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Post by busyboy on Jun 18, 2007 10:17:46 GMT -5
James Blunt returns with second album'All The Lost Souls' will be released in September James Blunt is to make his return with second album 'All The Lost Souls', due for release on September 17. The record comes three years since the release of his massive-selling debut album 'Back To Bedlam'. The first single taken from the record will be '1973' on September 3. Meanwhile, Blunt will play Live Earth on July 7.
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Post by happygolucky on Jun 18, 2007 15:20:02 GMT -5
Great news! And hooray for "1973" picked as the first single. I saw him perform it on tour last Fall. I'm glad to see him send out an upbeat song as the first single. IMO "Back to Bedlam" is a much stronger album than the sum of the three US singles. They were all slow and didn't well show the variety on the album.
I'm looking forward to a new album full on James Blunt originals!
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Post by Rural Juror on Jun 18, 2007 17:39:58 GMT -5
Fantastic news! Looking forward to this. :) I don't remember if he played "1973" when I saw him in concert last time. I have a feeling he did because I got it confused with the Smashing Pumpkins' song "1979". I'm just bummed I don't remember how it goes, lol.
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Post by tifferoo on Jun 18, 2007 18:08:18 GMT -5
He played a lot of his new songs when I saw him in concert last year. I loved them so I'm definitely getting this the first week. :)
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Post by sillyfunny on Jun 18, 2007 18:56:14 GMT -5
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Post by WotUNeed on Jun 18, 2007 19:00:15 GMT -5
I know he's fallen out of favour, and it took me forever to get his first album, but I ended up liking it. I'm looking foorwad to this one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2007 19:23:01 GMT -5
I look forward to this. I love his first album. Hopefully no dreaded sophomore slump for Blunt.
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Post by Felicia on Jun 19, 2007 4:51:01 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to see what else he can put out. 'Back To Bedlam' is great but tiring now.
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Post by busyboy on Jul 6, 2007 13:49:11 GMT -5
James Blunt Ignores Possibility Of Sophomore Slump On ' '70s Rock Album'By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tim Kash James Blunt has heard all about "the sophomore slump," about impossibly high expectations and incredibly low success rates. So rather than address the issue of the follow-up to his mega-popular Back to Bedlam album head-on, he decided to take a different route altogether: He admitted right off the bat that there's no way he could top his first record ... and everything else just sort of fell into place after that. "I didn't have to do a second album that was going to compete with the first, because at the end of the day, to try and chase the number of albums the first one sold — if that's how you define success — is pointless," he laughed. "And to try and get reviews that are positive, against those that are negative, again, it's pointless. So when you let go of all those things, you say, 'Well, I'm going to do a second album purely for the love of it, and for the passion I have for music.' And that's the best place to be, really." And so there will be no "You're Beautiful" on Blunt's All the Lost Souls, due September18, something he hinted at when MTV News caught up with him in May (see "A Blunter James Blunt? Singer Says Next LP Will Have 'A Bit Of Grit' "). But now, with the album all but finished, he's willing to confirm that fact. "I wrote the first album in a kind of naive innocence, that was maybe its charm. It was about relationships — between 'you' and 'me' — that was the dialogue. And this one, things have changed. There's a lot of noise," he explained. "Having been put into the public eye, there's a lot of noise suddenly, and a lot of attention. And I can definitely tell the relationships in this have changed. There's 'you' and 'me,' and then there's 'them.' And 'they' are definitely weighing quite heavily on the impact of the dialogue within this. "But then also, it's taken on a richness, because I've toured for two and a half years now with a band, and these guys are expert musicians, and they came into the studio with me. And we set out to record an album with performances on it," he continued. "And we sat in a studio in Los Angeles, and we all faced each other in a room, and we performed these songs. And we recorded them in a '70s sense of recording an album. We've got 10 songs which all relate to each other, that tell a story in a way. ... We set out to make a '70s rock album, and that's what this album is." (Watch Blunt spill the secrets of All the Lost Souls.) Some of those songs — like lead single "1973" — are dead-ringers for '70s AM hits. (Blunt described it as "a '70s club classic. It sounds a bit like Fleetwood Mac.") While others, like "Same Mistake" and "I'll Take Everything," don't necessarily fit the mold at all. And then there's "I Can't Hear the Music," a song Blunt singled out as a personal favorite on the disc. It deals (as much of Souls does) with the concept of existing under the magnifying glass, of going from struggling singer/songwriter to internationally renowned dater-of-supermodels within the span of roughly three years. "It's a song about that change in perception, and the noise that comes with media attention," he said. "And suddenly with that noise, you're changed into the awful title of celebrity. A lot of songs [on the album are] about what I've done since the first album came out: the people I've met, the journey I've been on, the change from being an anonymous person to being someone who's quite visible in this day and age, where the cult of celebrity seems relevant and important." So while most of what Blunt says about Soulsis probably going to make his fans — not to mention his record label — a little nervous, he's quick to point out that the album isn't going to be some huge departure. It's just his take on the last three years of his life, a pretty hectic ride that doesn't show any sign of slowing down anytime soon. Unless, of course, the album is just another in a long line of follow-up letdowns. But, hey, he'd probably be OK with that too. "This one has been a whole different ballgame, because I wasn't sure if anyone was going to hear the first one. With this one, I had to let go and find the driving force for recording an album in the first place, which is the love of music," he said. "People talk about the pressure of a second album, they talk about the diversions, the noise around it, that it's competition with the first, the expectancy of the second, and all of those things become a distraction. And having considered that distraction — and then separating myself from it — I was able to make this album for the love of music, and the fun of it, and the excitement of it. And it's a very special position to be in."
