Ways to Forget
{{Infobox album
| name = Ways to Forget
| type = studio
| artist = Clock Opera
| cover = Ways to Forget.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|04|23|df=yes}}
| recorded = The League of Imaginary Nations, London
The Studio Down Below, Bridport
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=46}}
| label = Moshi Moshi and Island
| producer = Guy Connelly
| chronology = Clock Opera album
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Venn
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ways to Forget
| type = studio
| single1 = Once and for All
| single1date = 3 February 2012
| single2 = Man Made
| single2date = 16 April 2012
| single3 = Belongings
| single3date = 30 July 2012
| single4 = The Lost Buoys
| single4date = 5 November 2012
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Metacritic
|rev1score = 59/100{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/ways-to-forget|title = Ways to Forget by Clock Opera|website = Metacritic}}
|rev2 = Q Magazine
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Clock Opera: Ways to Forget|journal=Q|date=May 2012|page=94}}
|rev3 = The Guardian
|rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/12/clock-opera-ways-forget-review |title=Clock Opera: Ways to Forget |first=Rebecca |last=Nicholson |date=12 April 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |accessdate=3 June 2012}}
|rev4 = The Times
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article3389312.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510072355/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article3389312.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |title=Clock Opera: Ways to Forget |first=Kaya |last=Burgess |date=21 April 2012 |newspaper=The Times |location=London |issn=0140-0460}} {{subscription required}}
|rev5 = Beats Per Minute
}}
Ways to Forget is the debut studio album of British indie rock group Clock Opera, released on 23 April 2012. Prior to the album, the band made singles for the songs "White Noise," "A Piece of String," "Once and for All" and "Belongings." An EP of "Lesson No.7" was released on 3 October 2011. The first single from the album was a new recording of "Once and for All" on 3 February 2012. An EP of "Man Made" and its remixes was released on 16 April 2012.Baggs, Michael. [http://www.gigwise.com/news/71506/Newcomers-Clock-Opera-debut-Made-Made-video "Newcomers Clock Opera Debut 'Man Made' Video"], Gigwise, 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-13. "Belongings" was re-released on 30 July 2012.[http://www.contactmusic.com/press/clock-opera-autumn-2012-uk-dates "Clock Opera Announce Full List Of Autumn 2012 UK Dates"], Contact Music, 12 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-13. A single of "The Lost Buoys" was released for 5 November 2012.[http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/watch-clock-opera-unveil-the-lost-buoys-video/ "Watch: Clock Opera Unveil 'The Lost Buoys' Video"], DIY, 18 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_lyrics = Guy Connelly except where noted
|all_music = Clock Opera
|title1 = Once and for All
|length1 = 5:14
|title2 = Lesson No.7
|length2 = 4:25
|title3 = 11th Hour
|length3 = 4:44
|title4 = Man Made
|length4 = 4:08
|title5 = Belongings
|length5 = 4:53
|title6 = White Noise
|length6 = 3:35
|title7 = A Piece of String
|length7 = 3:29
|title8 = The Lost Buoys
|length8 = 4:07
|title9 = Move to the Mountains
|length9 = 4:25
|title10 = Fail Better
|length10 = 4:46
|note10 = incorporates an excerpt from Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett{{cite AV media notes |title=Ways to Forget |others=Clock Opera |year=2012 |page=7 |type=booklet |publisher=Island Records}}
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe Edition Tracks
| title11 = Ways to Forget
|length11 = 3:36
| title12 = Alouette
|length12 = 4:34
| title13 = New Arrivals
|length13 = 4:24
|title14 = Let Go the Lifeboats
|length14 = 2:50
|title15 = Glass Eye
|length15 = 3:38
|title16 = Seven Hours
|length16 = 3:45
|title17 = Outro
|length17 = 2:18
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = iTunes Bonus Track
|title18 = Once and for All
|note18 = Under the Floorboards
|length18 = 4:21
}}
Personnel
Clock Opera
- Guy Connelly – lead vocals, guitar, samples
- Andy West – bass, guitar
- Che Albrighton – drums
- Dan Armstrong – keyboards, samples, backing vocals
Production
- Guy Connelly – production and recording
- Xavier Stephenson, assisted by Liam Nolan – recording drums on tracks 1–9 at Metropolis Studios
- Matt Wills – recording drums on track 10 at The Square
- Cenzo Townshend, assisted by Sean Julliard – mixing tracks 1–4 & 10
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing tracks 5–9
- Richard Robinson – design and art direction
- Mads Perch – photography
- Jonathan Goddard, Gemma Nixon, Alexander Whitley, Malgorzata Dzierzon – dancers on album artwork