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2012 studio album by Clock Opera
Ways to Forget Released 23 April 2012 (2012-04-23 ) Recorded The League of Imaginary Nations, London The Studio Down Below, Bridport Genre Indie rock Length 43 :46 Label Moshi Moshi and Island Producer Guy Connelly
Ways to Forget (2012)
Venn (2017)
"Once and for All" Released: 3 February 2012
"Man Made" Released: 16 April 2012
"Belongings" Released: 30 July 2012
"The Lost Buoys" Released: 5 November 2012
Ways to Forget is the debut studio album of British indie rock group Clock Opera , released on 23 April 2012. Prior to the album, the band made singles for the songs "White Noise," "A Piece of String," "Once and for All" and "Belongings." An EP of "Lesson No.7" was released on 3 October 2011. The first single from the album was a new recording of "Once and for All" on 3 February 2012. An EP of "Man Made" and its remixes was released on 16 April 2012.[6] "Belongings" was re-released on 30 July 2012.[7] A single of "The Lost Buoys" was released for 5 November 2012.[8]
Track listing [ edit ]
All lyrics are written by Guy Connelly except where noted; all music is composed by Clock Opera
Title 1. "Once and for All" 5:14 2. "Lesson No.7" 4:25 3. "11th Hour" 4:44 4. "Man Made" 4:08 5. "Belongings" 4:53 6. "White Noise" 3:35 7. "A Piece of String" 3:29 8. "The Lost Buoys" 4:07 9. "Move to the Mountains" 4:25 10. "Fail Better" (incorporates an excerpt from Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett [9] ) 4:46
Deluxe Edition Tracks Title 11. "Ways to Forget" 3:36 12. "Alouette" 4:34 13. "New Arrivals" 4:24 14. "Let Go the Lifeboats" 2:50 15. "Glass Eye" 3:38 16. "Seven Hours" 3:45 17. "Outro" 2:18
iTunes Bonus TrackTitle 18. "Once and for All" (Under the Floorboards) 4:21
Personnel [ edit ]
Clock Opera
Guy Connelly – lead vocals, guitar, samples
Andy West – bass, guitar
Che Albrighton – drums
Dan Armstrong – keyboards, samples, backing vocals
Production
Guy Connelly – production and recording
Xavier Stephenson, assisted by Liam Nolan – recording drums on tracks 1–9 at Metropolis Studios
Matt Wills – recording drums on track 10 at The Square
Cenzo Townshend , assisted by Sean Julliard – mixing tracks 1–4 & 10
Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing tracks 5–9
Richard Robinson – design and art direction
Mads Perch – photography
Jonathan Goddard, Gemma Nixon, Alexander Whitley, Malgorzata Dzierzon – dancers on album artwork[9]
References [ edit ]