AQUALUNG

albums / EPs / singles

Memory Man

Made in Great Britain between May and October 2006, Memory Man is produced by Matt Hales and co-produced by Ben Hales and Dan Swift. The album was mixed in Los Angeles by Eric Valentine.

All songs written or co-written by Matt Hales with his long-time collaborators: brother Ben Hales and co-pilot Kim Oliver. Garden Of Love features guest vocals from Paul Buchanan (of The Blue Nile).

Matt Hales is credited with vocals, piano, moogbass, broken synthesizer, glockenspiel, pretend orchestra, programming, harmonium, echo choir, electric guitar, Rhodes, stairwell drums, feedback, ghosts, sirens, vocoder, memoryman and noise with invaluable contributions from Ben Hales (guitars, bass) and David Price (drums, percussion).

See the Making Memory Man area for more.

  1. Cinderella
  2. Pressure Suit
  3. Something To Believe In
  4. Glimmer
  5. Vapour Trail
  6. Rolls So Deep
  7. The Lake
  8. Black Hole
  9. Outside
  10. Garden Of Love
  11. Broken Bones
Label: Columbia
ASIN: B0007OP0X6

Strange and Beautiful

Aqualung's first US album release, a complilation of first two albums was released on 22nd March 2005.
  1. Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)
  2. Falling Out of Love
  3. Good Times Gonna Come
  4. Brighter Than Sunshine
  5. Breaking My Heart
  6. Tongue-tied
  7. Left Behind
  8. You Turn Me Round
  9. If I Fall
  10. Easier To Lie
  11. Extra Ordinary Thing
  12. Another Little Hole
Label: Red Ink / Columbia
ASIN: B0007OP0X6

Still Life

Aqualung's second album, released 27th October 2003. Read Matt talking Karlsen through the songs.
  1. brighter than sunshine (matt hales / kim oliver / ben hales)
  2. left behind (matt hales / ben hales)
  3. you turn me around (matt hales)
  4. easier to lie (matt hales / kim oliver)
  5. another little hole (matt hales)
  6. 7 keys (matt hales / kim oliver)
  7. extra ordinary thing (matt hales)
  8. breaking my heart again (matt hales / kim oliver)
  9. take me home (matt hales / kim oliver)
  10. good goodnight (matt hales / ben hales)
Producer: Matt Hales
Additional Production: Jacknife Lee
Mixed by: Stephen Harris
Catalogue number: 5046696132
Label: B-Unique
Design: Big Active
Photography: William Selden

aqualung

The eponymous debut album was released in the UK on 30th September 2002. It peaked at number 15 in the album chart and went gold in December 2002. Read some personal comments from Matt about the tracks.
  1. strange and beautiful (i'll put a spell on you) (matt hales/ kim oliver)
  2. falling out of love (matt hales/ kim oliver)
  3. good times gonna come (matt hales)
  4. if i fall (matt hales/ kim oliver)
  5. just for a moment (matt hales)
  6. tongue-tied (matt hales/ kim oliver)
  7. can't get you out of my mind (matt hales/ ben hales)
  8. everything changed (matt hales)
  9. gentle (matt hales/ matt vincent-brown)
  10. nowhere (matt hales)
  11. halfway to the bottom (matt hales/ ben hales)
Producer: Matt Hales
Catalogue number: bun033/5050466069825
Label: B-Unique
Artwork: Dryden Goodwin