The Bluetones (album)

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The Bluetones
The Bluetones cover
Studio album by The Bluetones
Released October 9, 2006 (UK)
Recorded 2006
Genre Britpop
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Hugh Jones
Professional reviews
The Bluetones chronology
A Rough Outline
(2006)		 The Bluetones
(2006)		 BBC Radio Sessions
(2007)

The Bluetones is the fifth album by The Bluetones. It was released on October 9, 2006 on Cooking Vinyl.

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 December 4, 2006, on CD and download. The third single "Surrendered", was released on February 26, 2007, on CD and download.

[edit] 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?"

[edit] 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[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ News_Of_the_World_12Nov06
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