Aqualung is the eponymous debut album 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...

, released on September 30, 2002 on the B-Unique

B-Unique Records

B-Unique Records is a London-based record label, founded in 2001 by Mark Lewis and Martin Toher.B-Unique has been a division of Atlantic Records UK since February 2008...

 label. It reached #15 in the UK albums chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 and went gold in December 2002.

Track listing

1. "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)" (Matt Hales/Kim Oliver) – 3:52
2. "Falling Out of Love" (M. Hales/K. Oliver) – 4:01
3. "Good Times Gonna Come" (M. Hales) – 4:28
4. "If I Fall" (M. Hales/K. Oliver) – 4:55
5. "Just For a Moment" (M. Hales) – 4:04
6. "Tongue-tied" (M. Hales/K. Oliver) – 3:50
7. "Can't Get You out of my Mind" (M. Hales/Ben Hales) – 4:02
8. "Everything Changed" (M. Hales) – 3:21
9. "Gentle" (M. Hales/Matt Vincent-Brown) – 5:18
10. "Nowhere" (M. Hales) – 2:32
11. "Halfway to the Bottom" (M. Hales/B. Hales) – 6:23

Singles

The first single from the album, "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)", was released on September 16, 2002 and reached #7 on the CIN chart.

The second single from the album, "Good Times Gonna Come", was released on December 2, 2002 and reached #71 on the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The single version of "Good Times Gonna Come" was mixed by Matt Hales and Marius De Vries

Marius de Vries

Marius Van Wyk de Vries is an English music producer and composer. He has been behind some of the key albums and soundtracks of recent times, gathering five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award along the way.-Music Producer:...

. The song is played in the background in the British Television programme Skins

Skins (TV series)

Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...

, in Sketch's first episode.

According to the sleeve notes, the album was recorded entirely in Matt Hales' hallway. On its release, the album was promoted on the back of the use of "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You)" as the soundtrack to an advert for the new Volkswagen beetle

Volkswagen New Beetle

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