About this title: For as big a hit as it was, "You're Beautiful" wasn't necessarily representative of what kind of a singer/songwriter James Blunt is. It wasn't necessarily inaccurate, but it was misleading, suggesting that all this tremulously tuneful singer/songwriter wants to do is be sensitive -- that he aimed himself squarely at the middle of the road, crafting gentle music for housewives. That's not quite the case, as his 2007 sophomore effort, All the Lost Souls, makes plain. Surely, Blunt is wholly mainstream, a slicker, spirited variation on David Gray's elegantly upscale folk-pop, but he's not ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- 1973
- One of the Brightest Stars
- I'll Take Everything
- Same Mistake
- Carry You Home
- Give Me Some Love
- I Really Want You
- Shine On
- Annie
- I Can't Hear the Music
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.