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Post by roentgenizdat on Jul 6, 2007 14:13:33 GMT -5
SHOT: James Blunt - P.R. Brown, director
artist: James Blunt song: "1973" label: Atlantic director(s): P.R. Brown production co: Anonymous Content
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Post by trente31 on Jul 19, 2007 5:56:34 GMT -5
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Post by busyboy on Jul 20, 2007 16:36:47 GMT -5
Tracklist from mtv.com: 1. "1973" 2. "One of the Brightest Stars" 3. "I'll Take Everything" 4. "Same Mistake" 5. "Carry You Home" 6. "Give Me Some Love" 7. "I Really Want You" 8. "Shine On" 9. "Annie" 10. "I Can't Hear the Music"
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Post by manon20 on Jul 25, 2007 21:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by trente31 on Jul 26, 2007 0:16:23 GMT -5
Thanks! I like it! Go, JAMES!
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Post by busyboy on Sept 11, 2007 2:32:11 GMT -5
The album leaked.
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Post by manon20 on Sept 11, 2007 19:45:35 GMT -5
I listen to the album right now and really love I'll take everything and one of the brightest stars
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2007 13:39:52 GMT -5
After my first listen, One of the Brightest Stars and Give Me Some Love were the stand out tracks for me.
As I listen a bit more, I'm really taken by the whole album. Right now I'm getting into Shine On.
I need to sit down, listen with headphones, and really pay attention to the lyrics. (So far I've only been listening in the background at work while concentrating on other things.) I think these songs are growers, with depth.
The album sound is similar to Back to Bedlam, but I'm thinking this album is even better.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 18, 2007 9:13:03 GMT -5
Out today in the USA!!
Target: $9.98 Best Buy: $9.99 Circuit City: $9.99
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Post by reception on Sept 18, 2007 16:19:28 GMT -5
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Post by Rural Juror on Sept 18, 2007 19:16:38 GMT -5
I bought this today from Best Buy and they have two bonus track downloads. Very cool.
I'm seeing him live tomorrow, can't wait!
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 18, 2007 22:29:44 GMT -5
I bought this today from Best Buy and they have two bonus track downloads. Very cool. I'm seeing him live tomorrow, can't wait! Where is he playing? I keep checking to see if/when the new tour dates to promote this album will be set. Overall, I'm quite pleased with the album. I think he sounds best with the songs that have retro undertones ("1973," "I Really Want You," "One of the Brightest Stars," and the likes).
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Post by Rural Juror on Sept 20, 2007 19:37:22 GMT -5
He played at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan. He's also doing another show tonight in the same venue. He was pretty awesome live (third time I've seen him). He played most of the songs from the CD and three songs (I think) from Back to Bedlam.
I read somewhere that he's going to announce a formal tour early next year around February or so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2007 19:54:51 GMT -5
I bought this today from Best Buy and they have two bonus track downloads. Very cool. I'm seeing him live tomorrow, can't wait! Good to hear it was a good show! What and how are the bonus tracks from Best Buy? I noticed on iTunes, it's acoustic or live tracks of songs I already have ... I was hoping for new songs altogether.
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 21, 2007 13:10:21 GMT -5
He played at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan. He's also doing another show tonight in the same venue. He was pretty awesome live (third time I've seen him). He played most of the songs from the CD and three songs (I think) from Back to Bedlam. I read somewhere that he's going to announce a formal tour early next year around February or so. Cool. Thanks for the info!
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Post by Rural Juror on Sept 21, 2007 18:32:04 GMT -5
The bonus tracks are So Happy and Dear Katie. I'm not familiar with these songs at all so I don't know if he's done them live or recorded them before. I haven't gotten a chance to download them yet though. Hopefully this weekend.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 23, 2007 9:57:57 GMT -5
All The Lost Souls debuts at #1 on the UK album chart.
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 24, 2007 4:53:39 GMT -5
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Post by busyboy on Sept 24, 2007 4:56:28 GMT -5
All The Lost Souls debuts at #1 on the UK album chart... ... With sales of 117,966 copies.
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Post by GiggaWho on Sept 24, 2007 13:38:12 GMT -5
I really liked his last album, but I'm not sure if I'm feeling this yet. I do like 1973 a lot, though. And I wish there were more songs in that vein on the disk.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 26, 2007 10:38:10 GMT -5
Billboard.com:
British singer/songwriter James Blunt's sophomore album, "All the Lost Souls," opens at No. 7, moving 92,000. The Custard/Atlantic set comes follows his 2005 U.S. debut, "Back to Bedlam" which featured the smash hit "You're Beautiful."
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