Acoustica (Alex Lloyd album)

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Acoustica
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ReleasedAugust 5, 2016
Recorded2016
Label Liberation Music
Alex Lloyd chronology
Urban Wilderness
(2013)
Acoustica
(2016)

Acoustica is the seventh studio album from Australian singer-songwriter, Alex Lloyd. The album features re-recordings of some of his previous material. The album was released in August 2016 and peaked at number 45 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Contents

In an interview with APN, Lloyd said; "When I was asked to do this record last year I didn't have a whole record myself to put out so it was a good opportunity for me to go back and play around with some old stuff" adding "I really just tried to keep it simple and beautiful, minimalizing the amount of instrumentation and really trying to make a nice record in a short amount of time. I gave myself three weeks as I have a tendency to over-produce things." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Amazing"
  2. "Easy Exit Station"
  3. "Better the Less You Know"
  4. "Green"
  5. "Coming Home"
  6. "Good Thing"
  7. "Hallelujah"
  8. "Beautiful"
  9. "Brand New Day"
  10. "Black the Sun"
  11. "Never Meant to Fail"
  12. "Everybody's Laughing"

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 45

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia [3] [4] August 5, 2016CD, digital download Liberation Music LMCD0284

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