Songs for You, Truths for Me
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| Studio album by James Morrison | ||||
| Released | 26 September 2008 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 45:44 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Eg White, Steve Robson, John Shanks, Mark Taylor, Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe | |||
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| Singles from Songs for You, Truths for Me | ||||
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Songs for You, Truths for Me is the second album by English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Morrison, released on 26 September 2008.[1] The album was a commercial success in the UK where it entered the album charts at number three and in Ireland where it topped the charts. It has been certified double Platinum by the BPI with over 700,000 sales and has sold more than 1 million of copies worldwide.
Album information
On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled Songs for You, Truths for Me was released. In the writing process for this album he worked with Dan Wilson, Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammer, Chris Braide and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtado entitled "Broken Strings", co-written with Fraser T Smith and Nina Woodford. From October 2008 until the end of the year Morrison has toured throughout Europe. When talking about the album at 4Music Presents, Morrison stated that the music had 'moved on' a lot from the first album but that not to the point where fans of his previous album wouldn't be able to 'get it'.[2]
The album was re-released on 16 November 2009, featuring two brand new tracks: "On the Same Side" and "Get to You" (which was the first single of the re-issue of the album and was released on the same day) and a second disc, The Basement Sessions, with acoustic versions of six of his own songs and a Michael Jackson cover "Man in the Mirror".[3]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
| BBC Music | (Positive)[5] |
| The Times | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| Digital Spy | [8] |
| MTV Asia | (7/10)[9] |
Chart performance
Songs for You, Truths for Me was released on the 12 September 2008. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number three, being held off the top two spots by new albums from the Kings Of Leon and Will Young. The album was not a huge success initially and dropped out of the top ten after three weeks. The album made a gradual descent down the chart until the release of the second single of the album, "Broken Strings". Following the success of the single, the album steadily rose back up the charts before jumping from number twenty-four back into the top ten, reaching number seven. The album then went to number four and has been certified Platinum by the BPI with over 300,000 sales.
The album was a commercial success in Ireland as well. It entered the Irish Album Chart at number fourteen before dropping off the chart completely after a couple of weeks. Then, following the success of "Broken Strings" the album re-entered the chart at number seventy-three and rose through the charts until it leaped from number fourteen to number one, giving Songs for You, Truths for Me its first number one chart placing where it stayed for one week.
The album came back to the Top 10 Albums on the UK Albums Chart, as of 30 August, which gave the album big sales again, eventually selling over 750,000 copies in UK alone.
Track listing
Original release
All tracks written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted.
| No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Only Night" | Martin Terefe | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Save Yourself" | Chris Braide, Steve Robson, Wayne Hector | 3:01 |
| 3. | "You Make It Real" | Paul Barry | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Ryan Tedder | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Barry, Mark Taylor | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Once When I Was Little" | Dan Wilson, Terefe | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Precious Love" | John Shanks | 3:37 |
| 9. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Martin Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:15 |
| 10. | "Fix the World Up for You" | Brammer, Robson | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Dream on Hayley" | Francis White | 3:33 |
| 12. | "Love Is Hard" | Brammer, Robson | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Sitting on a Platform" (bonus track) | White | 3:05 |
| Japanese bonus tracks | |||
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| No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
| 13. | "Movin' On" | Martin Terefe, Dan Wilson | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Ai) | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 4:13 |
Deluxe edition CD+DVD
A deluxe edition of the album was released with an additional DVD on 24 November 2008.
All tracks written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted.
| Deluxe edition DVD: Live at Air Studios | |||
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| No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Broken Strings" | Smith, Woodford | |
| 2. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Martin Brammer, Steve Robson | |
| 3. | "Once When I Was Little" | Wilson, Terefe | |
| 4. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Tedder | |
| 5. | "Precious Love" | Shanks | |
| 6. | "Save Yourself" | Braide, Steve Robson, Hector | |
| 7. | "You Make It Real" | Barry | |
2-disc deluxe edition
Another deluxe edition of the album was released on 16 November 2009, with two new songs on disc one, and a seven track disc with acoustic versions of Morrison songs, and a Michael Jackson cover version.[10][11]
All tracks written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted.
