Back to Bedlam
Studio album by James Blunt
Released	October 11, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop rock Folk rock
Length	39:28
Label	Custard Records
Producer(s)	Tom Rothrock, Jimmy Hogarth, Linda Perry
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James Blunt chronology
	Back to Bedlam (2004)	Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions (2006)

Back to Bedlam is the debut album from British singer-songwriter James Blunt, released by Custard Records in 2004. Most of the album is acoustic-tinged rock and alternative. Tom Rothrock produced and mixed the album, he and Jimmy Hogarth produced the track "Wisemen", and Linda Perry produced the final song, "No Bravery". Blunt had a part in the writing of every song on the album. The album had a slow climb in the UK Albums Chart, but eventually reached #1 in July 2005 and has since become the best-selling album of that year. It has been on the New Zealand album charts for 32 weeks and has gone #1 with a 6x Platinum certification. Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, February 22, 1974) is a BRIT Award winning English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases — especially the number one hit Youre Beautiful — brought him to fame in 2005. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Custard Records is an American record label, best known for its success with English singer-songwriter and Number 1 recording artist James Blunt. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician. ... Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother[1], is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... musicOMH.com is a UK based webzine formed of music features, interviews and reviews of albums, singles, gigs, festivals, opera, theatre, music DVDs and films. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Sputnikmusic is an website and online community archiving user-submitted compact disc reviews and music-related aids articles. ... Image File history File links 1. ... James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, February 22, 1974) is a BRIT Award winning English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases — especially the number one hit Youre Beautiful — brought him to fame in 2005. ... A debut album is the first released music album by an artist or a band. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, February 22, 1974) is a BRIT Award winning English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases — especially the number one hit Youre Beautiful — brought him to fame in 2005. ... Custard Records is an American record label, best known for its success with English singer-songwriter and Number 1 recording artist James Blunt. ... Tom Rothrock is an American record producer and musician. ... Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother[1], is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...

The album also reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and subsequently broke into the top ten of the American Billboard 200 (its highest position there so far is #2). It has been certified double platinum in the United States. It has also been listed by Soundscan as the 6th best selling album for 2006 with sales of 2.14 million copies. Nielsen SoundScan is an information system created by Nielsen Media Research that tracks sales data for singles, albums, and music video products in Canada and the United States for Billboard and other music industry companies. ...

In Australia, it reached #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart where it's certified 8x Platinum with sales of over 560,000 copies. ARIA also certified it as the best selling album of 2006. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ...

To date the album has sold about 11 million copies worldwide. The album also entered the Guinness Book of World Records, with most albums sold in a year in the UK, when it sold 2,368,000 copies in 2005. ^[1] However, the album was awarded as a 'worst album of the year' by the NME magazine.^[2] For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ...

Track listing

1. "High" – 4:03 (James Blunt; Ricky Ross)
2. "You're Beautiful" –– 3:33 (J. Blunt; Sacha Skarbek; Amanda Ghost)
3. "Wisemen" – 3:42 (J. Blunt; Jimmy Hogarth; S. Skarbek)
4. "Goodbye My Lover" – 4:18 (J. Blunt; S. Skarbek)
5. "Tears and Rain" – 4:04 (J. Blunt; Guy Chambers)
6. "Out of My Mind" – 3:33 (J. Blunt)
7. "So Long, Jimmy" – 4:24 (J. Blunt; J. Hogarth)
8. "Billy" – 3:37 (J. Blunt; S. Skarbek; A. Ghost)
9. "Cry" – 4:06 (J. Blunt; S. Skarbek)
10. "No Bravery" – 4:00 (J. Blunt; S. Skarbek)

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Album information

James Blunt played a large portion of the instruments on the album, and also collaborated with several other musicians:

• Mike "Leroy" Tarantino - lead guitar, electric guitar, Mississippi guitar
• Mr. Nau - Wurlitzer, piano, Hammond, sustain guitar, backing vocals, tack piano
• Sasha Krivtsov - bass guitar, backing vocals
• C. Paxon - drums, backing vocals
• E. Gorfain and The Section - strings
• Jimmy Hogarth - acoustic guitar, keyboard
• S. Skarbek - Mid 8 Rhodes
• A. Ghost - backing vocals
• "Gumby" Goodwin - electric guitar, backing vocals, slide guitar
• M. Chait - sample guitar, electric guitar, guitar
• G. Chambers - guitar feedback
• Tom Rothrock - backing vocals, slide guitar
• W. Vincent - bass guitar
• Linda Perry - guitar
• P. Ill - bass guitar
• B. McCloud - drums

The opening song appears to be a description of love lost and the pain of watching a beautiful sunrise on your own. "So Long, Jimmy" is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, along with Jim Morrison [1]. Blunt describes the song "Goodbye My Lover" as a death march, but refuses to give any further details. The lyrics in the final two tracks seem to reflect the time that Blunt spent in the military. Indeed, the final song on the album, "No Bravery", was written whilst Blunt was serving in war-torn Kosovo. Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electric pianos and jukeboxes. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... The tack piano is an altered version of an ordinary piano, in which tacks or nails are placed on the hammers of the instrument, giving it a tinny, more percussive sound. ... Sasha Krivtsov, born June 6, 1967 in St. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Example of a bottleneck, with fingerpicks and resonator guitar. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Audio feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, Søren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Example of a bottleneck, with fingerpicks and resonator guitar. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother[1], is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Goodbye My Lover is an rock–soul song written by British singer James Blunt and Sacha Skarbek for Blunts debut album Back to Bedlam (2004). ... For uses of the name Kosova, see Kosova (disambiguation). ...

Charts

Back to Bedlam was first released in October 2004. However, it didn't chart until late March 2005 (No. 56). It fell off the chart after a week, but then re-entered fourteen days later (No. 73), but then fell off the charts again. Due to the success of its single "You're Beautiful", the album re-entered for a second time at No. 71 in late April 2005. It eventually climbed to No. 1, as did "You're Beautiful". The album stayed there for 10 non-consecutive weeks, and was the best selling album of 2005 in the UK. By the end of the year, the album had sold 2.5 million copies and was certified 8x platinum. To date the album has sold 3.0 million copies, therefore is now certified 10x Platinum. The United World Charts current number-one single, Irreplaceable. ... The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry. ... The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is an international record industry organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is an international record industry organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... The International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) is an international record industry organization based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... Irma can refer to IRMA, International Resource Management Application, web-based application for the translation of open source software. ... The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists in New Zealand. ... MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of charts, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of charts, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. ... Media Control GfK International is an enterprise which represents recording industry in Germany. ...

In Canada the album has sold more than 600,000 copies, and was certified 6x platinum.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://express.lineone.net/news_detail.html?sku=484
2. ^ http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article352191.ece
3. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association". September 2006 publication. Retrieved December 24, 2006.

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External links

• [2] — James Blunt Official Website website