Jamie Lawson | ||||
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Released | 9 October 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2015 | |||
Genre | Pop [1] | |||
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Producer | Will Hicks | |||
Jamie Lawson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
The Guardian | [2] |
HMV | (favorable) [3] |
The Independent | [4] |
Rolling Stone Australia | [5] |
Jamie Lawson is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson. It is also the first album to be released on Ed Sheeran's record label Gingerbread Man Records. [6] On 17 July 2015, it was announced through Lawson's Twitter account that the self-titled album was available for pre-order on iTunes. [7] The release of the album was pushed back by one week to 16 October 2015. [8]
The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, beating Sheeran's album x to the top spot. [9]
In 2014, Lawson received a text from now-successful old acquaintance Ed Sheeran asking for him to open at a secret Dublin show. Sheeran later revealed he used Lawson's 2011 single "Wasn't Expecting That" for inspiration while recording "Afire Love" from his 2014 album x . After joining Sheeran on his 2013 UK and Europe Tour, it was announced that Lawson would be the first signee on Sheeran's newly founded record label Gingerbreadman Records. [10]
Lawson's self-titled album was recorded in 2015, and promoted by a solo tour of Australia and New Zealand. Lawson said Sheeran's involvement with recording the album was minimal, stating he "left me to my own devices to make the record I wanted to make. He put me in touch with a producer who he had been working with and we went through the songs to pick which should be on the album." [11] In the lead-up weeks to the release of the album, Lawson opened for One Direction during their tour of the UK, Ireland and the US. [12]
Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Revenue |
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Europe | ||||||
15 May 2015 | Brigton | United Kingdom | SpiegelPub (Great Scape 2015) | |||
Oceania | ||||||
22 August 2015 | Perth | Australia | Jimmy's Den | |||
25 August 2015 | Melbourne | Northcote Social Club | ||||
26 August 2015 | ||||||
29 August 2015 | Auckland | New Zealand | Tuning Fork | |||
North America | ||||||
30 September 2015 | Los Angeles | United States | The Hotel Café | |||
Europe | ||||||
5 November 2015 | London | United Kingdom | BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge | |||
6 November 2015 | Wangels | Germany | Ferienpark Weissenhäuser Strand (Rolling Stone Weekender 2015) | |||
11 November 2015 | Stockholm | Sweden | Debaser Hornstull Strand | |||
12 November 2015 | Oslo | Norway | Parkteateret Scene | |||
14 November 2015 | Berlin | Germany | Gretchen | Lee MacDougall [19] | 226 / 350 | $3,684 |
15 November 2015 | Leipzig | Neues Schaulpiel Leipzig | ||||
16 November 2015 | Munich | Orangehouse / Feierwerk | Lee MacDougall | 194 / 250 | $3,150 | |
18 November 2015 | Zürich | Switzerland | Exil | |||
19 November 2015 | Vienna | Austria | B72 | |||
21 November 2015 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1210 | 207 / 250 | $3,321 | |
22 November 2015 | Frankfurt | Nachtleben | 192 / 250 | $3,084 | ||
23 November 2015 | Cologne | Studio 672 | 180 / 180 | $2,874 | ||
25 November 2015 | Brussels | Belgium | Le Botanique | |||
26 November 2015 | Paris | France | Les Étoiles | |||
27 November 2015 | London | United Kingdom | TFI Friday | |||
28 November 2015 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Bitterzoet | Lee MacDougall | ||
29 November 2015 | Rotterdam | De Doelen | ||||
7 December 2015 | Borehamwood | United Kingdom | BBC Elstree Centre (Top of the Pops 2015) | |||
North America | ||||||
9 December 2015 | Boston | United States | House of Blues Boston | |||
13 December 2015 | Lake Buena Vista | House of Blues Orlando | ||||
14 December 2015 | Clearwater | Ruth Eckerd Hall | ||||
Europe | ||||||
14 January 2016 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Queen Margaret Union | |||
North America | ||||||
16 February 2016 | Indianapolis | United States | Murat Theatre | |||
Oceania | ||||||
9 April 2016 | Perth | Australia | Astor Theatre | Ryan Keen | ||
12 April 2016 | Adelaide | The Gov (Governor Hindmarsh Hotel) | ||||
15 April 2016 | Brisbane | The Triffid | ||||
16 April 2016 | Sydney | Metro Theatre | ||||
19 April 2016 | Melbourne | Corner Hotel | ||||
Total | 999 / 1,280 | $16,113 | ||||
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wasn't Expecting That" | Jamie Lawson | 3:24 |
2. | "Someone for Everyone" |
| 3:02 |
3. | "Cold in Ohio" |
| 2:50 |
4. | "The Only Conclusion" | Lawson | 3:30 |
5. | "Still Yours" | Lawson | 3:56 |
6. | "All Is Beauty" | Lawson | 2:45 |
7. | "Don't Let Me Let You Go" |
| 3:31 |
8. | "Ahead of Myself" | Lawson | 3:44 |
9. | "In Our Own Worlds" | Lawson | 3:59 |
10. | "Sometimes It's Hard" | Lawson | 2:40 |
11. | "Let Love Hold You Now" |
| 3:26 |
Adapted from the album liner notes: [21]
Production personnel
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Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Australia | 9 October 2015 | Gingerbread Man Records | |
Ireland | 16 October 2015 | ||
United Kingdom |
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