Marlon Williams (album)

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Marlon Williams
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Studio album by
Released2015 (2015)
StudioThe Sitting Room, Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch
Genre Rock
Length34:15
Label Caroline Australia
Producer Ben Edwards
Marlon Williams chronology
Marlon Williams
(2015)
Make Way for Love
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blurt Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound (8/10) [4]

Marlon Williams is the solo debut self-titled studio album by New Zealand musician Marlon Williams. It was released in 2015 under Caroline Australia.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marlon Williams; except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hello Miss Lonesome" 3:15
2."After All"Marlon Williams, Delaney Davidson3:11
3."Dark Child"Marlon Williams, Tim Moore5:23
4."I'm Lost Without You" Teddy Randazzo, Billy Barberis5:15
5."Lonely Side of Her" 2:24
6."Silent Passage"Bob Carpenter3:06
7."Strange Things" 3:03
8."When I Was a Young Girl"Traditional; arranged by Marlon Williams5:51
9."Everyone's Got Something to Say" 2:47

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015/16)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 100
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 7

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