In 2012, a new version of the single was issued in Japan. It remains Blunt's biggest hit single in the United States to date, and his only one to reach the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song has sold 625,000 copies in the United Kingdom as stated by the Official Charts Company, and by October 2012 over three million in the United States. In 2006, the song won an Ivor Novello Award for airplay. When released as the debut single from Back to Bedlam in Canada and the United States, it reached number one on both charts and received widespread airplay. Blunts debut album Back To Bedlam of 2004 was recorded in Los Angeles, in the studio of a famous singer Linda Perry, who collaborated with such names. In the United Kingdom and Australia, the song reached number one and number two respectively. In 2005 the world got crazy of James Blunt - a guy, playing a mixture of Pop and Acoustic Rock with Folk elements, and known for his dark imagination and use of strong symbols in creative work.
It was released as the second single from the album in 2005. Back to Bedlam was the highest-selling album of 2005, with almost 2.4 million copies, and was the best selling album of the decade though has been somewhat slated. Produced by Tom Rothrock and released by Custard Records on 11 October 2004, the album was a major commercial success, topping the albums charts of over ten countries, as well as reaching number two in the United States and three other countries. It was written by Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album, Back to Bedlam (2004). Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by English soft rock musician James Blunt. Blunt recounts his harrowing experiences as part of the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo on the closer, "No Bravery," and it's a shock to hear all of the romantic lyricism that informed Bedlam up to this point reduced to "Old men kneel and accept their fate/Wives and daughters cut and raped/A generation drenched in hate," but it's damn effective - as is the majority of this fine debut."You're Beautiful" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Blunt. It's a pace that would sink some records, but Bedlam's perfectly rendered, under 40-minute run time ensures that the listener doesn't suffer from a melancholy overdose. Opening track "High" sets a determined midtempo pace that rarely wanes - it's like an acoustic version of "Drive" by the Cars with a Coldplay chorus. James Blunt Back To Bedlam Brand identity, album design, artwork & animations.
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Allmusic link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link. James Blunt has released an Album titled Back to Bedlam and it’s available here on tbtjamz for your free download. Predictable but effective four-chord guitar motifs are the chosen vehicle for the ex-Royal Armed Forces soldier, and when they connect ("Wiseman," "Goodbye My Lover," "You Are Beautiful"), it's like a "Dear John" letter from a lover who you know will remain a close but ultimately guarded friend. Tom Rothrock, Jimmy Hogarth, Linda Perry.
While his parched and effeminate falsetto recalls Gasoline Alley-era Rod Stewart with a healthy dose of Antony and the Johnsons, it's the late Elliott Smith who casts the largest shadow on Back to Bedlam. Soulful British crooner James Blunt's wistful debut infuses the listener - in order - with rainy-day hope, the wistful comfort of unattainable love, and finally, world-weary resignation.