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Black the Sun

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Released
  
7 January 1999

Release date
  
7 January 1999

Artist
  
Alex Lloyd

Label
  
EMI Music Australia

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Recorded
  
Q Studios, Sydney Studios 301, Sydney

Producer
  
Alex Lloyd, Ed Buller, Trent Williamson

Black the Sun (1999)
  
Watching Angels Mend (2001)

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Lo-fi music

Similar
  
Distant Light, Watching Angels Mend, Good in the Face of a Stranger, Acoustica, Alex Lloyd

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Black the Sun is the debut album by the Australian singer–songwriter Alex Lloyd, released in January 1999 via EMI Records. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Best Male Artist.

Contents

The song "Something Special" was later remixed by Resin Dogs to create "Something Special (Resin Dogs SP1200Resination Mix)".

Critical reception

Black The Sun received critical acclaim, with Triple J listeners voting it their album of the year. Writing for The Guardian in September 2000, John Aizlewood compared Lloyd's "eclectic approach" and "inspired turn of phrase" to that of Beck, and stated that the album "yields more with each play". He went on to draw comparison with the music of Crowded House, and singled out "Black the Sun", "What a Year" and "Backseat Clause" as the album's highlights, the latter, he noted, is a track which "closes the album in stark, lonesome fashion".

Accolades

Black The Sun was awarded a nomination for "Breakthrough Artist - Album" at the 2000 ARIA Awards, where Lloyd himself won the prize for "Best Male Artist".

Track listing

All tracks written by A. Wasiliev, except where noted.

  1. "Melting"
  2. "Momo"
  3. "Something Special" (A. Wasiliev/S. Miller)
  4. "Desert"
  5. "Snow"
  6. "My Way Home"
  7. "Black The Sun"
  8. "Lucky Star"
  9. "What A Year" (A. Wasiliev/B. Quinn)
  10. "Faraway"
  11. "Aliens"
  12. "Gender"
  13. "Backseat Clause"

Personnel

  • Alex Lloyd – co-producer, guitar, vocals, programming, drums, bass
    • Additional musicians
  • Louise Morgan – spoken word
  • Trent Williamson – programming, harmonica
  • Terapai Richmond – drums
  • Daniel Denholm – string arrangement, vocal arrangement
  • Clayton Doley – organ
    • Technical personnel
  • Ed Buller – co-producer, programming
  • Trent Williamson – co-producer

    • Weekly charts

    Black The Sun peaked at #9 on the Australian Charts in July 1999. The album remained in the top 50 albums for 28 weeks.

    Songs

    1Melting4:15
    2Momo4:34
    3Something Special3:13

    References

    Black the Sun Wikipedia
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