The Bluetones (album)

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The Bluetones
Studio album by The Bluetones
Released 9 October 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Post-Britpop
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Hugh Jones
The Bluetones chronology
Luxembourg
(2006)Luxembourg2006		 The Bluetones
(2006)		 A New Athens
(2010)A New Athens2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Drowned in Sound(5/10) [2]
Glamour [3]
heat [4]
PopMatters(7/10) [5]
Q [6]
SoundsXP(Very Positive) [7]
The Sun [8]

The Bluetones is the fifth album by the eponymous band, released on 9 October 2006.

The album sees the band reunite with producer Hugh Jones, who was at the controls for the band's first two albums, Expecting to Fly and Return to the Last Chance Saloon. Despite largely positive reviews, the album failed to chart in the Top 75 UK Albums Chart after its first week on release. The lead single was "My Neighbour's House", which reached #68 in the UK chart. A second single, "Head on a Spike", was released on 4 December 2006, on CD and download. The third single "Surrendered", was released on 26 February 2007, on CD and download.

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss:

  1. "Surrendered"
  2. "Baby, Back Up"
  3. "Hope and Jump"
  4. "Head on a Spike"
  5. "The King of Outer Space"
  6. "Thank You, Not Today"
  7. "My Neighbour's House"
  8. "Fade In/Fade Out"
  9. "The Last Song But One"
  10. "Wasn't I Right About You?"

Trivia

The song "Fade In/Fade Out" was written in honour of British comedian (and star of Little Britain) David Walliams, a personal friend of Mark Morriss, who swam the English Channel for Sport Relief in 2006.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Bluetones at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Drowned in Sound review Archived 1 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Glamour review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ heat review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ PopMatters review
  6. ↑ Q review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ SoundsXP review
  8. ↑ The Sun review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ News_Of_the_World_12Nov06 Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
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