''Good Ol' Fashioned Love'' is the debut studio album by British-Irish

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the Overtones The Overtones are a UK-based vocal harmony group. They were discovered by a Warner Bros. Records talent scout while working as decorators in a shop near Oxford Street, singing during their tea break. Their first album, '' Good Ol' Fashioned Love ...

. The album was released on 1 November 2010 in the UK by

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. The album was subsequently re-released on 8 March 2011, containing a number of new tracks. The album peaked at number 4 on the

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and number 14 on the

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. The album was released in

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and

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on 23 March 2012, renamed ''Gambling Man''. The album has sold 470,000 copies as of April 2018.

Singles

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" was released as the first single from the album on 8 October 2010. The track peaked at number 82 on the UK Singles Chart, and was later released as the album's lead single in international territories such as

and

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", a cover of the

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original, was released as the second single from the album on 25 April 2011. It was the only cover version from the album to be released as a single. * "Second Last Chance" was released as the third single from the album on 15 August 2011. It was the first single to be released from the Platinum edition of the album. * "Say What I Feel" was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 16 December 2011. It was the second original song to be released from the album as a single. The track was co-written by

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member

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and songwriter Peter-John Vetesse.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Good Ol' Fashioned Love

Gambling Man

Year-end charts

Good Ol' Fashioned Love

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2010 debut albums The Overtones albums Rhino Entertainment albums