''The Memory Machine'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter

Julia Stone Julia Stone (born 13 April 1984) is an Australians, Australian Folk music, folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is a sister of Angus Stone, with whom she has collaborated in professional music, and is also a solo musician. Her ...

. It was released in September 2010 in Australia and peaked at number 73 on the

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Reception

Duncan McLeod from The AU review called it "a subtle album that weaves its magic on the listener. Stone's unique vocals wash over you and warm your insides. The rich cleverness of strings, the imagery of a timid girl almost whispering into the microphone, the power in the paired back sound that highlights Stone's clever writing.". McLeod called out "Catastrophe!", "The Memory Machine", "My Baby" and "Where Does the Love Go" as the album highlights. Craig Mathieson from

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said "''The Memory Machine'' is a kind of liberating event, although most tracks touch on inhibition and restriction" adding "this disquieting, unexpected set is her best work yet." Ally Carnwath from

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said on her debut solo effort Stone can "indulge her more fanciful impulses" adding "But whatever mood her compositions achieve is soon nobbled by the grating effect of her ickle-girl vocals and twee lyrics." Tom Lordan from GoldFlake Paint said the album is "a gentle, often dark and insightful journey into a young woman's life. In the album's short time frame she deals eloquently with large themes: love, sex, loneliness and the inability to feel. Her lyrics are like a child's painting after his/her parents have gone through a divorce: they're simple, tightly focused, raw and vulnerable."

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Memory Machine 2010 debut albums Julia Stone albums EMI Records albums Independiente Records albums Nettwerk Records albums PIAS Recordings albums