ARTiST: The Bluetones
TiTLE: The Bluetones
LABEL: Cooking Vinyl
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 36:11 min
SiZE: 56,7 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-20-2006
RELEASE DATE: Oct-09-2006
WEBSiTE: www.bluetones.info
Track List:
01. Surrendered 04:32
02. Baby, Back Up 03:50
03. Hope And Jump 03:30
04. Head On A Spike 03:09
05. The King Of Outer Space 03:28
06. Thank You, Not Today 03:30
07. My Neighbour's House 03:34
08. Fade In/Fade Out 03:58
09. The Last Song But One 04:01
10. Wasn't I Right About You? 02:39
Release Notes:
Monday 9th October sees the release of The Bluetones
eponymous album; their fifth studio album to date,
but their first for Cooking Vinyl.
Recorded at Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire with
producer Hugh Jones - who helmed both their classic
debut 'Expecting To Fly' and its follow-up 'Return
To The Last Chance Saloon' - songs such as the
REM-esque, perky-pop-masking-serious-lyrics
shenanigans of 'My Neighbour's House' to the more
biting charms of 'Head On A Spike' via the superbly
summery appeal of 'Baby, Back Up' and 'Thank You,
Not Today', find The Bluetones firmly re-acquainted
with the wry insouciance that made the band as
popular with Smash Hits devotees as NME readers.
The recording was marked by several spooky acts of
synchronicity - just as they took a flame-thrower to
this generation's apathy on 'My Neighbour's House'
(one of the tunes that makes Mark describe this as
the 'Tones "most politically conscious record"),
Mark's girlfriend's neighbour's house was indeed
catching fire. While, somewhat less scarily, Mark
found himself recording the vocals for the album's
cornerstone 'Fade In/Fade Out' just as its subject
embarked on one of the key moments of his life.
"I'm very good friends with David Walliams," says
Mark, "And I was in close contact with him all the
time he was doing the training for his big swim. I
was incredibly inspired by his dedication so 'Fade
In/Fade Out' was written about and for him. He's
been a good friend to me through the lean years -
it's strange because when our friendship started
eight years ago, I was the celebrity and he was the
'Who's your mate?' guy."
And, just like the 'Little Britain' star on his
Sport Relief exertions, The Bluetones have dodged
all the jellyfish stings, marauding sharks and raw
sewage the music business can throw at them, to
complete a journey that really ought to change the
way you perceive them. And while they might have
got here the hard way, you'd never know it from the
crystal clear confidence that pervades every moment
of 'The Bluetones' particularly punchy brand of
pristine pop, which survives as good today as it's
always been.