| Disc one | |||
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| No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "The Only Night" | Terefe | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Get to You" | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 3:33 |
| 3. | "You Make It Real" | Barry | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | Smith, Woodford | 4:10 |
| 5. | "On the Same Side" | Steve Robson, Martin Brammer | 4:07 |
| 6. | "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Barry, Taylor | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Tedder | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Save Yourself" | Braide, Steve Robson, Hector | 3:01 |
| 9. | "Once When I Was Little" | Wilson, Terefe | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Precious Love" | Shanks | 3:37 |
| 11. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Fix the World Up for You" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Dream on Hayley" | White | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Love Is Hard" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 3:53 |
| Disc two: The Basement Sessions | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "You Make It Real" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Barry | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Once When I Was Little" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Wilson, Terefe | 5:03 |
| 3. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:19 |
| 4. | "You Give Me Something" (acoustic version) | Morrison, White | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Broken Strings" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Smith, Woodford | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Wonderful World" (acoustic version) | Morrison, White | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Man in the Mirror" (acoustic version) | Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard | 4:04 |
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak[12] | Certification | Sales |
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| Australian Albums Chart | 21 | ||
| Austrian Albums Chart | 26 | ||
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) | 27 | ||
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) | 44 | ||
| Danish Albums Chart | 17 | ||
| Dutch Albums Chart | 11 | ||
| French Albums Chart | 35 | ||
| German Albums Chart | 13 | ||
| Japanese Albums Chart[13] | 180 | 3,300[14] | |
| Irish Albums Chart | 1 | ||
| Italian Albums Chart | 33 | Silver | 25,000+ |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 19 | ||
| Polish Albums Chart | 36 | ||
| Spanish Albums Chart | 55 | ||
| Swedish Albums Chart | 25 | ||
| Swiss Albums Chart | 12 | ||
| UK Albums Chart | 3 | 3xPlatinum | 900,000+ |
| US Billboard 200 | 49 | 50,000+ |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2009) | Position |
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| Swiss Albums Chart[15] | 62 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Europe | 29 September 2008 | Polydor | CD | 178 375-5 |
| United States | 30 September 2008 | Interscope | B0012070-02 | |
| Brazil | 7 October 2008 | Universal | 602517837560 | |
| Japan | 4 March 2009 | Universal Japan[16] | UICP-1105 | |
| United Kingdom | 16 November 2009 | Polydor | 2 CD | |
| Brazil | 28 November 2009 | Universal | 602527259161 | |
| United Kingdom | 24 November 2008 | Polydor | CD/DVD |
Personnel
Main personnel
- James Morrison – vocals
- Eg White – guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, backing vocals, production on "Dream on Hayley"
- Steve Robson – bass, drums, piano, keyboards, percussion, glockenspiel, melodica, production on "Save Yourself", "If You Don't Wanna Love Me", "Fix the World Up for You" and "Love Is Hard"
- John Shanks – bass, guitar, keyboards, production on "Precious Love"
- Martin Terefe – bass, guitar, organ, production on "The Only Night" and "Once When I Was Little"
- Alex Smith – bass, guitar, percussion, engineering
- Jeff Rothschild – drums, engineering, mixing
- Mark Taylor – percussion, keyboards, string arrangements, programming, production on "You Make It Real", "Broken Strings" and "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You", engineering
- Ryan Tedder – piano, guitar, production on "Please Don't Stop the Rain"
- Nelly Furtado – vocals on "Broken Strings"
- Ai – vocals on "Broken Strings" (featuring Ai)
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Additional guitars
Additional bass
Additional drums
Additional keyboards
Additional pianos
Additional backing vocals
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Production personnel
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Additional personnel
- Everton Nelson – orchestra leader
- Lee Strickland – photography
| Preceded by I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé |
Irish Albums Chart number-one album 15 January 2009 |
Succeeded by Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ "Part of 4music Presents... James Morrison". YouTube. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ "James Morrison News : James releases 'Songs For You, Truths for Me' as a Deluxe Edition on November 16th". jamesmorrisonmusic.com. November 9, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ BBC Music review
- ↑ The Times review
- ↑ The Guardian review
- ↑ Digital Spy review
- ↑ MTV Asia review Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Songs for You Truths for Me (Deluxe Edition): James Morrison, Amazon.co.uk, 16 Nov 2009
- ↑ Songs for You Truths for Me (Deluxe Edition): James Morrison: MP3 Download, Amazon.co.uk, 16 Nov 2009
- ↑ "James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ↑ ソングス・フォー・ユー ジェイムス・モリソン [Songs for You James Morrison] (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」" [Oricon Ranking Information Service "You Big Tree"]. Oricon. Retrieved August 20, 2012. (subscription only)
- ↑ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
- ↑ "[CD] ソングス・フォー・ユー / ジェイムス・モリソン" [Songs for You / James Morrison]. Neowing (in Japanese). Retrieved September 11, 2012.
External links
- Songs for You, Truths for Me at Discogs (list of releases)
- Download James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me(2010)