Something to Remember Me By

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Something to Remember Me By
Ben Lee - Something To Remember Me By.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 May 1997
Genre Indie pop
Label Fellaheen (Australia)
Grand Royal (USA) [1]
Producer Brad Wood [2]
Ben Lee chronology
Grandpaw Would
(1995)
Something to Remember Me By
(1997)
Breathing Tornados
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly B [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin 7/10 [2]

Something to Remember Me By is the second album by Australian indie pop artist Ben Lee. [7] [8] It was released in 1997. [9]

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Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Lee's gift for pop melodies is still on display, especially on the country-tinged 'New Song,' but he has yet to learn that every disappointment does not contain the makings of a great song." [4] Tulsa World wrote that Lee's "strumming of acoustic guitars and modest voice sound like John Wesley Harding without the political agenda." [10]

Track listing

Australia
  1. "How to Survive a Broken Heart" (Lee, Richman) – 2:49
  2. "Deep Talk in the Shallow End" (Lee) – 2:46
  3. "New Song" (Lee) – 3:54
  4. "Eight Years Old" (Lee) – 3:45
  5. "Career Choice" (Lee) – 3:56
  6. "Ketchum" (Lee) – 4:52
  7. "Daisy" (Lee) – 5:34
  8. "My Drifting Nature" (Lee) – 2:39
  9. "2 Sisters" (Lee) – 4:50
  10. "A Month Today" (Lee) – 1:28
  11. "Household Name" (Lee) – 3:23
  12. "Grammercy Park Hotel" (Lee) – 5:41
  13. "End of the World" (Lee, Kent) – 3:11
  14. "Long Train Ride" (Lee) – 3:40
Japan
  1. "How to Survive a Broken Heart"
  2. "Deep Talk in the Shallow End"
  3. "In the Desert"
  4. "New Song"
  5. "8 Years Old"
  6. "Career Choice"
  7. "Ketchum"
  8. "Daisy"
  9. "My Drifting Nature"
  10. "2 Sisters"
  11. "A Month Today"
  12. "Bad Radio Voice"
  13. "Household Name"
  14. "Grammercy Park Hotel"
  15. "End of the World"
  16. "Long Train Ride"
  17. "Sally's Orchid"
  18. "End of an Era"

Singles

No singles were released from this album, apart from a promo release of "Career Choice."

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