Memory Man (album)

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Memory Man
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Studio album by
Released13 March 2007
RecordedMay–October 2006 in South London
Genre Piano rock
Length50:18(US)
64:09 (Target edition)
Label Columbia
Producer Matt Hales
Ben Hales
Dan Swift
Aqualung chronology
Exclusive iTunes EP 2
(2006)
Memory Man
(2007)
Words and Music
(2008)

Memory Man is the third studio album by Aqualung. The album was released on 13 March 2007 in the U.S. and on 21 March 2007 in Japan. The first single from the album was "Pressure Suit". The album debuted at #88 on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Hales except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cinderella" 4:37
2."Pressure Suit"Hales, Kim Oliver4:56
3."Something to Believe In"Hales, Oliver3:38
4."Glimmer"Hales, Oliver4:00
5."Vapour Trail"Hales, Oliver5:42
6."Rolls So Deep" 4:27
7."The Lake" 4:26
8."Black Hole" 5:04
9."Outside"Hales, Oliver3:56
10."Garden of Love" (featuring Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile) 5:55
11."Broken Bones" 3:42

Bonus tracks

Japanese release
No.TitleLength
12."Blood on Our Hands" 
13."Human Shield" 
Best Buy version
No.TitleLength
12."Good Times Gonna Come [Live at Portland Theater of Clouds at Rose Garden]" 
iTunes version
No.TitleLength
12."Blood on Our Hands"4:31
Target version
No.TitleLength
12."Brighter Than Sunshine [Live at St. James' Church Piccadilly]"4:36
13."Another Little Hole [Live at St. James' Church Piccadilly]"5:12
14."Just for a Moment [Live at St. James' Church Piccadilly"3:51

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
LAS Magazine9/10 [4]

Memory Man has received positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a score of 70 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Other

The song "Garden of Love" features guest vocals by Paul Buchanan of the Scottish band The Blue Nile.

The song "Something To Believe In" was featured in CSI: Miami 's season 5 finale and in a season 4 episode of The CW's One Tree Hill . It has also been featured in The CW and ABC's Gossip Girl and Eli Stone commercials.

The song "The Lake" was used in an episode in the third season of the TV show Grey's Anatomy .

References

  1. 1 2 "Memory Man by Aqualung Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. Memory Man at AllMusic
  3. Greenblatt, Leah (9 March 2007). "Memory Man". Entertainment Weekly .
  4. Conner, Matt (28 February 2007). "Aqualung Memory Man". LAS Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2017.