Although he'd enjoy even greater commercial success later on, Alex Lloyd still looks upon his first album Black The Sun with fondness.
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"This album got me touring in front of international audiences, and playing big shows in Australia," he said.
"I think one of the defining moments for me with the album was with Lucky Star, one of the singles. Every person in the audience at one of the Big Day Out shows was singing the words to it.
"As a young guy just starting out on that solo career, it was pretty mind-blowing."
The Australian singer-songwriter and ARIA Award winner will commemorate the 20th anniversary of his 1999 debut Black The Sun with a tour featuring the album's original line-up.
And for the first time ever, the double platinum-selling record will be played in full.
When Lloyd released Black The Sun, the public quickly embraced the quirky collection of electronica-inspired pop tracks.
The album featured the singles Black The Sun, Lucky Star, Something Special and My Way Home.
Lloyd, now 44, said the songs - some of which he hasn't played live in many years - on that album continue to resonate with him.
"I like the album, I actually like it," he laughed.
"I remember when I finished the album, there were songs on it that I hated; I think because I'd spent so much time with them.
"But having all this time and space away from them, and I've been mostly doing acoustic shows the past few years, so they've taken on a different shape and form.
"But now I'm going back to the original tracks and recreating that for the live show. It's actually quite enjoyable."
The success of Black The Sun provided a launching point for Lloyd's career, with the album's follow-up Watching Angels Mend ringing up triple platinum sales.
It featured the now Australian songbook staple and advertising executive favourite Amazing, which took out triple j's Hottest 100 and won Lloyd another Best Male Artist ARIA in 2002.
"I still enjoy the response it gets from the audience - it always goes down well," he said of the song. "And that as a performer, that's what you're striving for... I don't begrudge it in the slightest."
Why he does he feel that track was such a multi-generational hit?
"I've got no idea - if I did I'd have 18 of them," he laughed.
"At the time it surprised everyone, because that song was accepted into the world of triple j, but it also got played on every commercial station known to man.
"So it crossed right over.
"But at the beginning it was considered an independent track, and then it became this huge commercial track, which changed the game for me."
-The tour will visit Waves on Thursday, November 7.
