Watching Angels Mend
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{{Infobox album
| name = Watching Angels Mend
| type = Album
| artist = Alex Lloyd
| cover = AlexlloydWAM.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 2001
| recorded = The Town House
Rockfield Studios
Dub Shack
Canelot
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop rock
| length =
| label = EMI
| producer = Magnus Fiennes
Steve Osbourne
| prev_title = Black The Sun
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Distant Light
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Watching Angels Mend
| type = Studio
| single1 = Downtown
| single1date = 9 July 2001
| single2 = Amazing
| single2date = 17 September 2001
| single3 = Green
| single3date = 18 February 2002
| single4 = Everybody's Laughing
| single4date = June 2002
| single5 = Bus Ride
| single5date = 2002
}}
}}
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 Best Male Artist.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000221876}}
| rev2 = Q
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}} |
|}}
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".{{cite journal |date=15 July 2002 |title=Alex Lloyd - Watching Angels Meld |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYRXLumVhOcC&pg=PA4 |publisher=CMJ New Music Report |volume=72 |issue=771 |page=4}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = A. Wasiliev, except where noted.
| title1 = Everybody's Laughing
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Green
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Trigger
| length3 = 5:05
| title4 = My Friend
| length4 = 3:36
| title5 = Lost in the Rain
| length5 = 3:02
| title6 = Sleep
| length6 = 4:02
| title7 = Amazing
| length7 = 3:23
| title8 = Downtown
| length8 = 4:44
| title9 = Bus Ride
| writer9 = {{hlist|A. Wasiliev/S. Miller}}
| length9 = 4:31
| title10 = Burn
| length10 = 3:29
| title11 = Easy Exit Station
| length11 = 3:01
}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2001/02)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"{{album chart|Australia|2|album=Watching Angels Mend|artist=Alex Lloyd|accessdate=16 December 2014|refname="aus chart"}} |
| scope="row"{{album chart|New Zealand|22|album=Watching Angels Mend|artist=Alex Lloyd|accessdate=16 December 2014|refname="NZ chart"}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| ARIA Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2001/albums-chart |title=ARIA Charts – End of year 2001|publisher= ARIA|accessdate=25 October 2014}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 31 |
| scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| ARIA Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2002/albums-chart|title=ARIA Charts – End of year 2002|publisher= ARIA|accessdate=25 October 2014}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 37 |
Certification
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Alex Lloyd|title=Watching Angels Mend|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2002|relyear=2001|access-date=23 December 2010}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
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