Track Listing

1. 1973
2. One Of The Brightest Stars
3. I'll Take Everything
4. Same Mistake
5. Carry You Home
6. Give Me Some Love
7. I Really Want You
8. Shine On
9. Annie
10. I Can't Hear The Music

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1061 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
In 2005, James Blunt was everybody's favorite overnight success story. In 2007, he's the guy who's making rock meaningful again. All the Lost Souls, the sophomore effort from the Brit responsible for restoring the seriousness of "beautiful" as a compliment, brims with big build-ups, epic-sounding ballads, and lyrics to lose yourself in. The vibe, laid out neatly on first single and opening track "1973", is clear-eyed and heavy-hearted; in anybody over 35, it'll produce nostalgia tempered by hopefulness. Here's a set that suggests rock has got its head screwed on straight again, that the path to real feelings need not necessarily be led by Norah Jones. In anybody younger, it'll cause the unsinkable suspicion that a lot of modern balladeers should be digging deeper. But in both cases it will satisfy. Compared with David Gray and Damien Rice last time out, this time Blunt seems to owe a debt to Barry Gibb--his voice quavers as sweetly and with the same delicate reach. Stand-outs on a brief but dud-less set include "I Really Want You," in which the sound of Blunt's breaking heart is set sparely and elegantly to something approximating the chirp of a cricket, the poignant and desperate "Give Me Some Love", and the VH-1 ready "Same Mistakes." -Tammy La Gorce

Vicky Newton (The Sun)
"All the Lost Souls is a collection of seventies-inspired classic pop songs with emotional heart-rending lyrics and melodies that you simply can¹t get out of your head once you¹ve heard them"

"He is a very ordinary bloke with an extra ordinary talent"

Adrian Thrills (Daily Mail)
"All The Lost Souls is dominated by deft songs, clever arrangements and a fragile yet forceful voice"

Customer Reviews

All the lost souls
This is a slick well produced album. This is not an album that you need time to get to grow on you, this one is there from the start. Melodic,smooth and sweet. This is music that can be played any time and needs no real 'mood' to enjoy.
This album holds no surprises but that doesn't mean it's just a re-hash of Back to Bedlam. This does have a lighter less depressive edge than the previous album.
Easy middle of the road listening that is a worthy addition to any music collection.
Worth buying; if you are looking for 'edge' no. If you are looking for an album that you will still be listening to in ten years time ; a resounding YES.

If you liked Back to Bedlam, then you'll love this too!
Back to Bedlam was such a fantastic album which did really well so All the Lost Souls is bound to be over-critiqued. I've read some iffy reviews on sites and I personally think it's fashionable to slate James Blunt because of who he is (i.e. posh and well-spoken) rather than actually listening to his music, which is a shame because the UK should be proud that we've got an exceptional singer-songwriter again who manages to put emotion and feeling into what he sings. Anyway, I think that All the Lost Souls is a well-written and well produced album with some great songs such as Carry You Home and I Really Want You. I am a big fan of both albums and would say that if you liked Back to Bedlam, then you'll love this.

James Blunt - The Brightest Star
This album is absolutely fantastic. Buy it! You will not be disappointed. The more you play it the better it gets.

What intrigues me is that the majority of the reviews on Amazon give James Blunt 5 stars and then there is a small core of people who despise him and as a result seem to write with venom in their reviews. They create an unbalanced star count. I hope people take this into account when reading the reviews.