Watching Angels Mend Explained

Watching Angels Mend
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alex Lloyd
Cover:	AlexlloydWAM.jpg
Released:	September 2001
Recorded:	The Town House Rockfield Studios Dub Shack Canelot
Genre:	Pop rock
Label:	EMI
Producer:	Magnus Fiennes Steve Osbourne
Prev Title:	Black The Sun
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Distant Light
Next Year:	2003

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

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".^[1]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
ARIA Albums Chart^[2]	31
Chart (2002)	Position
ARIA Albums Chart^[3]	37

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

Notes and References

1. 15 July 2002 . Alex Lloyd - Watching Angels Meld . CMJ New Music Report . 72 . 771 . 4.
2. Web site: ARIA Charts – End of year 2001. ARIA. 25 October 2014.
3. Web site: ARIA Charts – End of year 2002. ARIA. 25 October 2014.