Memoirs (Rox album)

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Memoirs
Memoirs Front.jpg
Studio album by
Rox
ReleasedJune 7, 2010 [1]
Recorded2009–2010
Genre
Label Rough Trade
Producer
Rox chronology
Memoirs
(2010)
Grey Area
(2015)
Singles from Memoirs
  1. "No Going Back"
    Released: 2009
  2. "My Baby Left Me"
    Released: 2010
  3. "I Don't Believe"
    Released: 2010
  4. "Rocksteady"
    Released: 2010

Memoirs is the debut album by British singer Rox.

Contents

Track listing

Memoirs track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No Going Back"
Al Shux 4:15
2."Do as I Say"
  • Tataei
  • Kevin McPherson
Al Shux3:47
3."Page Unfolds"Al Shux3:36
4."I Don't Believe"
  • Tataei
  • Tom Barnes
  • Ben Kohn
  • Pete Kelleher
  • Gavin Jones
2:36
5."My Baby Left Me"
  • Tataei
  • Adam Midgley
Al Shux3:33
6."Forever Always Wishing"
  • Tataei
  • Midgley
Al Shux3:13
7."Heart Ran Dry"
  • Tataei
  • Sean McGhee
  • Sun G
  • Al Shux
4:28
8."Breakfast in Bed"
  • Tataei
  • Matt Prime
Al Shux3:28
9."Precious Moments"
  • Tataei
  • Gordon Williams
  • Timothy Shider
  • Donavan Jackson
  • Christopher Meredith
  • Astor Campbell
  • Sun G
  • Al Shux
4:49
10."Rocksteady"
  • Tataei
  • Anna Wayland
  • Williams
Simone Lombardi3:29
11."Oh My"
  • Tataei
  • Midgley
  • Sun G
  • Al Shux
4:39
12."Sad Eyes"
"Gallais" (hidden track)
  • Tataei
  • Darren Lewis
  • Tunde Babalola

Tataei
  • Sun G
  • Al Shux
8:43
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."3rd Degree"3:18

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position [2] [3]
United Kingdom97
Netherlands37
France [4] 76
Italy11

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