Back to Bedlam

James Blunt - Back to Bedlam

Back to Bedlam
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Artist: James Blunt
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
  1. High
  2. You're Beautiful
  3. Wisemen
  4. Goodbye My Lover
  5. Tears and Rain
  6. Out of My Mind
  7. So Long Jimmy
  8. Billy
  9. Cry
  10. No Bravery

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Free Music Review: Worth Having
Hit: 4 Stars

I didn't want to like James Blunt, I don't know why but I didn't. Perhaps it was my boyfriend loving the video so much - I do get jealous still when he notices other men exist in the world, or maybe it was the fact he was a crictical and air play darling, but once I just gave up and bought the CD I realized for once in the world of music, the people were right.

Back To Bedlam is a really good album, clocking in under 40 minutes, it's just enough heartbreak, mourning and the like; any longer and you may want to kill yourself or someone near you. The lead single "You're Beautiful" and its haunting video is what captures the world but I ended up liking every single song on this album.

The opening "High" is a bit of an inspiration at mid tempo acoustic guitar and drums, then onto the single, the beautiful and painful "Goodbye Lover" which is so simplistic yet so compelling. Those two words could pretty much some up Back To Bedlam and for anyone who thought the hype was well just that, I would ask you to check out the album.

It's not just the ballad heartbreak mania of a "sensitive" guy but rather some really interesting if not random words and thoughts. A song called "Goodbye Jimmy" seems to be bidding goodbye to the good ol days of recording in your living room before stardom hits you, which seems a tad premature on a debut album but what do I know? There's sarcasm and bitterness thrown in almost everywhere and you know how much I like that. Definitely worth getting if you haven't already.

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As a piece of propaganda, James Blunt's album Back to Bedlam does more for changing the face of the British Army than a series of television adverts ever could. Swapping a rifle for a guitar, the former cavalryman's ballad-heavy debut is a clearly aiming to win the battle for the public's hearts and minds. The U.K. success of singles like "You're Beautiful" and "No Bravery" (inspired by his time stationed in Bosnia) are both heartfelt and sensitive, the latter packing an additional emotional punch beyond the typical lovelorn ballads of his contemporaries like Damien Rice. But Blunt also sings with conviction about matters of the heart, and that's the territory that most of Back to Bedlam visits, with songs of loss like "Goodbye My Lover", "So Long Jimmy" and "Billy". And throughout, the arrangements remain understated yet effective, thanks to the input of such heavyweight producers and songwriters like Linda Perry and Guy Chambers. All of which prove that there's a lot of depth to this modern, musical hero. --Robert Burrow
Simply put, James Blunt is the most successful debut artist of the year in the UK! However, he isn't one of those guys who finished school and set off to become a musician. The one time British army captain (and latest ina long line of Blunts in the armed forces) served stints as a peacekeeper in Kosovo and guard at Buckingham Palace before hanging up his uniform. His days of carrying a gun behind him, Blunt quickly began turning heads with his soaring vocals and stirring songs. His debut album, Back to Bedlam, has earned widespread praise, including comparisons to the likes of Damien Rice, David Gray and a young Elton John.
Debut album through Atlantic/Custard, recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Tom Rothcock (Beck, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy), Back To Bedlam takes the listener through heartfelt songs of unattainable romances, lost loves and friend's failures before climaxing with James' first-hand experience of war. 2004.
Recorded in Los Angeles and Produced by Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy), "Back to Bedlam" Takes the Listener Through Heartfelt Songs of Unattainable Romances, Lost Loves and Friend's Failures Before Climaxing with James's First-hand Experience of War.

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