Back To Bedlam (studio album) by James Blunt

There 's an undeniable element of nostalgia, but I would hardly listen to it nowadays.

i like this,yep that's right.everyone has different tastes and listenin habits.get over it u haters.im not a fan of lets join the bandwagon of likin led boring zeppelin or most overated bank pink Floyd or I wanna kill my self radiohead . posers music.

From corenfro 04/18/2017 17:21

If you're going to dismiss the entire genre of oasis-influenced soft rock as trite and appealing only to teen girls, then you're going to probably agree with the low rating of this album. That's not something I can entirely fault you for as there's a lot of crap from this genre and time period that refuses to die (thanks Ed Sheeran)

That said, if you're willing to overlook those connotations, Blunt has some pretty tunes in the first half of this album. Some of these are memorable pop songs from the early 2000s that I remember fondly, and I refuse to feel shame for that. "You're Beautiful" is a cute love song, "Goodbye My Lover" is probably his most popular and most hated song, but I remember getting it after it's appearance in an episode of "The Office" and listened to it a bunch as it resonated me at the time. Many of the other songs are enjoyable listens, it's not terrible background or study music.

This record has it's place. It's not a groundbreaking Radiohead record that takes dozens of listens to digest and is challenging, but that doesn't mean it's talent-less trash music. In fact, outside of the level of BEA pretentiousness this is actually a well reviewed album.

I'm not saying this is going to blow your mind or added anything groundbreaking to the face of music but to completely pan it as trash is an overreaction.

From swagnadalf 03/23/2017 19:46

The girl I was dating back then tortured me with this shit for months. One of the worst albums I've ever heard. Those 5 points out of 100 are for being hilarious on Twitter, and for knowing and admitting that he sucks.

Boring, uninspired pop rock

From Eastwood 01/18/2015 19:05

Great pop rock/folk rock album. Best 10 songs average is 94,3/100 and the album can get great 95/100. Best and full scoring songs are "High", "You're beautiful" and "Wisemen", followed by "Goodbye my lover", "Tears and rain" and "So long, Jimmy" all 90/100. All other songs good 85/100. Favourite!

From Trickington 11/15/2014 14:52

Some good ones but also there are some not-so-good ones.

Average.

Grrrrrrr

From Mother Nature's Son 05/20/2012 21:04

Guilty pleasures.. We all have them!

Haha...wow...