''The Bluetones'' is the fifth album by the eponymous band, released on 9 October 2006. The album sees the band reunite with producer Hugh Jones, who was at the controls for the band's first two albums, '' Expecting to Fly'' and ''

Return to the Last Chance Saloon ''Return to the Last Chance Saloon'' is the second studio album by English rock band The Bluetones, released on 9 March 1998. The album is currently certified Gold by the BPI. Its offspring singles were "Solomon Bites the Worm", " If...", "Sl ...

''. Despite largely positive reviews, the album failed to chart in the Top 75

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after its first week on release. The lead single was " My Neighbour's House", which reached #68 in the UK chart. A second single, "

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", was released on 4 December 2006, on CD and download. The third single "

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", was released on 26 February 2007, on CD and download.

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss: # "Surrendered" # "Baby, Back Up" # "Hope and Jump" # "Head on a Spike" # "The King of Outer Space" # "Thank You, Not Today" # " My Neighbour's House" # "Fade In/Fade Out" # "The Last Song But One" # "Wasn't I Right About You?"

Trivia

The song "Fade In/Fade Out" was written in honour of

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comedian (and star of ''

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'')

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, a personal friend of

Mark Morriss Mark James Morriss (born 18 October 1971) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman for The Bluetones. He is the older brother of bandmate and bass player/illustrator Scott Morriss. He has released four solo albums, worked ...

, who swam the

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for

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in 2006.News_Of_the_World_12Nov06

References

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