''Matter Fixed'' is the first album by the English singer,

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, released on 2 September 2011. The name is a reference to the project he was involved with before starting solo, a duo with Preetesh Hirji called

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Singles

On 17 July 2011 Roudette released "Brotherhood of the Broken" for free download as a promotional single from the album. On 20 July he released "

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" as the first single from the album in Germany for airplay. On 16 August 2011 "New Age" was available on the

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. The single reached number 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The second single from the album was " Riding Home", released as an EP only in the UK. Roudette noted that the third single from the album would be "

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"; on 20 January 2012 it was released via

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in Germany.

Release dates

"Matter Fixed" was released on 2 September 2011 in Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. On 23 January 2012 it was available in France and in the rest of Europe. The release in the United Kingdom was delayed until 19 March 2012.

Track listing

Charts

Riding Home

On 24 October 2011, after signing with the

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record label for the UK, Roudette released an EP in the UK named ''Riding Home'', with four tracks from ''Matter Fixed''. It failed to enter the

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Track listing

References

External links

Marlon Roudette's official website

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{{Authority control 2011 debut albums Marlon Roudette albums Albums produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy