Marlon Williams

Studio album by

Marlon Williams

Released

2015

Studio

The Sitting Room, Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch

Genre

Rock

Length

34:15

Label

Caroline Australia

Producer

Ben Edwards

Marlon Williams chronology

Marlon Williams
(2015)

Make Way for Love
(2018)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Blurt Magazine	^[3]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)^[4]

Marlon Williams is the solo debut self-titled studio album by New Zealand musician Marlon Williams. It was released in 2015 under Caroline Australia.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Marlon Williams; except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hello Miss Lonesome"		3:15
2.	"After All"	Marlon Williams, Delaney Davidson	3:11
3.	"Dark Child"	Marlon Williams, Tim Moore	5:23
4.	"I'm Lost Without You"	Teddy Randazzo, Billy Barberis	5:15
5.	"Lonely Side of Her"		2:24
6.	"Silent Passage"	Bob Carpenter	3:06
7.	"Strange Things"		3:03
8.	"When I Was a Young Girl"	Traditional; arranged by Marlon Williams	5:51
9.	"Everyone's Got Something to Say"		2:47

Personnel

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Marlon Williams - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "After All" and "I'm Lost Without You", synthesizer on "I'm Lost Without You"
Ben Woolley - bass guitar, backing vocals
AJ Park - drums
Aldous Harding - backing vocals on "Hello Miss Lonesome", "Lonely Side of Her", "Silent Passage", "Strange Things" and "Everyone's Got Something to Say"
Aaron Tokona - acoustic and electric guitar on Hello Miss Lonesome"
Joe McCallum - drums on "Silent Passage"
Rang Lloyd - electric guitar on "Dark Child"
Simon Gregory - electric guitar on "I'm Lost Without You"
John Egenes - pedal steel on "Silent Passage"
Ben Edwards - synthesizer on "Dark Child" and "Strange Things"
Anita Clark - violin on "Strange Things"
Mikey Somerfield - violin on "I'm Lost Without You" and "Silent Passage"
Ben Brown - backing vocals on "Everyone Got Something to Say"
David Williams - backing vocals on "After All"

Charts

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Chart (2015/16)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[6]	100
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	66
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	7

References

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^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^ Monger, James Christopher (19 February 2016). "Marlon Williams - Marlon Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ Kelly, Jennifer (6 April 2016). "Blurt Magazine Review". Blurtonline.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^ Trefor, Cai (19 February 2016). "Drowned In Sound Review". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Ultratop.be – Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Charts.nz – Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 May 2018.