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James Blunt

By Jesse Kornbluth
Published: Jan 01, 2005
Category: Rock


 

Back to Bedlam
James Blunt

James Blunt recently played the Roseland in Portland, Oregon, where several people walked out asking the same question: Why does James Blunt have second billing to Jason Mraz, and where do we get his album? Blunt is a phenom in Europe , where the paparazzi hound his every move, but is less known in the States, where he’s on his first North American tour. The luxury of anonymity will not last.

His debut album, “Back to Bedlam,” has proven a sensation in the 31 year-old singer/songwriter’s native Great Britain . Released in the UK in October 2004, it spent nine weeks at #1 on the nation’s album chart and now ranks as the best-selling CD in England for 2005. The album also recently hit #1 on Billboard’s European Top 100 Albums chart. And Blunt was named