Talk:Back to Bedlam

title
is there a known reason for the title? Boneyard 14:50, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Blunt has been quoted as saying that he got the title from his landlady, Carrie Fisher, with whom he resided while recording the album. Fisher is very open about her mental health problems. Risker 03:35, 25 February 2006 (UTC)Here is the reference source: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/02/24/1140670217366.html?page=5#  69.156.148.156 05:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

marijuana?
huh? who put that bit about him smoking marijuana? There's no real reference to marijuana specifically in any song (maybe Voodoo Magic - kind of). I think somebody realised that his surname was blunt and thought they'd be really clever if they wrote it in. remove? Dragonfly888 23:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I added it, not because of his surname, but because at least 3 of the songs on the album might refer to marijuana. These would be High, You're Beautiful and Wise Men. I was hesitant to add that, but please check the lyrics of those songs. I will be happy to admit that I am wrong. --Shadowphax 09:14, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Doesn't sound like a reasonable comment to me. I think it should be removed. Comlink 09:47, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Goodbye My Lover
I have removed the reference to a deceased lover who died in childbirth. Despite many hours of research, I have yet to find a single source that suggests this is the case. Blunt himself describes the song as a "death march," but does not give details about it at all, except in a joking manner. Risker 03:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

unfavourable review
the musicOMH.com review is not favourable. just read it and see.

Blunt
In wiki articles you refer to him as 'Blunt', not 'James'!

Edits made...any reason why you didn't? Risker 02:25, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Section concerning B-sides
I have removed the section on B-sides that was recently added. As this article specifically discusses the Back to Bedlam album proper, only songs on the album should be here. There are separate articles for each of the singles, as well as James Blunt discography, which all provide B-side information. Risker 03:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Can some1 add the song - fall at your feet - which was only on the UK album. Surely that's worth a mention?


 * It isn't on any UK version of this album, it is a B-side to You're Beautiful, and also appears on the Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions CD/DVD set. Risker 16:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Parental Advisory?
Heard somewhere that this album got a parental advisory sticker on it. Why is that? Doesn't sound like his songs contain any curse words on the radio. And to think young girls like his songs. Sherlock32 02:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

The US had two versions of the album released, one as originally recorded, and one with the "curse words" removed. There are three of them. The most obvious is in You're Beautiful, where he uses a different f-word in the phrase "flying high." Risker 04:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

ARIA and UK succession charts
Copied from the talk page of RaNdOm26: I see you have now added a UK succession box to Back to Bedlam to go with the ARIA one. Generally speaking, I find succession boxes to be useless information and simply another way to add internal links to articles that are essentially unrelated, thus falsely boosting google rankings. However, in this case, my biggest problem with the ones you have added is that they are poorly formatted. The songs are not on the same line as the dates to which they refer (making them difficult to interpret), the font size is too large, and they take up way too much space. Too much of this article is taken up by charts as it is, and these are the least useful of them, so I will be deleting them. I encourage you to take the time to reconsider the format you are using, bearing in mind my comments in the earlier sentence. NB- I will copy this comment over to the talk page of the article as an explanation there for my edit, but I did want to personally let you know why I have deleted these charts. Risker 03:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't think there is another format used for succession boxes, there is only one Template:Succession box. It is your opinion that they are useless, I personally find them really useful and give a good representation of the album's performance in the major markets. If the biggest complain is the font size, you should discuss this in the Template's talk page. In my opinion, I would be deleting some parts in that very large table and keeping the succession boxes because, 99% of them are unsourced and the "provider" column is not needed, provide a link to the chart would be better if someone wants to find out who the provider is. RaNdOm26 07:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * If there is no response, I will revert the removal. RaNdOm26 01:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * What information do succession boxes give about the subject of the article itself? Their main attribute is to give information about OTHER subjects, not the subject of the article. This succession box is overkill and is unnecessary.  This is an encyclopedia; if people need to know what song was previously or subsequently more popular, there are tons of specialised sources to give them that information.  At least the table showing a diverse number of countries (including all of the ones you have referenced) demonstrates the breadth of appeal internationally.  Any album by any artist that makes the top 10 in over 20 countries should have that identified in its article.  I do take to heart your comment about the lack of sourcing, and have tagged the table. I've also got rid of the year-end table, which served no useful purpose either.  Risker 01:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I see you reverted my edits before I could complete writing my rationale here. I do believe the gulf between our views at this point is not likely to be bridged.  Therefore, I have asked for outside opinions here, rather than engage in an edit war over something this ridiculous.  I will, however, re-add the "unreferenced" template above the main chart, unless you have a major objection.  Risker 01:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Chipping in, I don't think they are entirely inappropriate, but they should be at the complete bottom of the article per the Guide to layout. Circeus 22:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I think that, according to the British music industry, this should be deemed an EP (extended play) rather than an album because it's shorter than 40 minutes and an album is usually 40 minutes or longer. I say this because James Blunt is British. Please change "studio album" to "EP". --Marceki111 (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

The "back to Bedlam" font - back to the 1960's?
A small thing and one somebody with more knowledge of Blunt than me might want to take up. The font used for the title of "Back to Bedlam" is distinctive, not easily mistaken for anything else, and even without knowing one previous usage if it, it evokes 1960's hippydom, flowerpower and singer-songwriters of the Donavan/Nick Drake ilk doing wistful guitar-accompanied songs.

The previous users of the font, in fact, were sixties/seventies psychedelic concept prog-rock group the Moody Blues on at least one of their albums.

The obvious question is "was this chosen deliberately to reinforce the dreamy wistful Blunt image?" but what I'd really like to know is - does this font have a name? This might be worthwhile for somebody to check out and add to the main article?

thanks 86.173.192.124 (talk) 23:17, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Review section
Why aren't the professional reviews in this article (or many other album articles, for that matter) anymore? I am always very interested in that. Anyhow, for them other people interested, you can find it below.

Note: Back to Bedlam reviews
 * Allmusic [ link]
 * Rolling Stone link
 * Slant link

Ρόμπστερ 1983  ☞ Life's short, talk fast ☜  22:18, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

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