The Bluetones (album)

The Bluetones
Studio album by The Bluetones
Released	9 October 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Post-Britpop
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Hugh Jones
The Bluetones chronology
A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95–03 (2006) The Bluetones (2006) BBC Radio Sessions (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	(5/10) [2]
Glamour	[3]
heat	[4]
PopMatters	(7/10) [5]
Q	[6]
SoundsXP	(Very Positive) [7]
The Sun	[8]

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.^[9]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Bluetones (album) at AllMusic
2. Drowned in Sound review
3. Glamour review
4. heat review
5. PopMatters review
6. Q review
7. SoundsXP review
8. The Sun review
9. News_Of_the_World_12Nov06