Words and Music (Aqualung album)

Words and Music is the fourth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Aqualung

Aqualung (musician)

Matthew "Matt" Hales , better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen New Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK...

. The album was released on October 7, 2008, in the U.S.

United States

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 It features acoustic versions of tracks from Aqualung's eponymous first album Aqualung

Aqualung (2002 album)

Aqualung is the eponymous debut album by Aqualung, released on September 30, 2002 on the B-Unique label. It reached #15 in the UK albums chart and went gold in December 2002.-Track listing:...

 and new songs written in a similar style. It does not follow on musically from the previous Memory Man

Memory Man

Memory Man is the third studio album by Aqualung. The album was released on March 13, 2007 in the U.S.. The first single from the album was "Pressure Suit"...

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On August 31, 2008, Hales released news of his upcoming album on his MySpace

MySpace

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 page "I'm really very pleased with the new album... It's a mixture of some old songs and some new songs and a song by Paul Simon

Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

. And it's emotional and candid and funny and friendly. It feels like coming home. I think you’ll like it".

Track listing

1. "7 Keys" – 5:23
2. "Slip-Sliding Away" (Paul Simon
   Paul Simon
   Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
   
   ) – 4:00
3. "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" – 3:06
4. "Good Goodnight" – 4:20
5. "Mr. Universe" – 3:59
6. "On My Knees" – 4:34
7. "Everything Changed" – 2:52
8. "When I Finally Get My Own Place" – 5:05
9. "Nothing Else Matters" – 4:08
10. "Arrivals" – 5:15

External links

• Aqualung.net
• Aqualung's MySpace page