Credits

Release Date: 11th October 2004 (with subsequent re-releases until 2006)
Label: Atlantic Records , Custard Records
Writers: James Blunt, Ricky Ross, Jimmy Hogarth, Sacha Skarbek, Amanda Ghost, Guy Chambers
Producers: Tom Rothrock, Jimmy Hogarth (track 3), Linda Perry (track 10)
Engineered: Mike Tarantino, assisted by: John Morrical
Mastered by: Don Tyler

James Blunt: vocals (tracks: 1 to 10), wurlitzer (tracks: 5, 6 ,7), piano (tracks 4, 5 ,10), organ (tracks: 3, 4 ,6 ,9), guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9)
Charlie Paxson: drums (tracks: 1 to 9), backing vocals (track 6).
John Nau: wurlitzer (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 9), hammond organ (tracks: 3, 5, 8), backing vocals (track 6)
Sasha Kristov: bass guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals (track 6)
Mike Tarantino: electric guitar (tracks 1, 2), mississippi Guitar
Eric Gorfain and The Section: strings (tracks 2, 4, 5)
Linda Perry: guitar (track 10)
Guy Chambers: guitar feedback (track 5)
John Goodwin: electric guitar (track 3), backing vocals (track 6), slide guitar (track 7)
Brian McCloud: drums (track 10)
P. III: bass guitar (track 10)
W.Vincent: bass guitar (track 8)
M.Chait: electric guitar (tracks 7, 8)

Release Info

Back To Bedlam was initially released as a limited edition Digipak on 11th October 2004.

Back To Bedlam
Disc:	Cover:	Versions & Track Listings:	Time:
	Promo	PROMO CD / DIGIPAK 11th OCTOBER 2004 01. High 02. You're Beautiful 03. Wisemen 04. Goodbye My Lover 05. Tears And Rain 06. Out Of My Mind 07. So Long Jimmy 08. Billy 09. Cry 10. No Bravery	4:03 3:33 3:42 4:18 4:04 3:33 4:24 3:37 4:06 4:02 40:52
	Digipak		4:03 3:33 3:42 4:18 4:04 3:33 4:24 3:37 4:06 4:02 40:52
		RE-RELEASE (JEWEL CASE) 14th MARCH 2005 (Track Listing as above)
		2nd RE-RELEASE (SUMMER BLUE) 13th JUNE 2005 U.S. RELEASE 4th OCTOBER 2005 (Track Listing as above)

Release History

Back To Bedlam Digipak

Known release versions of Back To Bedlam (with Catalogue Numbers):

11th Oct 2004 - Promo Release (SAM0091)
11th Oct 2004 - Digipak, Limited edition 5000 copies (07567-83752-2-4 LC00121)
14th Mar 2005 - Re-Release (7567-837525 LC00121)
13th Jun 2005 - 2nd Re-Release, Summer Blue cover (75679345127)
10th April 2005 - Clean Version
4th Oct 2005 - U.S. Release (83838 Barcode: 07567838382)
30th Nov 2005 - Japanese Version, with 2 bonus tracks (WPCR-12193 Barcode: 4943674060672)
17th April 2006 - Vinyl LP, released on the Rhino / Ada Label (73396) See HERE
May 2006 - U.S. Target stores release with bonus Monkey On My Shoulder EP (83936-2)
3rd July 2006 - French version with bonus Live In Paris DVD (B000FS9J4U)
7th Nov 2006 - U.S. re-release with bonus Live In Ireland CD (ASIN:B000IFQLKU)

Single Releases Taken From The Album

Single releases from Back To Bedlam in chronological order:

18th October 2004 - High
7th March 2005 - Wisemen
30th May 2005 - You're Beautiful
3rd October 2005 - High (re-release)
19th December 2005 - Goodbye My Lover
19th March 13th 2006 - Wisemen (re-release)
18th April 2006 - No Bravery (French release only)

Bonus Discs (exclusive with special edition re-releases of Back To Bedlam)

Three known bonus discs were available with re-releases of Back To Bedlam. The Monkey On My Shoulder 5 track EP (subtitled 'From The Original Demo Collection') was only available with the Target Stores U.S. re-release of the album in July 2006 and came in a seperate cardboard slip case.

