The Bluetones (album)

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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
Luxembourg (2003) The Bluetones (2006) A New Athens (2010)
Singles from The Bluetones
"My Neighbour's House" Released: 19 September 2006 "Head on a Spike" Released: 4 December 2006 "Surrendered" Released: 26 February 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 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.^[8]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Bluetones at AllMusic
2. Drowned in Sound review Archived 1 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
3. Glamour review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link‍]}
4. heat review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link‍]}
5. PopMatters review
6. Q review Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. SoundsXP review
8. News_Of_the_World_12Nov06 Archived 26 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine