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Released | 26 September 2008 | |||
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Length | 45:44 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
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Singles from Songs for You, Truths for Me | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
BBC Music | (Positive) [3] |
Digital Spy | [4] |
The Guardian | [5] |
MTV Asia | 7/10 [6] |
The Times | [7] |
Songs for You, Truths for Me is the second album by English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Morrison, released on 26 September 2008. [8] The album was a commercial success in the UK where it entered the album charts at number three and in Ireland where it topped the charts. It has been certified double Platinum by the BPI with over 700,000 sales and has sold more than 1 million of copies worldwide.[ citation needed ]
On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled Songs for You, Truths for Me was released. In the writing process for this album he worked with Dan Wilson, Ryan Tedder, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammer, Chris Braide and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtado entitled "Broken Strings", co-written with Fraser T Smith and Nina Woodford. From October 2008 until the end of the year Morrison has toured throughout Europe. When talking about the album at 4Music Presents, Morrison stated that the music had 'moved on' a lot from the first album but that not to the point where fans of his previous album wouldn't be able to 'get it'. [9]
The album was re-released on 16 November 2009, featuring two brand new tracks: "On the Same Side" and "Get to You" (which was the first single of the re-issue of the album and was released on the same day) and a second disc, The Basement Sessions, with acoustic versions of six of his own songs and a Michael Jackson cover "Man in the Mirror". [10]
Songs for You, Truths for Me was released on the 12 September 2008. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number three, being held off the top two spots by new albums from the Kings Of Leon and Will Young. The album was not a huge success initially and dropped out of the top ten after three weeks. The album made a gradual descent down the chart until the release of the second single of the album, "Broken Strings". Following the success of the single, the album steadily rose back up the charts before jumping from number twenty-four back into the top ten, reaching number seven. The album then went to number four and has been certified Platinum by the BPI with over 300,000 sales.[ citation needed ]
The album was a commercial success in Ireland as well. It entered the Irish Album Chart at number fourteen before dropping off the chart completely after a couple of weeks. Then, following the success of "Broken Strings" the album re-entered the chart at number seventy-three and rose through the charts until it leaped from number fourteen to number one, giving Songs for You, Truths for Me its first number one chart placing where it stayed for one week.
The album came back to the Top 10 Albums on the UK Albums Chart, as of 30 August, which gave the album big sales again, eventually selling over 750,000 copies in UK alone.[ citation needed ]
All tracks are written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted
No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Only Night" | Martin Terefe | 3:37 |
2. | "Save Yourself" | Chris Braide, Steve Robson, Wayne Hector | 3:01 |
3. | "You Make It Real" | Paul Barry | 3:31 |
4. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Ryan Tedder | 3:54 |
5. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 4:10 |
6. | "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Barry, Mark Taylor | 3:51 |
7. | "Once When I Was Little" | Dan Wilson, Terefe | 4:42 |
8. | "Precious Love" | John Shanks | 3:37 |
9. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Martin Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:15 |
10. | "Fix the World Up for You" | Brammer, Robson | 3:35 |
11. | "Dream on Hayley" | Francis White | 3:33 |
12. | "Love Is Hard" | Brammer, Robson | 3:53 |
13. | "Sitting on a Platform" (bonus track) | White | 3:05 |
No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Movin' On" | Martin Terefe, Dan Wilson | 3:50 |
14. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Ai) | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 4:13 |
A deluxe edition of the album was released with an additional DVD on 24 November 2008.
All tracks are written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted
No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Broken Strings" | Smith, Woodford | |
2. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Martin Brammer, Steve Robson | |
3. | "Once When I Was Little" | Wilson, Terefe | |
4. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Tedder | |
5. | "Precious Love" | Shanks | |
6. | "Save Yourself" | Braide, Steve Robson, Hector | |
7. | "You Make It Real" | Barry |
Another deluxe edition of the album was released on 16 November 2009, with two new songs on disc one, and a seven track disc with acoustic versions of Morrison songs, and a Michael Jackson cover version. [11] [12]
All tracks are written by James Morrison, additional writers are noted
No. | Title | Additional writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Only Night" | Terefe | 3:37 |
2. | "Get to You" | Fraser T Smith, Nina Woodford | 3:33 |
3. | "You Make It Real" | Barry | 3:31 |
4. | "Broken Strings" (featuring Nelly Furtado) | Smith, Woodford | 4:10 |
5. | "On the Same Side" | Steve Robson, Martin Brammer | 4:07 |
6. | "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | Barry, Taylor | 3:51 |
7. | "Please Don't Stop the Rain" | Tedder | 3:54 |
8. | "Save Yourself" | Braide, Steve Robson, Hector | 3:01 |
9. | "Once When I Was Little" | Wilson, Terefe | 4:42 |
10. | "Precious Love" | Shanks | 3:37 |
11. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:15 |
12. | "Fix the World Up for You" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 3:35 |
13. | "Dream on Hayley" | White | 3:33 |
14. | "Love Is Hard" | Brammer, Steve Robson | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Make It Real" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Barry | 3:45 |
2. | "Once When I Was Little" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Wilson, Terefe | 5:03 |
3. | "If You Don't Wanna Love Me" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Brammer, Steve Robson | 4:19 |
4. | "You Give Me Something" (acoustic version) | Morrison, White | 4:40 |
5. | "Broken Strings" (acoustic version) | Morrison, Smith, Woodford | 4:44 |
6. | "Wonderful World" (acoustic version) | Morrison, White | 3:28 |
7. | "Man in the Mirror" (acoustic version) | Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard | 4:04 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [32] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [33] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [34] | Gold | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] | 3× Platinum | 900,000* |
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Europe | 29 September 2008 | Polydor | CD | 178 375-5 |
United States | 30 September 2008 | Interscope | B0012070-02 | |
Brazil | 7 October 2008 | Universal | 602517837560 | |
Japan | 4 March 2009 | Universal Japan [36] | UICP-1105 | |
United Kingdom | 16 November 2009 | Polydor | 2 CD | |
Brazil | 28 November 2009 | Universal | 602527259161 | |
United Kingdom | 24 November 2008 | Polydor | CD/DVD |
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