''A Place I Go'' is the second studio album from

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, released on 29 October 2012. The album serves as a follow-up to the debut album, ''

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'' and marks James' second full-length release with

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. The release of ''A Place I Go'' was preceded by the single "

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" on 21 October 2012. The album also contains James' version of

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's "Higher Love", which was performed live by James on ''

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'' and also featured on the show's compilation album. The album received mixed reviews, and peaked at number 47 on the

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Background

James confirmed in an interview with

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that he had written the album with

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and

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. On his collaborations, he expressed "Working with Fraser T Smith is wicked. He's someone I've wanted to work with for a long time. I have so much respect for the craft of songwriting, so working with people like Fraser and Guy Chambers, there's so much I can learn from them." James' mentor on ''The Voice UK'',

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has overseen the project. James stated "...the thing with will is that he's more overseeing my album. I'll send him tracks and he'll let me know what he thinks. I went for The Voice and didn't really think about it, to be honest. It wasn't a massive decision I made. Usually I wouldn't go for something like that because I'd be too scared. The chances of it f**king up are so great, so now when I look back at getting to the final I'm like, 'That was f**king lucky'. I hadn't really done much for four years leading up to that and that part of my life was quite sad and dramatic. So all of these songs coming out now reflects that. There is a part of my brain that's saying, 'Ooh, you better write something a bit more uptempo and happy'. But ultimately, if that's where your head's at, that's what you've got to do."

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews, with

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awarding the album 3 out of 5 stars, saying "the album suffers from over-earnestness and a samey pace" but is "an interesting real-deal of a debut", and

giving the album 2 out of 5 stars, calling the album a "sluggish set which sadly falls short of expectations".Tyler James: 'A Place I Go' – Album review – Music Album Review – Digital Spy
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Track listing

Release history

Charts

References

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