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Memories & Dust

2007 studio album by Josh Pyke

Memories & Dust is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter, Josh Pyke. It was released in March in 2007 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum in 2020.

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At the J Awards of 2007, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, the album was nominated for five awards, with Pyke winning ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album, Pyke and Connolly winning ARIA Award for Producer of the Year and Connolly winning ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year.[2]

Reception

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Bernard Zuel from Sydney Morning Herald described the music as evocative and moving and Pyke as "inventive" and "know[ing] how to construct music and lyrics into a form that is more than the sum of its parts[4]

Noel Mengel from Courier Mail found that the songs had a "logical sequence," "each leading to the next and illuminating those around it." He praised "Someone Else's Town" for its "handsome string arrangement" and "Fed and Watered" as "bright and bouncy."[5] Kathy McCabe from Daily Telegraph admired the melody and detail of the lyrics and music and described "Vibrations in Air" as "goose-bumpingly beautiful."[6]

Track listing

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Some editions were also sold with Feeding the Wolves as a bonus CD.

UK Version

The UK had an alternate track listing.

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Charts

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Release history

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References

  1. [1]
    "The J Award 2007". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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    "ARIA Awards Search Results – Josh Pyke". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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    Allmusic review
  4. [4]
    Bernard Zuel, "Memories and Dust," Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March 2007.
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    Noel Mengel, "Josh Pyke stitches up a real beauty," Courier Mail (Australia), 8 March 2007.
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    Kathy McCabe, review of Memories & Dust, Daily Telegraph (Australia), 15 March 2007.
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    "Australiancharts.com – Josh Pyke – Memories & Dust". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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    "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 April 2021.



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