Four of his albums, Black the Sun, Watching Angels Mend, Distant Light and Alex Lloyd, released between 1999 and 2005, made the top ten on the ARIA charts.
In July 1998, Lloyd released the single "Black the Sun", the lead from his debut album of the same name.
Watching Angels Mend was released in September 2001 and peaked at number 2 in Australia and was certified 3× platinum.
In August 2003, Lloyd released "Coming Home", the lead single from his third studio album.
In August 2005, Alex Lloyd released "Never Meant to Fail", the lead single from his fourth studio album.
In April 2006, Lloyd performed in the grand finale of Dancing with the Stars, singing his breakthrough song, "Amazing".
In November 2008, Lloyd released his fifth studio album Good in the Face of a Stranger through Inertia.
The album spawned two singles, the first, "Slow Train" featured a video clip made with 7,000 hand-drawn pictures.
The Mad Bastards Trio also performed on Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight and also had an interview with George Negus about the music and the film itself.
Speaking to The Newcastle Herald, Lloyd announced the title of the album as Urban Wilderness.
[6] In August 2013, Lloyd released the first single from the album, "Better the Less You Know", featuring footage of people listening to the song in London and on the Central Coast.
Following an appearance at A Day on the Green in 2018[12] and supporting The Whitlams on their national tour of 2018, Lloyd announced a 20th-anniversary release of his debut album Black the Sun.
[13] Following the reopening of venues during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd announced an eleven-date acoustic tour to celebrate the 20th-anniversary release of "Amazing".
In May 2022, Lloyd released his first single in eight years, "Trojan Horse", coinciding with the commencement of the tour.