''London Town'' is the second studio album by British rapper

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, released on 10 September 2007 by

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. It features guest appearances by Damon Albarn,

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and Leo the Lion. Three singles were released to support the album: "Buss It Up" featuring Kartel, " This Is the Girl" featuring David and "Feel Free" featuring Albarn. ''London Town'' debuted at number 14 on the

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Singles

The first single, "Buss It Up" featuring

, was released on 11 December 2006. The second single, " This Is the Girl" featuring

, was released on 27 August 2007. The third and final single, "Feel Free" featuring Damon Albarn, was released on 10 December 2007.

Track listing

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, and "Fake Love" by

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. *"Feel Free" contains an interpolation of " Made You Look", written and performed by

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Personnel

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. * Damon Albarn – piano, production, featured artist * Josh Blair – engineering * Don Corleone – production * Jason Cox – Engineer *

– production, featured artist, background vocals * Tom Elmhirst – mixing * Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing *

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– production, bass, guitar, mixing * Beni G – scratching * Pete Hamza – piano * Nick Ingman – string arrangements, string conductor * Mikey J. – arrangement, production, featured artist, background vocals * Matt Jones – photography * Priscilla Jones – vocals *

– primary artist, mixing, production * Langdon School Kids – choir * Chris Laurence – bass * Mat Maitland – art direction * Perry Mason – violin * Kate Nash – featured artist * Henry Parsley – programming * Leo Bubba Taylor – drums * Richard Thomas – management *

– featured artist * Ivo Jan van der Werff – viola * Jonathan Williams – cello * Warren Zielinski – violin

Charts

Certifications

References

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