The Bluetones (album)

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2006 studio album by The Bluetones

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)

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Singles from  The Bluetones

1. "My Neighbour's House"
Released: 19 September 2006
2. "Head on a Spike"
Released: 4 December 2006
3. "Surrendered"
Released: 26 February 2007

Professional ratingsReview 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

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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

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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

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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

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The Bluetones

* Mark Morriss
* Adam Devlin
* Scott Morriss
* Eds Chesters

* Richard Payne

Studio albums|

* Expecting to Fly
* Return to the Last Chance Saloon
* Science & Nature
* Luxembourg
* The Bluetones
* A New Athens

Compilations|

* The Singles

Singles|

* "Slight Return"
* "Are You Blue or Are You Blind?"
* "Bluetonic"
* "Slight Return" (reissue)
* "Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock"
* "Marblehead Johnson"
* "Solomon Bites the Worm"
* "If..."
* "Sleazy Bed Track"
* "4-Day Weekend"
* "Keep the Home Fires Burning"
* "Fast Boy/Liquid Lips"
* "Never Going Nowhere"
* "My Neighbour's House"

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* MusicBrainz release group

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