The Bluetones (album) explained

The Bluetones
Type:Studio album
Artist:The Bluetones
Cover:My Neighbour's House, The Bluetones.jpg
Released:9 October 2006
Recorded:2006
Genre:Post-Britpop
Label:Cooking Vinyl
Producer:Hugh Jones
Prev Title:Luxembourg
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:A New Athens
Next Year:2010

The Bluetones is the fifth album by the eponymous band, released on 9 October 2006.

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

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?"

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/News_Of_the_World_12Nov06.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 News_Of_the_World_12Nov06