James Blunt – All the Lost Souls (2007)
All the Lost Souls by James Blunt
Biography
Blunt was born in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England. His parents are Charles and Jane Blount. He was educated at Elstree School, Woolhampton, then Harrow School (Elmfield House). From Harrow School he gained an army-sponsored place at Bristol University, before finally completing his education at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Blunt’s father was a Colonel in the British Army Air Corps, and his family has a long history of military service. The Blount family is also known to have owned and restored Cley Windmill. Blunt was then a commissioned officer in the Life Guards regiment, a unit of the Household Cavalry of the British Army. He rose to the rank of Captain and served as an armoured reconnaissance officer in the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo. He led the first squadron of troops to enter Pri?tina, and was the first British officer to enter the Kosovan capital. It was while on duty in Kosovo that he wrote the song “No Bravery“. He also stood guard at the coffin of the Queen Mother during the days of her lying in State and was part of the funeral procession on April 9, 2002.
James Hillier Blount (b. February 22, 1974) is a British singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases ? especially the number one hit “You’re Beautiful” ? brought him to fame in 2005. His style is a mix of pop, folk and acoustic rock. Along with vocals, James Blunt plays a wide variety of instruments including the piano, guitar, organ, marimba and mellotron. He is signed to Linda Perry’s American label Custard Records, and became the first British artist to top the American singles chart in nearly a decade when his song “You’re Beautiful” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2006. The last British artist to do so had been Elton John in 1997 with the song “Candle in the Wind 1997“. Blunt won two BRIT Awards and was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2006.
Blunt’s second studio album, All the Lost Souls, was released on 18 September 2007 in North America, one day after its release in the United Kingdom. It sold 650,000 units in its first week. Blunt completed the album’s songs at his home in Ibiza in the winter of 2006?2007. He performed five of the ten album tracks during his 2005-2006 tours; lyrics, melodies, and harmonies were refined for the studio recording, on which his touring band played and Tom Rothrock worked as producer.
The album’s first single, “1973“, was inspired by Blunt’s nights out at Pacha, an Ibiza club, which opened in that year. The song became another hit for Blunt reaching number-one in seven countries and reach the top in the European overall chart. It reached the top ten in twenty-nine countries. D.J. Pete Tong remixed “1973” and plays the track during his set at Pacha. –taken from Wikipedia.org
1973
All the Lost Souls album tracklists are:
01
1973
02
One Of The Brightest Stars
03
I’ll Take Everything
04
Same Mistake
05
Carry You Home
06
Give Me Some Love
07
I Really Want You
08
Shine On
09
Annie
10
I Can’t Hear The Music
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