Life in Mono

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Life in Mono
Studio album by Emma Bunton
Released	4 December 2006 (UK)
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Pop, soul, Motown
Label	Universal/UMTV
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Emma Bunton chronology
Free Me (2004) Life in Mono (2006)
Singles from Life in Mono
"Downtown" Released: 13 November 2006 "All I Need to Know" Released: 12 February 2007

Life In Mono is the third studio album by English pop singer Emma Bunton. The album was originally set for a November release in the UK, however it was later pushed back to the 4 December 2006. Life In Mono, much like her previous album, Free Me, experimented with elements of 1960s pop music. For this particular album the musical arrangement was more directed towards the '60s French pop music, with some elements of British '60s pop and Motown. The first single taken from the album was a cover of Petula Clark's 1964 hit single "Downtown", released on 13 November. "Downtown" is the 2006 BBC Children in Need official charity single. "All I Need to Know" was released as second single.

Bunton had been working on her third release since 2005. The album's title track is a cover version of the hit "Life in Mono" by 1990s trip hop band Mono, best known through its usage in the 1998 film Great Expectations. The track "Take Me to Another Town" contains a sample from Herb Alpert's 1965 "Green Peppers".

Life in Mono underperformed on the UK Albums Chart; it debuted and peaked at number sixty-five the week of 10 December 2006, falling to number seventy-five the following week and then dropping out the chart completely. It has sold around 60,000 copies to date.

Due to Emma’s pregnancy all forms of promotion were canceled. Rumors of a third single surfaced through sites after Emma stated she was thinking of releasing a third single, however this never came. The songs I Wasn’t Looking (When I Found Love), Perfect Strangers and Take Me To Another Town were rumored.

[edit] Track listing

1. "All I Need to Know" – 4:18
2. "Life in Mono" – 3:48
3. "Mischievous" – 3:41
4. "Perfect Strangers" – 3:31
5. "He Loves Me Not" – 3:28
6. "I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)" – 3:31
7. "Take Me to Another Town" – 4:08
8. "Undressing You" – 3:21
9. "I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays" – 3:23
10. "All That You'll Be" – 4:00
11. "Downtown" – 3:24

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12. "Something Tells Me (Something's Going to Happen)" – 3:41
13. "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps" – 2:30
14. "Por Favor" – 2:35

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