Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions

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Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions
James Blunt - Chasing Time - The Bedlam Sessions.jpg
Live album by
James Blunt
Released10 February 2006 [1]
Recorded18 November 2005 [2] [3]
13 December 2005 [4]
Venue BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood [5]
St. James’ Church, Dingle [6]
Genre Soft rock, folk rock
Length47:38 (CD)
65:02 (DVD)
Label Atlantic
Producer Alison Howe
James Blunt chronology
Back to Bedlam
(2004)		Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions
(2006)		 All the Lost Souls
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Teentoday.co.ukStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions is a live album and DVD released by James Blunt in 2006 as a follow-up to his 2004 debut album, Back to Bedlam . The set contains a live album from Ireland, as well as a DVD featuring a recorded performance at the BBC, music videos for "High", "You're Beautiful", "Wisemen" and "Goodbye My Lover", and interviews taken from various television appearances and studio sessions. The audio CD was also included as part of a deluxe package of Back to Bedlam that was available in the United States, thus meaning that this release was not issued there.

Contents

Track listing

Disc One - DVD
  1. "Billy" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:46
  2. "High" (Blunt, Ross) – 3:55
  3. "Wisemen" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:49
  4. "Goodbye My Lover" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 4:18
  5. "Tears And Rain" (Blunt, Chambers) – 4:17
  6. "Out of My Mind" (Blunt, Skarbek) - 3:18
  7. "So Long, Jimmy" (Blunt, Hogarth) – 5:25
  8. "You're Beautiful" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:38
  9. "Cry" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:44
  10. "No Bravery" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:36
  11. "Where Is My Mind?" (Francis, Black) – 4:07
  12. "High" (Video) - 4:03
  13. "High" (The Making of the Video)
  14. "Wisemen" (Video) - 4:00
  15. "Wisemen" (The Making of the Video)
  16. "You're Beautiful" (Video) - 3:23
  17. "You're Beautiful" (The Making of the Video)
  18. "High" (2005 Video) - 4:02
  19. "High" (The Making of the 2005 Video)
  20. "Goodbye My Lover" (Video) - 4:19
  21. "Goodbye My Lover" (The Making of the Video)
  22. "Being Blunt" (Documentary)
  23. "Interview & Photo Gallery"
Disc Two - CD
  1. "Wisemen" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:49
  2. "High" (Blunt, Ross) – 3:55
  3. "Cry" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:44
  4. "Goodbye My Lover" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 4:18
  5. "So Long, Jimmy" (Blunt, Hogarth) – 5:25
  6. "Sugar Coated" (Blunt, Hogarth, Skarbek) – 3:51
  7. "You're Beautiful" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:38
  8. "Billy" (Blunt, Ghost, Skarbek) – 3:46
  9. "Fall at Your Feet" (Neil Finn) – 2:42
  10. "Tears And Rain" (Blunt, Chambers) – 4:17
  11. "No Bravery" (Blunt, Skarbek) – 3:36
  12. "Where Is My Mind?" (Francis, Black) – 4:07

Personnel

Charts

Music DVD Charts
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Belgian Music DVD Chart1
German Music DVD Chart1
Swedish Music DVD Chart3
UK Music DVD Chart1
ARIA Music DVD Chart 1
Album Charts
Chart (2006)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart1
Italian Albums Chart1
Swiss Albums Chart2
French Albums Chart8
Polish Albums Chart36

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9]
video 		5× Platinum75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [10]
video 		2× Platinum10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. ↑ "James Blunt at BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood, England". setlist.fm.
  3. ↑ "James Blunt – Chasing Time: The Bedlam Sessions". Discogs.
  4. ↑ "Blunt and Bell X1 for Other Voices". RTE. 28 November 2005.
  5. ↑ "James Blunt at BBC Elstree Centre, Borehamwood, England". setlist.fm.
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