The Bluetones (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Bluetones
Type = Studio album
Artist = The Bluetones


Released = October 9 2006 (UK)
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Britpop
Length =
Label = Cooking Vinyl
Producer = Hugh Jones |
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:82jueal84xk7 link]
*Drowned in Sound rating-10|5 [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/8127 link]
*Glamour Rating|4|5 [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/Glamour_Nov06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 link]
*heat Rating|5|5 [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/Heat_14Oct06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 link]
*PopMatters rating-10|7 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/31519/the-bluetones-the-bluetones/ link]
*Q Rating|3|5 [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/Q_review_Nov06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 link]
*SoundsXP (Very Positive) [http://www.soundsxp.com/3536.shtml link]
*The Sun Rating|4|5 [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/The_Sun_6Oct06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 link]

| Last album = "A Rough Outline"
(2006)
This album = "The Bluetones"
(2006)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss:
# "Surrendered"
# "Baby, Back Up"
# "Hope and Jump"
# "Head On A Spike"
# "The King of Outer Space"
# "Thank You, Not Today"
# "My Neighbour's House"
# "Fade In/Fade Out"
# "The Last Song But One"
# "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 [ [http://www.cookingvinyl.com/press/Bluetones/News_Of_the_World_12Nov06.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 News_Of_the_World_12Nov06 ] ] .

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