''Lullaby'' is the first solo album from James Walsh, the former lead singer of
Starsailor. It was released on September 17, 2012 via
iTunes
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in the UK.
UK Release of Lullaby on iTunes] "Lullaby album on iTunes". Accessed September 17, 2012.
Background
After
Starsailor decided to take a hiatus, James teamed up with songwriter
Sacha Skarbek
Sacha Skarbek is a British songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing James Blunt's hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song), Wrecking Ball". Skarbek ...
to initially work on material for his debut solo album. During these sessions, Sacha introduced James to Philippa Smith, who was in the process of developing a film along with acclaimed Swedish director Ulf Johansson based on
Lullaby (novel) by acclaimed US author
Chuck Palahnuik. After they quickly put together a demo for the song "Road Kill Jesus", James and Sacha were approached to create an album of music inspired by the script and original source material.
James and Sacha were then provided with song titles, music briefs and images by the production company and work on the album commenced at
Abbey Road studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music c ...
. Sacha covered the walls of the studio with images sent by Ulf Johansson designed to inspire the mood of the film.
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'HuffingtonPost.co.uk''. Accessed September 4, 2012.
Album style and direction
According to Entertainment Focus, the album contains:
"A beautiful collection of songs, recorded at Abbey Road studios, that showcase Walsh’s newfound maturity of sound which is at once both sophisticated and raw; perfectly complementing ames'spowerful voice and engaging the captivating themes of the ullabyproject."
Singles
The lead single "Start Again" featured an accompanying music video, which was directed by Ulf Johansson and features James playing the part of "Oyster" and actress
Natalie Press
Natalie Press (born 15 August 1980) is an English actress. She is known for her performance in the 2004 film ''My Summer of Love'' and a number of short and feature-length Independent film, independent films, including ''Wasp (2003 film), Wasp' ...
as "Mona" - characters taken from the script and original
Lullaby (novel) book.
James Walsh releases album inspired by forthcoming film Lullaby". Accessed August 19, 2012. The song was released as a
Music download, digital download on July 30, 2012.
Track listing
References
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2012 albums
James Walsh (musician) albums