Monkey On My Shoulder Bonus EP
Disc:	Cover:	Versions & Track Listings:	Time:
		EP May 2006 01. Cry 02. High 03. Sugar Coated 04. Goodbye My Lover 05. Butterfly	2:57 3:43 3:50 3:58 2:03

The Live In Paris bonus DVD was available with the French Re-release of Back To Bedlam.

Live In Paris Bonus DVD
Disc:	Cover:	Versions & Track Listings:	Time:
		DVD (B000FS9J4U) 3rd July 2006 01. Billy 02. High 03. Out Of My Mind 04. No Bravery 05. Goodbye My Lover 06. So Long Jimmy 07. Wisemen 08. Where Is My Mind 09. You're Beautiful	3:33 3:58 4:15 3:39 4:13 6:11 3:37 4:12 3:57

The Live In Ireland CD was available with the U.S. re-release of Back To Bedlam on 7th November 2006.

Live In Ireland Bonus CD
Disc:	Cover:	Versions & Track Listings:	Time:
		CD (B000IFQLKU) 7th Nov 2006 01. Wisemen 02. High 03. Cry 04. Goodbye My Lover 05. So Long Jimmy 06. Sugar Coated 07. You're Beautiful 08. Billy 09. Fall At Your Feet 10. Tears And Rain 11. No Bravery 12. Where Is My Mind	3:49 3:55 3:44 4:48 5:25 3:51 3:38 3:47 2:42 4:17 3:36 4:15

Album Artwork and Concept

The album cover and booklet artwork for Back To Bedlam was designed by Bose Collins. A blending of swirling art nouveau style borders and shapes combined with silloueted objects, figures and creatures alongside photographs of James. James' biography leaves us little to add, only to explain where we fit in. A creative collaboration between James and his management team resulted in Bose Collins designing the artwork or his critically acclaimed debut album and designing his website and merchandising. The dreamy, floating Alice in Wonderland inspired illustrations are a reflection of James' extraordinary experiences from Kosovo to Buckingham Palace, some shared ones since, continue to inspire.Bose Collins Designs worth noting are the Monkey King, a sillouette of a wild dancing monkey with a crown upon its head. A hot-air balloon containing a crest made from a rainbow, a horse and a rabbit, with the inscription Lux Tua Vis Mea (the Blount family motto). The image of soldiers raising a flag on the Cry/No Bravery lyrics page is similiar to the iconic photograph 'Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima' taken by Joe Rosenthal of U.S. soldiers in 1945 during the war in the Pacific. The artwork on the top-side of the CD disc is a purple background with the single image of the James Blunt Pill, a green and white pill similiar to a prozac pill. The typeface for the James Blunt/Back to Bedlam logo is also in an art nouveau style.

Album Acknowledgements

James' ackowledgements on the album notes for Back To Bedlam:

" All my thanks to Linda Perry and the team at Custard Records who made it all happen: Korda Marshall and everyone at Atlantic Records for taking up the torch: My manager, Todd Interland: Declan Morrell and all at EMI Publishing: Tom Rothrock: My attorney, James Wyllie: Jimmy Hogarth: Guy Chambers: You: Derek Mackillop: Dixie Chassay: Carrie Fisher for the bathroom: My parents, sisters and friends who spark the dream: And my imaginary friend Charles - whereever he may be. "

Charts

Charts: #1 UK, #1 GER, #1 CAN, #1 NZ, #2 FR, #2 US, #5 IT

Sales: UK: 2,895,870, US: 2,538,280, Worldwide: 11 million

Certification: RIAA: 2x Platinum, BPI: 8x Platinum

Back To Bedlam was the most sold album in the UK selling a total of 2,368,000 copies for 2005. This achievement is featured in the 2006 edition of The Guiness Book of Records.

On 17th July 2007 it was announced that Back To Bedlam had become the biggest selling U.K. album of the millennium, with sales of 3,020,490 copies overtaking the previous best seller, Dido's 'No Angel' album.

Notes

songbooks? The original title was going to be Bleed on Me?