album, "Good Times Gonna Come", was released on December 2, 2002 and reached #71 on the UK singles chart. The single version of "Good Times Gonna Come" was mixed by Matt Hales and Marius De Vries. The song is played in the background in the British Television programme Skins, in Sketch's first episode.
According to the sleeve notes, the album was recorded entirely in Matt Hales' hallway. On its release, the album was promoted on the back of the use of "Strange And Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)" as the soundtrack to an advert for the new Volkswagen Beetle.