Come to Life (Natalie Imbruglia album)

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Come to Life
Album Come To Life cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)
Recorded2008–2009
StudioLondon
Genre Pop [1]
Length37:57
Label
Producer
Natalie Imbruglia chronology
Glorious: The Singles 97–07
(2007)
Come to Life
(2009)
Male
(2015)
Singles from Come to Life
  1. "Want"
    Released: 28 September 2009 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Sputnikmusic(3/5) [3]
Yahoo! Music UK Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Come to Life is the fourth studio album released by Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia. It was initially released by Island Records on 2 October 2009, and later was the first album released on Imbruglia's self-funded label, Malabar Records.

Contents

Songwriting

Although recording for the album began in 2007, during promotion for the release of Glorious: The Singles 1997–2007 , tracks "Scars" and "My God" were rumoured to have been recorded in 2006. The album took nearly three years to complete. In February 2009, The Sun newspaper rumoured that Imbruglia was collaborating with Chris Martin from Coldplay, and it was later confirmed by Martin himself and people involved in the recording process that he had worked with Imbruglia on a "string of tracks". [5] [6]

Chris Martin wrote the song "Fun" for Natalie. "When he sang it to me, I almost did one of those ugly cries. But I held it together. That's the crazy thing - he wrote it, not me. Who knows what Chris was thinking, you would have to ask him about that. But I thought it was a stunning, beautiful love song". [7] The song "Lukas", produced by Brian Eno and Rik Simpson, was confirmed as an out-take from the recording sessions of Coldplay's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends . Martin also worked with Imbruglia on "Want", with his voice echoing at the end of the song. "Coldplay write so much material it's quite ridiculous how many songs they have, some of which never get finished because Chris Martin is a bit of a mad genius," Imbruglia explained. [7]

In April 2009, Imbruglia stated the following in an interview: "I get frustrated because I’d like to produce more work... It’s something that bugs me about myself, but I don’t really know any other way. And I’m not motivated by money, so I need to get things done right. I feel the same creative buzz I felt when I first started my career... It's just fun and artistic and creative and all the things it should be. There's still a lot of depth to the songs... It just sounds fresher to me. I've tried different things - there's more electronic stuff in there, and that's different for me, more dance beats. There's a freedom overall, and a sense of confidence. It's slightly less introspective..." [8] [9] The album "combines dark, driving beats and gorgeously wistful ballads". [10]

Release

The album was first released via on Island Records on 2 October 2009 in Australia. It was announced that the release of the album in the United Kingdom would be delayed so that Imbruglia could concentrate on her duties as a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor franchise. The album was eventually made available in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2010 by Amazon. In 2020, the album became available for streaming in its entirety on Spotify and its tracks were made available on YouTube by Universal Music.

Singles

Scars

"Scars"
Natalie Imbruglia - Scars.jpg
Song by Natalie Imbruglia
from the album Come to Life
Released26 April 2010 (Cancelled)
Recorded2009
Genre Pop
Length3:32
Songwriter(s) Natalie Imbruglia, Jamie Hartman
Producer(s) Rik Simpson, Jon Hopkins, Leo Abrahams

"Scars" was due to be the second and final single from Australian singer Come to Life. The single was originally due to be released on 26 April 2010, but, due to contractual issues with the record label, was cancelled. The digital download was made available for a short time on Amazon, but was later removed upon a request from the record company. [14] It was announced in June that a physical release of the single would be available from 5 July 2010, nearly a year after the previous single, "Want", was released. Come July, however, no copies of the single made it to the shelves. As of August 2010, all sources of the physical single and digital download have cancelled the release. The video for the song was recorded and directed by Max & Dania, and was due to be released on 14 March 2010. However, it was later postponed following a request by Imbruglia.

Chart performance

Come to Life entered the Australian albums chart at #67 on 19 October 2009, making it Imbruglia's worst performing album to date. It sold 740 copies in its first week of release. [15] In its second week, it dropped to #89, spending only two weeks in the top 100. In Switzerland, the album peaked at #70 on 18 October 2009. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."My God" Ben Hillier 4:04
2."Lukas"3:50
3."Fun"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
4:22
4."Twenty"
Hillier3:57
5."Scars"
  • Imbruglia
  • Jamie Hartman
3:32
6."Want"
Simpson4:20
7."WYUT"Johannes3:20
8."Cameo"
  • McCracken
  • Hillier
3:13
9."All the Roses"
  • Imbruglia
  • Clark
Hillier3:29
10."Wild About It"
  • Imbruglia
  • Hillier
  • McCracken
  • McCracken
  • Hillier
4:08
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Flirting"
  • Imbruglia
  • Siddhartha Khosla
Hillier5:00

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] 67
Italian Albums (FIMI) [17] 42
Russian Albums (NFPF) [18] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 70

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, and formats
RegionDateLabel
Ireland [20] 2 October 2009 Island Records
Austria [21]
Italy [22]
New Zealand [23] 9 October 2009 Universal Music Australia
Australia [24]
Europe [25] 12 October 2009Island Records
Japan [26] 14 October 2009 Universal Music
Mexico [27] 20 October 2009Malabar Records
Germany [28] 6 November 2009Island Records
Various – Digital28 January 2020

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