#James Blunt Back To Bedlam Skin And Ability#

Sort by album sort by song. Album: 'Back To Bedlam' (2004) High. Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page! Back To Bedlam collectionIf you're going to dismiss the entire genre of oasis-influenced soft rock as trite and appealing only to teen girls, then you're going to probably agree with the low rating of this album. Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by English soft rock musician James Blunt. Produced by Tom Rothrock and released by Custard Records on 11 October 2004, the album was a major commercial success, topping the albums charts of over ten countries, as well as reaching number two in the United States and three other countries.Back to Bedlam is the first studio album by the English songwriter James Blunt.It was released on 11 October 2004. This album is named after the British psychiatric hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital known as Bedlam.Latest 20 charts that this album appears in: Sort ranksBack to Bedlam Review.

Blunt is, after all, often referred to as вЂthe most hated man in popвЂ™, even by his fellow musicians вЂ“ Noel Gallagher (half) joked earlier this year that he had sold his home in Ibiza because Blunt had bought a house nearby, allegedly complaining that he вЂњcouldnвЂ™t stand the thought of writing crap tunes up the roadвЂќ. Most musicians would agree that a sense of humour comes in useful in the crazy, surreal, occasionally vacuous world that is the music business.If youвЂ™re James Blunt, itвЂ™s not just useful: itвЂ™s essential. Some of these are memorable pop songs from the early 2000s that I remember fondly, and I refuse to feel shame for that. 'You're Beautiful' is a cute love song, 'Goodbye My Lover' is probably his most popular and most hated song, but I remember getting it after it's appearance in an episode of 'The Office' and listened to it a bunch as it resonated me at the time. Many of the other songs are enjoyable listens, it's not terrible background or study music.This record has it's place. It's not a groundbreaking Radiohead record that takes dozens of listens to digest and is challenging, but that doesn't mean it's talent-less trash music.

James Blunt Back To Bedlam Skin And Ability

ThatвЂ™s the nature of music, and IвЂ™m pretty comfortable with that. вЂњAnyone who puts music out is gonna get some praise, and some people who donвЂ™t like it. So IвЂ™ll take that вЂ“ be it in the media, or real life, or in the digital world.вЂќA thick skin and ability to poke fun at oneself have proven equally necessary for the one-time army man, but being scorned and stereotyped by the masses is not something that bothers him.вЂњI think the moment you put music out there, you have to realise that itвЂ™s going to be judged,вЂќ he says, shrugging. вЂњI come from the army, where we took the piss out of each other all the time вЂ“ where, if someoneвЂ™s taking the mickey out of you, itвЂ™s a form of affection. Another user tweeted вЂњSHOCK NEWS!!! I have actually found myself liking and tapping foot to a JAMES BLUNT song!?!!вЂ™ (His reply: вЂYouвЂ™ll never live this down.вЂ™)вЂњYeah, I really enjoy Twitter now вЂ“ itвЂ™s taken me a while to find it so, but now IвЂ™m really enjoying it,вЂќ he says. Sum 1 give me a lobotomyвЂќ, and adding the straight-faced riposte of вЂњSomewhere in here, thereвЂ™s a complimentвЂќ.

There was no screwing with it afterwards, or touching it up, or using a computer to enhance it in any way. Even the control desk was in the same room, so there wasnвЂ™t even a pane of glass between producer and musicians.It was about playing live and capturing the performance. We recorded live in a room, so some songs on the album were done in one take, with all the musicians in the same room together. I started with Martin Terefe, who did Jason Mraz and KT Tunstall, in London. вЂњItвЂ™s going back to a more indie sense of recording.

You canвЂ™t posture and pose to yourself, you canвЂ™t lie, you have to be more honest, and thatвЂ™s why you can hear that this is a very honest album. Instead, sing to me, the producer, through this pane of glass вЂ“ or even use the glass itself as a mirror, to be more reflectiveвЂ™. вЂњIвЂ™d be there with a microphone, and IвЂ™d say to him вЂIвЂ™m struggling to connect to an audience that I canвЂ™t yet see вЂ“ theyвЂ™re not here in this room and I canвЂ™t see the whites of their eyesвЂ™, and heвЂ™d say вЂWell, yвЂ™know, stop singing to that imaginary audience and second-guessing them.

And honest is all that I can be. You can hear that honesty. So thereвЂ™s just been a really personal journey of saying вЂYeah, this is where I come from, and these songs are not just for fun, not just for an audience вЂ“ theyвЂ™re for meвЂ™. As a songwriter, I have to be the same way. IвЂ™m sensitive in the same way that I was when I was in the army, because I was sensitive to my surroundings I was a reconnaissance officer, so I had to be aware, conscious and sensitive to everything in my environment. Those terms are bandied around like theyвЂ™re some kind of slight on you, but yвЂ™know what вЂ“ these are romantic songs, and I am a sensitive singer-songwriter.